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The following table presents the number of specimens distributed by 

 the Museum during the year : 



Department. 



Textiles 



Historical relics 



Ethnology 



American prehistoric pottery 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Eeptiles 



Fishes 



Department. 



Mollusks 



Marine invertebrates... 



Invertebrate fossils 



Fossil and recent plants 



Minerals 



Eocks 



Metallurgy 



Total 



No. of 

 specimens. 



481 



24, 750 



20 



300 



545 



327 



6 



29, 408 



The greater part of the material distributed by the Department of 

 Marine Invertebrates was sent out in sets, in response to applications 

 which had been received from museums and other educational institu- 

 tions. 



The number of specimens distributed by the Smithsonian Institution 

 since 1854 is shown in the following table: 



1854 to 1881 inclusive 435,000 



1882 12.391 



1883 16,270 



1884 21,084 



1885 (January to June) 15, 000 



1885-'86 23,937 



1886-'87 11,000 



1887-'88 29,408 



Total 564,090 



A table showing approximately the number of duplicate specimens 

 distributed to the end of 1880 has been prepared and may be of in- 

 terest. 



Ifature of material. 



Species. 



Specimens. 



Skeletons and skulls 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Nests and eggs of bird.s 



Insects 



Crustaceans 



Shells 



Eadiates 



Other marine invertebrates 



Plants and packages of seeds . . 



Fossils 



Minerals and rocks 



Ethnological specimens 



Diatomaceous earths (packages) 



Total 



588 

 2,169 



28, 125 

 2,590 



10, 903 

 8,396 

 4,689 

 1,097 



90, 722 



593 



9,258 



30, 496 

 4,417 



10, 250 

 3,884 

 1,170 



1,945 

 4,825 



42, 517 

 4,191 



14, 639 



20, 914 

 10, 331 



2,689 

 197, 873 

 793 

 13, 434 

 53, 030 

 10, 544 



21, 737 

 5.783 

 2,010 



209, 353 



407, 255 



