1006 



INDEX. 



Tagc. 

 McGregor, 11. C, bird skin.s presented V)y. 40 



McGuire, Joseph D., assistance rendered 



by 66 



engaged in study of 



aboriginal pipes . yi 



Pipes and Smoking 

 Customs of Amer- 

 ican Aborigines, 



by ;i51 



titles of paper by. . 202 



Mcllbenny, E. A., bird skins presented 



by 40 



McLaren, Charles, curved knife from Lab- 

 rador collected by 735 



McXeill, Jerome, title of paper by 202 



Means, Thomas, engaged in geological in- 

 V e 8 t i g a - 



tioDs 63 



8tud3' of mi- 

 cro-chemic- 

 al methods 

 for determi- 

 nation of 

 minerals-.. 31 



Meariis, Dr. Edgar A 19 



bird skins presented 



by 40 



collecting outfit fur- 

 nished to 22 



engaged in study of 



mammals 29 



specimens of mam- 

 mals presented by. 39 

 titles of papers by . . . 203 

 Meek, Prof. Seth E., assistance rendered 



by 45 



engaged in study of 



collection s 30 



series of fishes pre- 

 sented by 44 



Meetings of associations in Washington . 32 



societies 235 



Meinert, Dr. F 52 



specimens of crabs received 



through 51 



Mellates 797 



Membre, Father Zenobius, quoted 554 



Mercer, R. W., bowl pipe found by 427 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, specimens of mam- 

 mals lent to 27 



specimens received 



through 20 



Merrill, Dr.GeorgeP^ curator, department 



of geology 62 



titles of papers by . 203 



Merrill, Dr. J. C 19 



birds' eggs received from. 43 



Metal pii)e8, use of 478 



Meudon (Oise), France, prehistoric fiint 



mine at 860 



Mexican tubular pipes 361 



Mexico, accessions from 131 



to library from institu- 

 tions in 154 



distribution of specimens in 230 



Page. 



Micas, the 777 



Michigan, caches of prehistoric imple- 

 ments found in 980 



Micmac pipes 479 



distribution of 479, 630 



ornamentation of 630 



Microscopic examination of tl int 876 



Miliolidii', family V of the foraminifora.. 261, 293 



Miliolina agglutinant d'Orbigny 301 



anijularig, new species 300 



aubcriana d'Orbigny 298 



bicornis "Walker and Jacob 300 



bucculenta Brady 299 



circularis Bornemaun 298 



cuvierana d'Orbigny 298 



genus of foraminifera 297 



gracilis d'Orbigny 297 



intignis Brady 299 



labioaa d'Orbigny 299 



linnceajia d'Orbigny 300 



oblonga Montagu 297 



pulchdla d'Orbigny :!01 



reticulata d'Orbigny 301 



seminulutn Linnams 297 



separans Brady 300 



subrotunda Montagu 299 



tricarinata d'Orbigny 298 



trigoinda Lamarck 298 



undosa Karrer 300 



valvularis Eeuss 299 



veniista Karrer 298 



Miliolinina", subfamily of foraminifera. . . 293 

 Miller, Gerrit S., jr., specimens of bats 



lent to 27 



Millspaugh, Dr. C. F., engaged in study of 



collections 30 



specimens of plants 



lent to 29 



Milne-Edwards, I'rof. A 52 



exchange with ... 16 

 Mineral Collections in the TT. S. National 

 Museum, classification of the, by Wirt 



Tassin 747 



Mineralogy, chemical 649, G.'')0 



physical 649, 666 



Minerals, absorption of light by 680 



Catalogue of the Scries Illus- 

 trating the Properties of, by 



Wirt Tassin 647 



characters of, depending upon 



action of the senses 688 



characters of, depending upon 



mass or volume 679 



characters of, depending upon 



resistance to chemical action . 688 

 characters of, depending upon 



the action of light 680 



characters of, relating to cohe- 

 sion and elasticity 678 



classification of elements in 750 



cleavage in 678 



color of 68U 



composition of, relations of wa- 

 ter to 664 



compounds of elements in 751 



