REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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Table sJioicing the entries in the record hooJcs of the Smithsonian Institution in 



1865 and 1866. 



Class. 



1865. 



1866. 



Skeletons and skulls 



6, 609 

 8,416 



40, 554 

 6, .544 

 5, 588 

 9, 9:59 

 1,287 



18,10.-? 

 2, 725 

 110 

 5, 907 

 4, 940 

 1,125 



7 100 



Mammals 



8; 685 



45, 000 



6,582 



5, 591 



10 400 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Crustaceans 



1 , 2S7 



MoUusks 



18 500 



Radiates 



2 725 



Annelides 



110 



Fossils 



5, 920 

 4 941 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens 



2, 260 



Total 



111,847 



119,101 



The comparison of the two columns shows that the number of entries during 

 the year in the catalogues of specimens amounts to l,2rA, about the usual an- 

 nual average. Of birds alone the entries were nearly 4,500. 



The following table exhibits the distribution of duplicate specimens in 1866, 

 as compared Avith previous years : 



Approximate table of distribution of duplicate specimens hy the Smithsonian 

 Institution to the end o/'lS66. 



Class. 



In 1865. 



Total to end 

 of 1865. 



1866. 



Total to end of 

 1866. 



Osteology 



, Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Shells* ..9 



Radiates 



Crustaceans 



Marine invertebrates generally 



Plants 



Fossils 



Minerals and rocks 



Ethnology 



1 



21 



233 



74 



750 



893 



5, 780 



1 



33 



1,038 



126 



1,200 



2,421 



11,086 



200 



10,000 



2, 224 



250 



550 

 12, 975 

 5,319 



600 



64 



770 



7,497 



1,631 



2,393 



3,603 



18,212 



551 



1,013 



1,800 



10, 000 



2,971 



1,321 



58 



64 



1,543 



11,530 



2,591 



5,149 



9, 162 



59, 663 



727 



2,516 



5, 060 



12, 975 



7,557 



5, 554 



58 



40 



24 



582 



10 



1 



96 



49, 200 



40 



31 



756 



18 



1 



217 



102, 551 



38 

 3,058 



92 

 5, 328 



92 



104 



794 

 8,079 

 1,641 

 2, 394 

 3, 699 

 67,412 



551 

 1,013 

 1 , 838 

 13, 058 

 2,971 

 1,346 



150 



104 



1,574 



12,286 



2, 609 



5,150 



9,379 



162,214 



727 



2,516 



5, 152 



18,303 



7 557 



5,579 



150 



Total distribution. 



20, 426 



35, 349 



51,884 



124, 149,53, 166 



109, 151 



105, 050 



233, 300 



* Of shells 390 sets were made up, and distributed to over 100 different institutions. 



From the table it will be seen that the distribution of specimens in 1866 has 

 amounted to nearly as much as in all previous years put together, the number 

 of species being, indeed, greater. This is due to the extensive and final distri- 

 bution of shells of the United States exploring expedition, &c. 



