72 



ADDITIONS TO TUE COLLECTIONS. 



Table sJioicing the number of entries in the record-books of the United 

 States I\atio7ial Museum at the close of the years 1874 and 1875, respect- 

 ively. 



Class. 



1874. 



187 



jManinials 

 Birds ... 



Kep tiles and anipljibiaus 



Fishes 



Skiiletons aud skulls 



Egg9 



CinstaceauH 



Annelids 



Mollnsks 



Radiates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens 



Add for centennial volume, 24751-2C)0l>2 . 



Total 



Increase for 1~75 



12, 294 



68, 361 



8, 293 



13, 808 



14,408 



17, 062 



2, 204 



100 



25, 757 



3,142 



7,727 



9, 178 



16, 415 



197,749 



12, 462 



70, 378 



8,410 



16, 649 



15, 363 



17, 249 



2,210 



100 



26, 757 



3,148 



7,905 



9,394 



20,000 



302 



210, 327 



12, 578 



ADDITIONS TO TQE COLLECTIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN 

 INSTITUTION (UNITED ST2VTES NATIONAL MUSEUM) IN 



1875. 



Abbott, Dr. C. C. Cast of prehistoric mask ; box and package of arrow- 

 points fiom New Jersey. 



Abert, GeneralJ. T. Skin of albino cedar bin], {Ampelis cedrorum.) 



Adam, Joseph 8. Speeiniens of marble from Canaan, Conn. 



Adams, George E. Three skins of fur-seal (Callorhinus ursinns) and 

 skin of arctic fox {Vulpes lagopus) from Saint George's Island, Pry- 

 bilov group, Alaska. 



Aiken, Charles E. Skin of Abert's squirrel, [Sciurus Abcrtii ;) eggs of 

 rufous owl, {Scojys fammeola,) VVoodliouse's jay, {Cyanocitta Wood- 

 housii,) blue partridge, [Calhpcpla squamata ;) skins of Eocky Mount- 

 ain slieei), {Oris montana ;) 5 skins of mountain-buflalo, {Bison ameri- 

 canus ;) and specimens, in fle.sli, of coyote, [Canis latrans,) U lynxes, 

 {Lyn.v rnfus,) and jack-rabbit, {Lcpus callotis,) from Colorado. 



Akhurst, John. Stone pestle from Croton Lake, N. Y. 



Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco, Cal. Nine mun)nnes from 

 Kagemil group, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and one from Prince Wil- 

 liam's Sound; 20 skins of fur-seal, {Callorhinus ursinns,) from Alaska, 

 5 of sea-lion, {Eumetopias stelleri,) aud many other objects. 



