10 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Birds' Eggs 2o.i 



Reptiles iiud Batrachians 411 



Fishes t)02 



Mollusks (iuchulinfi Cenozoic lQveitel)iate Fossils). The total munber of en- 

 tries is made up I'roiu uiiieleeii diiliireut series) 18, fi3.S 



Insects I,4ii0 



Marine Invertebrates (excepting Mollusks) : 



Crustaceans 1,4<S:3 



Worms '2;i8 



Tunicates and Bryozoa ; '-i84 



Radiates ^,741 



Sponges and Protozoa 1- '-^26 



7, 074 



Comparative Anatomy: 



Mammals 407 



Birds yrt^ 



Fishes l->7 



Reptiles and Batrachians l* 



1,017 



• 



Invertebrate Fosgils — Paleozoic 610 



Invertebrate Fossils — Mesozoic 1,563 



Fossil Plants 1;"> 



Recent Plants _40 



Minerals "'"-^ 



Lithology and Physical Geology. 1,021 



Metallurgy and Economic Geology f>,506 



52, 116 



C— REVIEW OF THE YEAR'S WORK IN THE SCIENTIFIC 



DEPARTMENTS. 



DIVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 



DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIKS. 



The collection of textiles is installed in the northeast court of the 

 Museum, and is provided with printed labels and illustrative diagrams: 

 it includes a very full series of the aniuud and vegetable fibers of the 

 world, together with devices for spinning and weaving, and the various 

 products of the textile industries. 



Much of the material intended for exhibition can not be installed in 

 the now limited space available, and is stored away in boxes until in- 

 creased space will warrant its display. 



A few cases containing food specimens are on exhibition, and the 

 composition of the human body is graphically illustrated, together with 

 its daily expenditure of tissues, and the manner in which this is com- 

 pensated for by daily rations of food. This collection is exhibited upon 

 the ])lan of the famous collection of similar character prepared by Br. 

 Lankestcr and others for the Bethnal Green Museum in London. It is, 

 however, based upon an entirely new series of analyses and a revised 

 plan prepared by Prof. W. O. Atwater, of Wesleyan Qniversity. 



The section of materia medica is under the charge of Dr. U. G. Beyer, 

 U. S. Navy, who has been detailed for this work by the Surgeon-Gen- 



