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one hundred and fifteen can-boxes, containing about one hundred 

 and fifty cans, have been sent out for collections. These cans have 

 been distributed among thirty-two persons. During the same period 

 seventy-five can-boxes have been returned to the Museum, sent in by 

 twenty different collectors. There remain now unreturned, three cans 

 sent during 1859, ninety-one cans sent out during 1860 (distributed 

 among fifteen persons, most of whom are at such a distance that it is 

 hardly time to expect their collections), and fifty-nine cans sent out 

 during 1861 and distributed among sixteen different collectors; mak- 

 ing in all, one hundred and fifty-three cans distributed among thirty- 

 four different persons, which have not yet been returned. 



The principal additions to the collections of Mammalia and Birds, 

 consist of seventeen barrels and two hundred bottles, not vet divided 

 off, chiefly from the Aquarial Garden, from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and from China. 



To the collection of Reptiles, eighty-eight species, forty-five of which 

 are new to the collection, have been added, represented by two 

 hundred and seventy-one specimens. The most important among 

 these are those presented by Mr. Ward, from Egypt. 



The total number of specimens of Fishes received amounts to five 

 thousand, comprising one thousand different species, the most im- 

 portant of which are those from the Kings Mills and the Society 

 Islands, collected by Mr. Garret, and from San Francisco, collected 

 by Mr. Gary, and those sent from Cuba, the Bahamas, and Florida, by 

 Professor Poey, Dr. Holder, Mr. F. G. Shaw, and Mr. Aviles. The 

 collection made in the Arabian Gulf, by Captain Millet, though small, 

 is verv rich in singular forms. , 



To the collection of Insects, four thousand two hundred and sixty- 

 one specimens, representing one thousand one hundred and sixty-one 

 species, have been added, most of them sent by Dr. Imhoff. 



To the collection of Crustacea, two thousand five hundred specimens 

 have been added, representing five hundred and eighty-four species ; 

 the most important are the type specimens from the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, and the collections sent from the Kings Mills and Society 

 Islands, and from China by Mr. Garret and Captain Putnam. 



To the collection of Worms, three hundred and ten specimens of 

 annelids, representing fifty-five species, have been added, chiefly pre- 

 sented by A. Agassiz. 



