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cially the account of the accessions to the Museum during the year 

 1860. 



To the class of Mammalia, 280 specimens, representing 138 spe- 

 cies, have been added, mostly from the Northeastern States and from 

 California. 



To the class of Birds, 1,836 specimens, representing 900 species, 

 have been added, among which is a magnificent collection from Van 

 Diemen's Land, presented by Mr. William Robertson of Hobart Town. 

 The other accessions to this class are chiefly alcoholic specimens ; but 

 though still small, our collection of birds has already a great scien- 

 tific value from the fact that it probably contains more alcoholic speci- 

 mens, and no doubt a much larger number of young birds, than any 

 other collection in existence. 



To the class of Reptiles, about 1,100 specimens, representing 175 

 spe'cies, have been added, among which the most interesting were pre- 

 sented by Messrs. Cutting and Butler of the Aquarial Gardens in 

 Boston, and others collected in California and the East Indies by my 

 son and Captain Putnam. 



To the class of Fishes, 9,000 specimens, representing about 1,420 

 species, have been added ; so that at this moment our collection 

 numbers about 4,000 species, to which must be added nearly a thou- 

 sand specimens of fossil fishes recently purchased from the Gray 

 Fund. The most interesting additions of living fishes consist of those 

 collected at the Sandwich Islands by Mr. Garret, along our west coast 

 by my son, at Pernambuco by Captain Brooks, at Zanzibar by Mr 

 George A. Cheney, at Fayal by Miss O. Dabney, in Liberia by Mon- 

 sieur Duchailleux, at Hayti by our Consul, Mr. A. Hilchenbach, at 

 Key West by Dr. Holder, in the East Indies by Captain W. H. A. 

 Putnam, at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, by Mr. William Rob- 

 ertson, in the Saskatchawan River and Lake Winnipeg by Mr. S. H. 

 Scudder, at Panama by Captain Watkins, and in the Uruguay and 

 Paraguay Rivers by Professor J. Wyman, not to speak of many minor 

 contributions. The most extensive of these additions are those from 

 the Pacific Ocean, collected by Mr. Garret and my son, from the East 

 Indies by Captain Putnam, and from Tasmania by Mr. Robertson. 



To the class of Insects have been added 19,853 specimens, repre- 

 senting 4,000 species, belonging to all the orders of the class. The most 



