792 



INDEX. 



Mayor, Mathias, 15. 



Meckel, 155. 



Medusae, 440, 548 ; relation to 

 echinoderms, 489; beroids, 489; 

 tiai'opsis, 494 ; campanularia, 

 494. 



Megatherium, 576. 



Melimova Mountain, 747. 



Mellet, Pastor, 36. 



Mercantile Library Association, 

 meeting of, 411. 



Meril, the chalets of, 325, 331. 



Michahelles, 55, 109. 



Micraster, 710. 



Miller, Hugh, 367, 470 ; on " Foot- 

 prints of the Creator," 471, 476; 

 on " Scenes and Legends," 471; 

 on resemblance of Scotch and 

 Swiss, 472; on "First Impres- 

 sions," 472; on Asterolepis, 473 ; 

 on Monticularia, 475. 



Mississippi, fishes in the, 521. 



Mollusks, inner moulds of shells 

 of. 283. 



Monkeys, 499, 501. 



Monte Video, 711. 



Monticularia, 475. 



More\ 88. 



Morton, S. G., 417, 437 ; collection 

 of skulls, 417. 



Motier, birthplace of Agassiz, 1; 

 inscription to Agassiz, 2. 



Motley, J. L., 459. 



Mount Burner, 741. 



Mount Sarmiento, 741. 



Mount Tarn, 720. 



Munich, 44, 46, 51, 52, 55, 89, 94, 

 143, 150. 



Murchi?on, Sir R., on glacial the- 

 ory, 339, 340, 468; accepts it, 

 341 ; sends his Russian "Old 

 Red" fishes, 367; on "Princi- 

 ples of Zoology," 467; on terti- 

 ary geology, 467. 



Murchison, Sir R., 562, 666. 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 first beginning, 462; coral col- 

 lection begun, 487; gift from 

 pupils, 530; idea of museum, 

 555-559; publications, 555; Mr. 

 Gray's legacy, 559; name given, 

 559 ; popular name, 560 ; Har- 

 vard University gives land, 560 ; 

 Legislative grant, 560; corner- 

 stone laid, 561; plan, 561; dedi- 

 cation, 564; work at Museum, 

 564; public lectures, 565; addi- 



tional grants, 569, 668, 776; first 

 Bulletin, 569 ; growth, 680; new 

 subscription, 668; new building, 

 668; object and scope, 668 ; new 

 collections, 671; staff, 678; a 

 birthday gift, 776 ; last lectures 

 by Agassiz, 776. 

 Mya arenaria bed, 450. 



NAGELI, 30. 



Nahant, laboratory at, 548, 678, 



581, 647, 674. 

 National Academy of Sciences 



founded, 569. 

 Negroes, 500, 504, 591, 594, 600, 



605, 612. 

 Neuchatel, plans for, 190, 193, 



199 ; accepts profesorship there, 



202; first lecture, 206; founding 



of Natural History Society, 208, 



215; museum, 208. 

 New Haven, 408, 409, 413. 

 New York, city of, 415, 425. 

 "New York, Natural History of," 



427. 



Nicolet, C., 300. 

 "Nomenclator Zob'logicus," 334, 



356. 

 Nuremberg, 73 ; the Dtirer festival, 



73. 



CEsars, 447. 



Oesterreicher, 91. 



Oken, 44, 53, 54, 91, 102, 151, 



643. 



Orbe, 118, 666. 

 Ord, collection, 419. 

 Osorno, 748. 

 Otway Bay, 741. 

 Owen's Island, 742. 



PACKARD, A. S., 773. 



Panama, 764. 



Paris, Agassiz in, 162, 163, 165, 

 170, 175, 195. 



Peale, R., Museum, 419. 



Peirce, B., 438, 458. 



Penikese Island, 767; glacial 

 marks, 774. 



Philadelphia, 416, 423; Academy 

 of Science, 416 ; American Phil- 

 osophical Society, 417. 



Phyllotaxis, first hint at the law 

 of, 39. 



Physio-philosophy, 152. 



Pickering, Charles, 421, 436. 



Playa Parda Cove, 725. 



