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6. [[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] Number of species in North American Series - 760 Number of specimens in foreign reserve Series - 4,330 " "[[ditto for Number of]] duplicate "[[ditto for Series]] - 231 Total - 5,561 Number of species in foreign Series - 611 Number of nests in Reserve Series - 2,339 " "[[ditto for Number of nests]] on exhibition - 235 Total - 2,574 [[strikethrough]] Current number last entry [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Last Catalogue entry is, June [[strikethrough]]30/90[[/strikethrough]] ^[[1890.]] - 24,004 " " "[[ditto for Last Catalogue entry is,]] June [[strikethrough]]30/[[/strikethrough]] ^[[30/18]]91. - 24,336. Total number of entries ^[[during the year]] - 332 [[strikethrough]]N.B.[[/strikethrough]] The consignments from the [[strikethrough]]B[[/strikethrough]] ^[[b]]iological [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[expedition]], Dept. of Agriculture, Dr. C. Hart Merrian, in charge.