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to the extent of about thirteen hundred numbers the entries of t ho 

 preceding volume. This volume was elosed on Oetober 26, 1888, the 

 entries having been carried as far as 18330. 



Vol. V begins at No. 20751. — This volume is devoted exclusively to 

 the entry of skeletons of mammals. Commenced March 11, 1882. The 

 entries had been carried as far as 24951 on January 18, L890. 



Vol. VI. — Separate parts of this volume are set apart for the entry 

 of skeletons of fishes and of reptiles. The entry of skeletons of fishes 

 begins at 25751, dated March 4, 1883, and had been carried as far as 

 20084 on September 11, 1888. The entry of skeletons of reptiles begins 

 at 29001, dated March 22, 1885, and had been carried as far as No. 

 29266, on August 31, 1889. 



Vol. VII. — This is the current catalogue of the Department of Verte- 

 brate Fossils. The entries begin at 30701 and on December 21, 1889, 

 had been carried as far as 30950. This volume is in the custody of the 

 Department of Comparative Anatomy. A card catalogue has been 

 prepared of all vertebrate fossils belonging to the Museum collections, 

 which have been entered in the earlier volumes of this series. 



MAM MAI. SERIES. 



A separate series of books has been kept for the entry of mammal 

 skins, with the exception of a few entriesin Vol. I of the " Bird Series, " 

 made in 1840. 



Vol. I, Nos. 1 to 2050. — Original and copy with the Department of 

 Mammals. Commenced February 12, 1852, and closed prior to April, 



1857. 



Vol. II, Nos. 2651 to 7000.— Original and copy with the Department 

 of Mammals. Covers the period between April, 1857, and October, 

 1803. The title of this volume is " Mammals from No. 2051 to 7050 in 

 the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, April, 1857 to October, 

 1803." 



Vol. Ill, Nos. 7001 to 12250.— Original and copy with the Depart- 

 ment of Mammals. Covers the period" between October, 1803, and 

 December, 1874. 



Vol. IV. — Current volume in use in the Department of Mammals. 

 On January 10, L890, the entries had been carried as far as 18043. 



MOLLUSK SERIES. 



In the Report of the National .Museum for 1885* Mr. W. II. Dall, 

 Curator of the Department of Mollusks, presents a statement of the 

 registration of specimens from 1859 to 1885, from which it appears 

 that. 42,110 entries had been made. I hiring the fiscal year ending Juno 

 30, l.s.so, 18,638 entries were made. In the next fiscal year 10,530 

 entries were recorded, the latest being No. 83534, in Vol. win. <>n 



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