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Table showing the number of entries in the record-booJcs of the United States National Mtiseum 

 at the close of the years 1876 and 1877, respectively. 



[These tables show only what has been recorded or entered in the detailed catalogue, constituting but a 

 small proportion of the whole.] 



Class. 



1876. 



Mammals 



Birds 



Keptilea and amphibians. 



Fishes 



Stele tons and skulls 



Eggs 



Crustaceans 



Annelids 



MoUusks 



Radiates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens.. 



12, C12 



70, 987 

 8,572 



16, 893 

 15, 442 



17, HOI 

 2,310 



100 



30, 721 



3,229 



7,905 



20, 050 



27, 880 



Total. 



234, 002 



Increase for 1877. 



12, 838 

 73, .523 



9,500 

 20, 804 

 15, 877 

 17, 500 



2, 324 



100 



30, 72L 



3,229 



7,906 

 20, 135 

 30, 883 



245, 400 



11, 398 



Approximate table of the distribution of duplicate specimens to the end of 1H77. 



Class. 



Skeletons and skulls 



Mammals 



Bircis 



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 



Diatomaceous earths (packages) 



Total 



Total to the end of 

 1876. 



Species. Specimens. 



531 

 2,141 



2j, 816 

 2. 005 

 2, 984 

 7, 428 

 4,081 

 1,078 



89,961 



583 



1,844 



28, 450 



4, 125 



9, 083 



2,065 



408 



182, 583 



1,624 



4, 792 

 39, 426 



3, 282 

 6, 2:22 

 18, 128 

 !), 3ii0 

 2, 650 

 195,514 

 778 



5, 160 

 49, 855 

 10,154 

 16, 824 



2,481 

 1,162 



367, 412 



Distribution during 

 1877. 



Species. Specimens. 



18 



1,778 



110 



3,156 



211 



12S 



9 



210 



10 



48 

 987 

 236 



21 

 169 



20 



7,136 



194 



18 



2,440 



206 

 3, 4-23 



CIS 



140 

 14 



929 



15 



65 



1,114 



314 

 44 



200 

 20 



9,754 



Total to the end of 



1877. 



Species. Specimens. 



536 

 2, l.-jg 



27, 594 

 2, 135 

 6,140 

 7, 639 

 4, 209 

 1,0h7 



90, 171 



593 



1, 892 



29, 437 



4,361 



9, 104 



2,234 



428 



189, 719 



1,818 



4,810 



41,866 



3,483 



9,645 



18, 746 



9,500 



2,664 



196, 443 



793 



5,225 



50, 969 



10, 468 



16, 868 



2, 681 



1,182 



377, 166 



