INTEODUCTOEY NOTE. 



The following order has been observed in the description of each ob 

 ject or group of objects mentioned in the List of Accessions: 



(1) Name of specimen or of the class to which related. 



(2) Description of specimen, with locality whence obtained. 



(3) Name of sender, with address. 



(4) Current accession number in Museum register. 



(5) Calendar year in which the specimen was received. 



(G) Number of the department to which the accession has been as- 

 signed, these numbers corresponding with those given in the classifica- 

 tion of the scientific departments on pages 8 and 9. 

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