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[[embossed oval of building]] 47 widely distant parts. Although the sources of supply where not so numerous and varied ^[[during the year under consideration]] as in the previous decade, the number of specimens [[strikethrough]] actually [[/strikethrough]] received [[strikethrough]] during the year under consideration [[/strikethrough]] ^[[was absolutely greater. The]] record-book ^[[for skins]] at the close of 1870 showed that 5198 new entries had been made, or 623 more than during the preceding ten years, the total number of entries for [[strikethrough]] 1875 [[strikethrough]] the twenty years being 9773. The following table gives approximately the localities from which collections were received and the number from each. [[underlined]] Table of collections received between 1860 and 1870 (exclusive of the Eastern United States) [[/underlined]] [[start column]] [[underlined]] United States [[/underlined]] Alaska 21 Arizona 2 California 8 Colorado 2 Dakota 1 Idaho 1 [[column continues]] [[underlined]] United States [[/underlined]] Kansas 6 Lake Superior region 3 [[image - S-shaped scribble]] Northwest boundary 1 Nevada and Utah 3 [[end column]]