COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



ANALYSIS. 



Section A.— AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF NOETH 

 AMERICA BENEFICIAL OE INJURIOUS TO MAN. 



I. — Mammals. 



1. Group of Fur Seals, Callorhinus ursinus, with screen of water- 



color sketches by Henry W. Elliott, illustrating the seal 

 life of the Prybilov Islands ; stuffed Eibbon Seal, His- 

 triophoca equestris ; cast of Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina; 

 stuffed head of walrus, Odobcenus obcsus. 



2. Cast of Manatee, Triclieclms manatus, skull of Rhytina gigas, 



from Bering Island. 



3. Casts of White Whale, Delphinapterus, and of foetal Black- 



fish, Globicephalus. 



4. Casts of several smaller toothed cetaceans, with skulls of 



the same ; casts of heads of cetaceans. 

 II. — Birds. 



5. Collection of skins of Aquatic Birds of the United States, 



exhibited by the United States National Museum. 



6. Mounted groups of Aquatic Birds. 



Ill, IV. — Eeptiles and Batrachians. 



7. Cast of Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. 



8. Casts of Diamond-Back Terrapin, Malacoclemmys palustris, 



Slider Terrapin, Pseudemys ntgosa, Alligator Terrapin, 

 Macrochelys lacertina, Soft-shell Turtle, Aspidonectcs fe- 

 row, Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas. Loggerhead Turtle, 

 Thalassochelys caotiana, Leatherback Turtle, Sphargis 

 coriacea. 

 9. Casts of Water Snakes, Tropidonotus sipedon, Moccasin, 

 Ancistrodon pi.scivorus, Eattlesnake, Grotalus adaman- 

 teus, &c. 



10. Collection of 24 species of tailed batrachians, including 



Siren, Nccturus, Amphiuma, Menopoma, Amblystoma, Si- 

 redon, &c. 



11. Four species of edible frogs, including Giant Bullfrog, 



Rana Catesbiana. 



12. Tank of living reptiles. 



