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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]]