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desirable that the museum force should be increased. I have already 

 adverted to the labor necessarily expended during the pastyear in merely 

 unpacking and arranging the collections of new matter received. While 

 the old specimens need a certain amount of care, new ones are being 

 constantly added. I would, therefore, recommend that Mr. Girard be 

 regularly employed by the Institution, at such salary as you may think 

 suitable ; and one other person in addition, to attend to the purely me- 

 chanical work required in the way of unpacking, washing bottles, tying 

 on labels, cleaning specimens, &c. Such service as this could be ob- 

 tained for about tweiily-five dollars per month ; and the help oi both 

 persons would be also available in other departments where it is im- 

 peratively required. This is especially the case in respect to the pub- 

 lications, exchanges, and transportation, where, as in the museum ope- 

 rations, I have no regular assistance whatever. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DONORS TO THE MUSEUM OF THE SMITHSONIAN 



INSTITUTION. 



Academy of Natural Sciences. — Skins of North American birds. 



Prof. C. B. Adams. — Shells, &c, from Bermuda and St. Thomas. 



Prof. L. Agassiz. — Etheostoma from Alabama and Missouri. 



Capt. Atwood. — Fishes, Crustacea, and radiata, from Provincetown, 

 Mass. 



Prof. A. D. Bache. — Surterbrand from Iceland. 



Prof. S. F. Baird. — Twelve kegs, &c, of fishes, from Wisconsin, 

 Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Canada. 



Dr. J. B. Barratt. — Reptiles and fishes from South Carolina. 



Dr. J. M. Bigelow. — Seeds from Texas and New Mexico. 



Ca/pt. Daniel Bodcn. — Specimens of lake trout and perch from Otsego 

 lake, New York. 



J. S. Bowman. — Reptiles and fishes from the vicinity of Fort Kear- 

 ney. 



Major J. H. Carleton, U. S. A. — Specimen of theliphomts from Santa 

 Fe. 



Charles Cavileer. — Mammals, &c, from Minnesota. 



Robert Clarke. — Skulls of mammals and reptiles, in alcohol, from 

 Essex county, N. J. 



Prof. George H. Cook. — Living specimens of Emys muhlenbergii from 

 New York. 



Dr. G. E. Cooper, U. 8. A. — Skulls of Comanche and Lipan In- 

 dians. 



Dr. J. G. Cooper. — Reptiles from California; skin of Gymnotus elec- 

 tricus. 



Lt. D. N. Couch, U. S. A. — Very extensive collections of the verte- 

 brata, with numerous insects and specimens of antiquities from north- 

 ern Mexico. 



G. S. Cutting. — Storeria dekayii and Chlorosoma vernalis, from Mid- 

 dleboro', Mass. 



Mrs. M. E. Daniel. — Reptiles from Anderson, S. C. 



E. A. Dayton. — Skulls of beaver and fishes, (Mustela canadensis ;) 

 reptiles and fishes from the St. Lawrence river. 



G. W. Dean. — Reptiles from Galveston, Texas. 



