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APPENDIX 
Specimens 
Mammals.5,013 
Birds. 4,453 
Birds’ eggs and nests. 131 
Reptiles and batrachians.2,322 
Fish. 447 
Plants.5,135 
Insects.3,500 
Shells.1,500 
Miscellaneous invertebrates. 650 
Total.23,151 
As a result of this expedition the biological collections now in the 
National Museum from East Africa are probably the most complete of 
any in the world. 
Considerable interest is being taken by the public in relation to the 
disposition of the collections made by the Smithsonian African expedi¬ 
tion under the leadership of Colonel Roosevelt. The collections, when 
received, were distributed to the various departments of the National 
Museum to which they pertained—the birds were sent to the bird de¬ 
partment, the mammals to the mammal department, the plants to 
the botanical department, and so on. 
A number of groups of the large mammals have been prepared, and a 
number of individual specimens mounted for exhibition purposes. The 
greater portion of the specimens have been placed in the study series, 
and the duplicates will be distributed by exchange or otherwise. The 
groups of large mammals now mounted are on exhibition in the new 
museum mammal hall. 
