REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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Table showing the entries in the record books of the Smithsonian Institution in 



1865 and 1866. 



Class. 



Skeletoas and skulls 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Crustaceans 



Mollusks 



Radiates 



Annelides 



Fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens. 



Total 



6, 609 

 8,416 



40, 554 

 6,544 

 5, 588 

 9,939 

 1,287 



18,103 

 2,725 

 110 

 5, 907 

 4,940 

 1, 125 



1866. 



7,100 

 8,685 



45, 000 

 6, 582 

 5, 591 



10, 400 

 1,287 



18, 500 

 2,725 

 110 

 5,920 

 4,941 

 2, 260 



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 7,254, 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 1S66, 

 as compared with previous years : 



Approximate table of distribution of duplicate specimens by the Smithsonian 

 Institution to the end o/"lS66. 



Class. 



Osteology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Eggs of birds 



Shells* 



Radiates 



Crustaceans 



Marine invertebrates generally 



Plants 



Fossils -. 



Minerals and rocks 



Ethnology 



Total distribution . 



In 1865. 



1 



21 

 233 



74 



750 



89b 



5,780 



200 



10,000 



2, 224 



250 



20, 426 



1 



33 



1,038 



126 



1 , 200 



2, 421 



11,086 



550 

 12,975 

 5,319 



600 



35, 349 



Total to end 

 of 1865. 



64 



770 



7,497 



1,631 



2,393 



3,603 



18, 212 



551 



1,013 



1,800 



10, 000 



2,971 



1,321 



58 



1,884 



1866. 



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 



38 

 3, 058 



92 



124,14953,166 



40 



31 



756 



18 



1 



217 



102, 551 



109,151 



Total to end of 

 1866. 



104 



794 

 8,079 

 1,641 

 2, 394 

 3,699 

 67,412 



551 

 1,013 

 1,838 

 13, 058 

 2,971 

 1,346 



150 



105, 050 



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 



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. 



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