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Specimens 



Mammals 5,013 



Birds 4'453 



Birds' eggs and nests 131 



Reptiles and batrachians 2,322 



Fish 447 



Plants 5'i35 



Insects 3>5oo 



Shells 1,500 



Miscellaneous invertebrates 650 



Total 23,151 



As a result of this expedition the biological collections now in the 

 National Museum from East Africa are probably the most complete of 

 any in the world. 



Considerable interest is being taken by the public in relation to the 

 disposition of the collections made by the Smithsonian African expedi- 

 tion under the leadership of Colonel Roosevelt. The collections, when 

 received, were distributed to the various departments of the National 

 Museum to which they pertained — the birds were sent to the bird de- 

 partment, the mammals to the mammal department, the plants to 

 the botanical department, and so on. 



A number of groups of the large mammals have been prepared, and a 

 number of individual specimens mounted for exhibition purposes. The 

 greater portion of the specimens have been placed in the study series, 

 and the duplicates will be distributed by exchange or otherwise. The 

 groups of large mammals now mounted are on exhibition in the new 

 museum mammal hall. 



