APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



TaMe showing the numher of eniries in the record-books of the Smithsonian Museum at the 

 close of the years 1872 and 1873, respectively. 



Class. 



1872. 



187i 



Skeletons aud skulls... 



Mammals 



Birds 



Eeptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Crustaceans 



Mollusks 



Radiates 



Auuelids 



FossiJs. invertebrate .. . 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens 



12, 450 



13, 290 



11, 195 



11, 625 



62,718 



65, 950 



7,729 



8,222 



9, 758 



12,514 



16, 322 



16,710 



2, 187 



2, 194 



24,792 



24, 792 



3,107 



3,139 



100 



100 



7,715 



7, 725 



7, 167 



8,108 



11, 609 



13, 084 



Total. 



176, 749 



187, 453 



Increase for 1873 10,704 



Approximate table of distribution of duplicate specimens to the end q/"lS73. 



Class. 



Distribution to the 

 end of 1872. 



Distribution 

 during 1873. 



Total to end of 



1873. 



Skeletons and skulls 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Shells 



Crustaceans 



Radiates 



Other marine invertebrates . . 

 Plants and packages of seeds 



Fossils 



Minerals wnd rocks 



Ethnological specimens 



Insects 



Diatomaceous earths 



Total 



344 



963 



24, 069 



1,841 



2,517 



6,627 



84, 617 



1,078 



583 



1,844 



20, 370 



4,112 



5, 313 



1,676 



2,248 



58 



864 



1,890 



37, 095 



2, 970 



5, 398 



16, 720 



187, 192 



2,650 



778 



5,160 



29, 705 



10, 141 



10, 702 



1,739 



4, 294 



662 



45 



75 



511 



134 



200 

 49 

 20 



250 

 1,100 

 790 

 250 

 350 

 50 

 100 



3, 000 



10, 000 



140 

 210 



500 



450 



230 



2, 000 



150 



389 



1,038 



24, 580 



1,975 



2,717 



6, 676 



84,637 



1,078 



583 



1,844 



23, 370 



4,112 



5,453 



1,886 



2,748 



83 



1,114 



2, 990 

 37, 885 



3, 220 

 5,748 



16,770 



187, 292 



2, 050 



778 



5, 160 



39, 705 



10,141 



11, 152 



1.969 



6, 294 



812 



158, 260 



317,960 



163, 169 



333, 680 



