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KEPOET OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



Much labor has been expended on the identification and labelling 

 of the exotic birds, but this work is now nearly finished. When, in 

 accordance with the plan, these, as well as all the other specimens 

 in the hall, are accurately and legibly labelled, with both their scien- 

 tific and vernacular names, the gratification of the public in exam- 

 ining the rich treasures of the museum will be greatly enhanced. 



Table exhibiting the total number of entries on the record books of the Smith- 

 sonian collection at the end of each year from 1851 to 1861, inclusive. 





1851. 



1852. 



1853. 



1854. 



1855. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



Skeletons and skulls .... 



911 



1,074 

 114 



1,190 

 198 



1,275 



351 



4,353 



2,050 

 1,200 

 4,425 



3,060 



2,046 



5,855 



106 



155 



3,340 



3,200 



8,766 



239 



613 



3,413 

 3,226 

 11,390 

 4,370 

 1,136 

 1,032 

 939 



3,650 



3,750 



15,913 



4,616 



1,740 



2,525 



939 



2,000 



1,100 



171 



793 



4,350 

 4,575 

 20,875 

 4,683 

 2,975 

 4,425 



979 

 8,832 

 1,308 



705 

 1,132 



550 



4,459 

 5 550 







23,510 











6,088 















3,643 















4,830 

 1,287 



































9,718 





















1,800 





















1,031 





















3,500 



Ethnological specimens. 



















550 





















109 



























Total 



911 



1,188 



1,388 



5,979 



7,675 



11,222 



16,158 



25,506 



37,197 



55,389 



66,075 







Entries during 1861, 10,686. 



LIST OF DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1861. 



Ahhurst, J. — Mammals from Bogota. 



Allen, W. T. — Eggs of birds from Virginia. 



Ambrose, Bev. J. — Skin of Mergulus alle. 



Anderson, (a) James. — Wolf-fish from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



Austin, J. B. — Menobranchus, from Chicago. 



Backus, Miss Julia E. — Australian boomerang. 



Baird, S. F. — Four boxes minerals and rocks, of Essex county, New 

 York, and one bottle Goregonus of Lake Champlain. 



Baird, W. M. — Sigillaria, from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. 



Barnston, George. — Horns of caribou, skins of mammals and birds, 

 skeletons, nests and eggs, insects, &c. Lake Superior. 



Beadle, D. W. — Fishes from Canada West. 



Beaulieu, A. — Skins of birds, &c, McKenzie river. (Through B. R. 

 Ross.) 



Bishop, F. A. — Soils and earths collected in Utah. (Through De- 

 partment of Interior.) 



Boardman, G. A. — Skins and eggs of birds of New Brunswick. 



Boettner, Gustav A. — Insects, &c, of Kansas. 



Boyle, P. F. — Chicken with four legs. C 



Brandt, Henry. — Mammals, birds and eggs of Kansas. 



Bremen Museum. — Five mounted Arctic birds, and skull of European 

 brown bear. 



Brevoort, J. C. — Mammals from Central America. 



Brewer, Dr. T. M. — Nest of eggs of Helmintliophaga ruficapilla. 



