Show treasures in national museum the zoological collections of the na lional museum have grown to in im mense size rivaling and in sonn cases surpassing those of any othel museum of insects there are in the government collection nearly 1500 1 specimens ot of recent shells nearly 1000 1 specimens besides at least specimens ot of other aquatic in vertebrates about specimens of fishes more than 60 birds eggs specimens of birds more than 40 reptiles and batrachians and more than 75 specimens of mammals iada U i |