REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: NATIONAL MUSEUM 107 



NUMBER OF SPECIMENS UNDER DEPARTMENT 



The number of specimens under the department of biology, so far 

 as has been ascertained by count and estimate, is now more than 

 10,800,000. The actual number is probably much greater, since 

 several collections, as the corals, have not been included, nor does the 

 number of plants given below include duplicates and unmounted 

 material of the lower cryptogams. In several of the divisions, such 

 as those of marine invertebrates and mollusks, lots consisting of 

 minute organisms are frequently counted as single specimens though 

 they may contain hundreds or even thousands of individuals, the 

 enumeration of which would serve no useful purpose. 



Mammals 221, 425 



Birds: 



Skins 252, 456 



Alcoholics 8, 961 



Skeletons 13, 378 



Eggs 87,562 



362, 357 



Reptiles and amphibians 100, 842 



Fishes 741, 341 



Insects 4, 1 41, 686 



Marine invertebrates 897, 002 



Mollusks 2, 497, 40 1 



Helminths 144, 255 



Echinodcrms 158, 035 



Plants 1, 550,363 



Total 10,815,307 



