APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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EECEIPTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIMENS. 



[These tables show ouly •what has beeu recorded or entered iu the detailed catalogues, 

 constituting but a small proportion of the whole.] 



Table showing the number of entries in the record-boolcs of the United States 

 ]!^ational Museum at the close of the years 1879 and 1880, respectively. 



Approximate table of the distribution of duplicate specimens to the end of 



1880. 



Class. 



Skeletons aaid skulls 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Nests and eggs of birds 



Insects .- 



Crustaceans 



Shells 



Radiates 



Other marine invertebrates 

 Plants and packages of 



seeds 



Fossils 



Minerals and rocks 



Ethnological specimens ... 

 Diafcomaceous earths 



(packages) 



Total 



Total to end of 



1879. 



Species. 



Speci- 



586 

 2, 167 



27, 940 

 2, 566 

 6,443 

 8, 234 

 4,538 

 1,097 



90, 702 



593 



1,907 



30, 442 

 4 391 



10, 006 

 6,849 



1, 174 



1,924 



4,822 

 42, 318 



4,158 



9, 976 

 20, 511 

 10,091 



2, 689 



197, 828 



793 



5, 240 



52, 861 



10, 518 



21,407 



5,494 



1,928 



196,635 392,558 



Distribution dur- 

 ing 1860. 



Sijecies. 



2 



2 



185 



24 



4,460 



162 



151 



20 



7,351 



54 



26 



244 



35 



12, 718 



Speci- 

 mens. 



21 

 3 



199 



33 



4, 663 



403 



240 



45 



8,194 



169 



26 



330 



289 



82 



14, 697 



Total to end of 



1880. 



Species. 



588 

 2, 169 



28, 125 

 2, 590 



10, 903 

 8, 396 

 4,689 

 1,097 



90, 722 



593 



9, 258 



30, 496 

 4,417 



10, 250 

 3, 884 



1, 176 



Speci- 

 mens. 



1,945 



4, 825 

 42,517 



4,191 

 14, 639 

 20, 914 

 10, 331 



2, 689 



197, 873 



793 



13, 434 



53, 030 



10, 544 



21,737 



5,783 



2, 010 



209,353 407,255 



