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there is good reason for believing that the census is a conservative 

 one. In confirmation of this it should be noted that the estimated 

 number of plants is only that of the mounted specimens, and does 

 not include the unmounted material, nor the lower cryptogams. 



Division : 



Mammals 80, 813 



Bird skins, skeletons, and alcoholics 238, 662 



Birds' eggs 80,653 



Reptiles and amphibians 77, 446 



Fishes 685, 740 



Insects 2, 415, 060 



Marine invertebrates 729,293 



Mollusks 1, 557, 336 



Echinoderms (ascertained total 151,407; actually prob- 

 ably) 158,113 



Plants 1, 183, 700 



Total 7, 206, 816 



