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Lodia 927 



tenuis 927 



Lord, E. C. E., engaged in study of rocks from Mexican V)onndary 49 



geological collections studied by 63 



Loricata - 161 



Loring, J. A., collecting outfit furnished to 72 



Lucas, Frederic A. , acting assistant curator of vertebrate fossils 74 



curator of division of comparative anatomy 42 



detailed to visit Alaska (1897) on Fur Seal Commission. . . 72 



engaged in work on Fossil Bison of North America 48 



fossil vertebrates received from O. C. Marsh by 74 



titles of papers by 139, 140 



Lycodontina?^ - 955 



Lydekker, R. , deer skull sent for examination to 64 



Lysoptychus 328 



lateralis 329 



McGregor, R. C, title of paper by 140 



McGuire, J. D., engaged in study of aboriginal pipes 61 



reference to study of ethnological and archaeological collections 



by - 25 



McNally, L. , muskrat sent for examination to 64 



Mammals, division of, condition of exhibition series in 39 



Man( )lepis 1092 



putnamii 1092 



Marine invertebrates, division of, condition of exhibition series in 41 



Marsh, O. C, vertebrate fossils received from 45 



Mason, Otis T., collections in Field Columbian Museum examined by 73 



curator of division of ethnology 73 



reference to researches conducted by 25 



title of paper by 140 



Maynard, Mrs. George C. , birds examined by 62 



INIaynard, G. C. , custodian of section of electricity 22 



Mearns, Edgar A. , collecting outfit furnished to 72 



rodents sent for examination to 64 



titles of papers by 140 



Medicine, division of, proposed classification of collections in 29 



Medicolumbian region 1204 



Meek, Seth Eugene, title of joint paper by 135 



Meinert , F. , collection of Pycnogonida loaned for study to 65 



Men-iain, C. Hart, title of paper l)y 140 



Merriam, Miss Florence, birds examined by 62 



Merrill, George P., appointed head curator of department of geology 51 



engaged in study of European museums 48 



geological material collected in Russia by 72 



head curator of department of geology 45 



report on department of geology by 45 



title of paper by 1 40 



Miller, OJerrit 8., jr., engaged in investigation of free-tailed bats 42 



temporarily appointed assistant curator of division of 



mammals 51 



titles of papers ])y 140 



IMillspaugh, C. F., Mexican plants loaned for study to 66 



Mineralogy, division of, accessions to 46 



