250 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Merrill^ George P. Eleven specimens of rocks ; from Maine. Also one 

 "plancliette." 



Merrill^ W. A. Living specimen soft-shell turtle [Aspidonectes spini- 

 fer) ; from Iowa. 



Metcalfe Charles. One box of quail eggs. 



MiJcell, J. Jenkins. Specimen of cotton plant and three bags of cotton 

 seed 5 from Edisto Island, South Carolina. 



MiJclin, Dr. J. B. Three specimens of Indian relics; from Tennessee. 



Miles Brothers & Co. Collective exhibit of bristles, feathers, camel, 

 and badger hairs used in the manufacture of brushes. 



Miller^ J. H. Small package of flowers ; from Texas. 



Mills, Clarl: ^Metallic cast of section of the throat of 60-foot whale. 



Mills, Henry. Two boxes fresh- water sponges ; from Niagara Kiver. 



Minor, F. 0. Specimen of insect; from Louisiana. 



Minton, Mollis c€' Co., Stoke-upon- Trent, England {through iSharpless & 

 Watts, Philadelphia, Pa.). An exhaustive collection of useful and 

 ornamental tiles. 



Mitchell, Capt. J. C. One tank alcoholic fishes, containing twenty-seven 

 species ; from southern coast of United States. 



Mitchell, Br. W. Four specimens of stone relics ; from Tennessee. 



Money, Hoti. H. B. Specimen of pyrite; from Mississippi. 



Moore, George H. H. Specimen of fresh-water drum [Haploidonotus 

 grunniens) ; from Colorado River, Texas. 



Morehead <& Co. Sheet of rolled iron, 15 by 7 feet, f inch thick. 



Morgan Ron. J. T. Box of clay and sand ; from Missouri. 



Moulton, J. H. Head and tusks of walrus {Rosmarus) ; two skeletons of 

 fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) ; from Alaska. 



Miiclie, Br. Franz. Specimen of arrow-head ; from near Sandford Lake, 

 Florida. 



Myrick, A. M. Wooden mortar and pestle, formerly carried on whale- 

 ship. 



Neal, Br. James C. Two specimens of black snake {Bascanium constric- 

 tor)', from Florida. 



Needham, G. F. Specimen of bird-skin [Gyanocitta crisiata), living king 

 snake {Ophiholns gettilus) ; from Maryland. 



Nehring, Prof. A. L. Small box of fossil mammals {Myodes torquatus, 

 Jjagomys hyperboreus) ; from Germany. 



Nelson, F. W. Specimen of deer antlers ; from Alaska. 



Nelson, Wolf red. Alcoholic specimen of coral snake ; from Panama. 



Nery, E. R. Skin of eel {Anguilla rostrata) ; from Delaware. 



New Bedford Cordage Company. Seven samples of cordage. 



Neivcomb, R. L., U. S. N. Two small packages mosses, seven specimens 

 birds' skins {Rhodostethia rosea, Budytes Jlavus, Plcctrophanes nivalis, 

 Centrophanes lapponicus, Phalaropus fulicariiis); from Henrietta Isl- 

 and, Arctic Ocean. 



Newton & Co. Exhibit of fire-clay, and articles made from same. 



