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APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRET AR IT. 



Table showing fhc total mnnher of entries on the record-hooks of the Smithsonian 

 collection at the end of the years 1861, 1802, and 18G3. 



Skeletons and skulls... 



Miunnials 



Birds 



Kt'ptik'S 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Crustiiceaus 



MoUusks 



Radiates 



Fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens 

 Annelids 



Total 



1861. 



459 

 550 

 510 



088 

 ()43 

 830 

 287 

 718 

 800 

 031 

 500 

 550 

 105 



66, 075 



1862. 



4, 750 

 5,900 



26, 157 

 6,311 

 4, 925 

 6,000 

 1,287 



10, COO 



2, 675 



2, 100 



3, 725 



825 



109 



74, 764 



1863. 



6,275 

 7, 175 



31,800 

 6,325 

 5,075 

 7,275 

 1,287 



10, 450 



2, 725 



2, 550 



4, 925 



875 



no 



86,847 



LIST OF DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



IN 1863. 



Atkins, L. S. — Eggs of birds and shells from Ohio. 



Ainsa, J. — See Irwin. 



AkJmrst, J. — Birds from St. Thomas, West Indies. 



Baer, O. P. — Uniouidte from Indiana. 



Baird, S. F. — Iron ore from Hanover station ; series of skins and eggs of birds, 

 mammals, fishes, and invertebrates, from Wood's Hole and Cohasset, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Baird, Mrs. S. F. — Leuciscus, from Pott)mac river. 



Beadle, Rev. E. R. — Bergen Hill minerals. 



Bean, W. — Collection of annelids and cirripeds of Great Britain. 



Behrens, Dr. — Insects from California. 



Berlin Musewm. — 54 skins of birds of Central and South America. 



BethuUe, Rev. C. S. — Skin of Scalojys hreiceri, Canada. 



Bluckmuri, Mr. — Skins and eggs of birds, Illinois. 



Blake, W. P. — Keg of fishes from Hakodadi, Japan. 



Bland, Thomas. — Spiraxis, from West Indies. 



Boardman, George A. — Embryo Canada grouse in alcohol ; skins and eggs of 

 birds. 



Bouve, Thomas T. — Large crystals of beryl. 



Brass, W. — Birds, mammals, &c.. Fort Halkctt. 



Brcvoort, J. (J. — Fresh specimen of Zoarces anguillaris. 



Bruckart, II. G. — Insects from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. 



Buckalcw, Hon. C. R. — Collection of birds of Ecuador. 



Burling, \V. — Skin of Ilalicetus i^clagicas from the Amoor river. (Through 

 Samuel Hubbard.) 



Carniol, J. — Skins of Costa Rican birds. 



Carpenter, P. P. — Fossils from vicinity of Moscow. 



Carpenter, Robbie S. — Skin of starling, Sturnus vulgaris, Warrington, England. 



Clark, Law re not. — A general zoological collection from Fort Rae, Great Slave 

 lake. 



Coleman, Lyman. — Seeds of Damascus thorn ; petrified wood from Cairo. 



Coleman, IV. T. — Birds and eggs from Canada. 



Comstock, A. — Cuttings of California grapes. 



