LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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MERRILL, Dr. George P. — Continued, 

 derson, 5 by J. H. Hall, 17 by Abel 

 Bowen, and 7 unknown (65358) ; 

 microscope and accessories in case, 

 owned during the period 1830-1870 

 by Rev. Elijah Jones, pastor of the 

 Congregational Church at Minot 

 Center, Androscoggin County, Me. 

 (65655). 

 MERRILL, Mrs. Geoege P., Washing- 

 ton, D. C. : A cut topaz weighing 

 92.4 carats (66151, loan). 

 MESSMANN, Geoege, New York City 

 (through the National Geographic 

 Society, Washington, D. C.) : Piece 

 of scrimshawed whalebone (65342). 

 MEXICAN GOVERNMENT : 



Department of Agriculture, Mexi- 

 co, D. F. : About 1,000 beetles 

 representing 700 species ( 66757 ) . 

 Direccion de Estudios BioJogicos, 

 Mexico, D. F. (through Dr. A. 

 L. Herrera, Director) : 483 

 Mexican plants (65243, ex- 

 change) ; 2 phyllopod crusta- 

 ceans, Estheria compleximanus, 

 from Guadalupe Hidalgo 

 (65562) ; 7 specimens, repre- 

 senting 7 species, of marine 

 moUusks from Lower California 

 (65576) ; 2 photographs of a 

 specimen of a starfish, Acan- 

 thaster ellisii, from Lower Cali- 

 fornia (65721) ; 15 scorpions 

 Vaejovis subcristatus (66492, 

 exchange). 

 MEYER, Dr. Reinhold, Landsberg 

 a/W, Germany : 122 specimens, rep- 

 resenting 23 species of bees (66213, 

 exchange). 

 MIAMI AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION, 

 James Asbury Allison, President, 

 Miami, Fla. : Skeleton of a w^hale, 

 Balaenoptera, found on Pablo Beach, 

 Fla. (65394). 

 MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, Mu- 

 seum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Mich. ; 

 2 vials of isopod crustaceans, 3 frogs 

 and 2 garter-snakes from Washing- 

 ton, all collected by Dr. F. N. 

 Blanchard (65789) ; 4 tadpoles of 

 Ascaphus truei. collected in Wash- 

 ington by T. M. and H. T. Gaige 

 (65798) ; (through Dr. A. G. Ruth- 

 71305°— 21 12 



MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF— Con. 

 ven, director) shrimp, Macroch- 

 rahium jamaicense, from Colombia 

 (65836) ; (through Miss Roberta E. 

 Deam) 550 plants, chiefly from Mich- 

 igan and Ontario (duplicates from 

 the C. K. Dodge Herbarium) 

 (66689, exchange) ; frog, paratype 

 of Eleutherodactylus megalops, col- 

 lected in San Lorenzo, Santa Marta 

 ^Mountains, Colombia, by Dr. Ruth- 

 ven (66405). 



MILLAR, M. A., Venus. Fla.: Old 

 wooden idol plowed up on the north 

 shore of Lake Okeechobee, Fla. 

 (66473). 



MILLE, Rev. Louis, S. J., Quito, Ecua- 

 dor: Cactus from Ecuador (65398). 



MILLER, Prof. Aethue M., University 

 of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky. : A 

 block of oolitic carbonate iron ore 

 from Preston, Ky. (65726). 



MILLER, Geeeit S., jr., U. S. Na- 

 tional aiuseum : Skeleton of a mink, 

 Mustela, from Fairfax County, Va. 

 (65395) ; mollusks, egg and 2 skulls 

 of the wedge-tailed shearwater, 

 Puffinus cuneatus, and 2 incomplete 

 skeletons of Bulwer's petrel, Bul- 

 iveria buUceri; also 6 skins and 

 skulls of rats and 1 rat skeleton, all 

 from the Hawaiian Islands (65604, 

 66573 ; 3 plants from California 

 (66745). 



MILLER, Dr. M. G., Philadelphia, Pa. : 

 Indian skull from a shell heap near 

 Cape Blanco, Caloosahatchee River, 

 Lee County, Fla. (65239). 



MILLIKEN, F. B., Manhattan, Kans. : 

 14 oil beetles, representing 3 species, 

 namely, Epicarda callosa, Nemog- 

 natha lutea, and Cantharis Mguttata 

 (65296). 



MILLS, Mrs. Stephen C, Washington, 

 D. C. : Tonto Apache basket bowl 

 and a Tlinkit basket, from the col- 

 lection of her father, Gen. G. G. 

 Lee (66579). 



MILLSPAUGH, Dr. C. F. (See under 

 Field Museum of Natural History.) 



MINASSIAN, KiEKOE, New York City : 

 Postage stamps of Afghanistan and 

 Kashmir (55 specimens) ; also 6 



