XVI INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



the MEANS OF PROTECTION AND CULTURE. The preliminary plan of 

 classification is given in full, whether specimens were obtained to illus- 

 trate it or not, and indicates wherein the collection isstill imperfect.* 



It seems appropriate to remark that a very large number of the speci- 

 mens included in this catalogue and exhibited in Philadelphia were 

 borrowed from the permanent collections of the National Museum, and 

 have for many years been on exhibition in the Smithsonian building. 



G. BKOWN GOODE. 



WASHINGTON, April 11, 1879. 



* For a fuller exposition of this plan see the following pamphlet : 

 International Exhibition 1876. | Board in Behalf of United States Executive Depart- 

 ments. | == | Classification | of the | Collection to Illustrate | the Animal Re- 

 soures of the United States. | A List of Substances .derived from the Animal Kingdom, 

 with Synopsis of the Useful and Injurious Animals | and a Classification of the Meth- 

 ods | of Capture and Utilization. | j By G. Brown Goode, M. A., | Assistant 



Curator | U. S. National Museum. | | Washington: | Government Printing 



Office. | 1876. | 8vo. pp. xiii (1) 126. Also published as Bulletin No. 6, Department of 

 the Interior, United States National Museum ; and as Article VI in Vol. XII of the 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington, 1878. 



