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APPENDIX. 



Table showing the number of entries in the record-books of the United States National Mua urn 

 at the close of the years 1875 and 1876, respectively. 



i !las8. 



Mammals 



Birda 



Reptiles and amphibians. 



Skeletons and skulls 







<'i nstuceans 



Annelids 



Mollusks 



Radiates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens.. 



Total. 



Increase for 1876. 



*210,327 



12,612 



70, 9f7 



16,893 



15,44; 



17,301 

 2,310 



ioe 



30,721 

 3,229 



20, 050 



27, 880 



234, 002 



23, 675 



* The corresponding entries for 1875 were 12,578; for 1874, 10,334. 

 Approximate table of the distribution of duplicate specimens to the etui of 1876. 



