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

 "plancbette." 



Merrill, W. A. Living specimen soft-shell turtle {Aspidonectes spini- 

 fer) ; from Iowa. 



Metcalf, Charles. One box of quail eggs. 



Mikell, J. Jenhins. Specimen of cotton jilant and three bags of cotton 

 seed ; from Edisto Island, South Carolina. 



Miklin, Br. J. B. Three specimens of Indian relics; from Tennessee. 



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

 and badger hairs used in the manufacture of brushes. 



Miller, J . H. Small package of iiowers ; from Texas. 



Mills, Clark. Metallic cast of section of the throat of 60-foot whale. 



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



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



Minton, Hollis & Co., Stoke-upon- Trent, England [through Sharpless <& 

 Waits, 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. Eour specimens of stone relics ; from Tennessee. 



Money, Hon. 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 Hon. 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. 



Milcke, 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. 



Necdham, G. F. Specimen of bird-skin (Cyanocitta crisiata), living king 

 snake {Ophibolus getulus) ; from Maryland. 



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

 Lagomys hyperhoreus) ; from Germany. 



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



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



Nery, F. li. Skin of eel [AnguUla rostrata) ; from Delaware. 



New Bedford Cordage Company. Seven samples of cordage. 



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

 birds' skins [Bhodostcthia rosea, Budytes fiavus, Plectrophanes nivalis, 

 Centrophanes lapponicns, Phalaropus fulicarius) ; from Henrietta Isl- 

 and, Arctic Ocean. 



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



