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INDEX. 



Marshall, Henry, 45. 



contribution from, 66. 

 moiTTited buds, 143. 

 Marsupialia niountod m 18!-'4, 4'J. 

 sccuii'd in 1F84, 44. 

 Martin, S. J.. Epinephehi.s nigritus from, 102. 

 Maryland mills caipels, 80. 



shell mounds pottery, 121. 

 Masks, labrcts, and aborifjinal customs, 351. 

 Masoa, Prof. O. T., 16, 18, 47, 54, 277. 



as an anthropologist, 56. 

 became curator of othnolopy, 



109. 

 lectures by, 33, 56. 

 methods of, 57. 



Nineveh deluge tablet from, 

 ■ 118. 



on basket-work, 291. 

 bow- lashings, 311. 

 throwing-sticks, 279. 

 publications bj', 56. 

 report of, 109. 

 results produced by, 57. 

 ■writing.s of, 354. 

 Mass mine copper collection, 241. 



refining series, 255. 

 Massett implements and ornaments, 114, 115. 

 Masulah boat model, 89. 

 Mat embroidery. 292. 



of cedar bark showing chain stitch, 298. 

 Materia medica accessions, 75. 



classification, 75. 

 collection, arrangement of, 75. 

 catalogue, 75. 

 condition of, 76. 

 extent of, 76. 

 ob.ject of, 76. 

 origin of, 76. 

 illustrations, 75. 

 labels, 75. 

 section, 16. 



recommendations for, 76, 



77. 

 report on, 75. 

 Mats of California Indians, 300. 

 Matte from copper ores, 256. 

 Matting from Aleut caves, 292. 

 Mayflower, sketch of, 91. 

 Mazatlan and Panama fishes burned, 173. 



papers on, 172. 

 fishes collected, 172. 

 Meal-tray ornamentation, 303. 

 l^leal-trays, sacred, of the Mokis, 303. 

 Medicinal forms displayed, 75. 

 Meek, Seth E., collected Mississippi Valley fishes, 

 174. 

 collected Southern fishes, 173. 

 on pipe-fishes, 379. 

 papers by, 375, 376. 

 Meetings of societies, 34. 



!Meigs, General M. C, presented concretion, 23C. 

 Molanetta fusca in Alaska, 358. 

 Melospiza fasciata raontana, 373. 

 Menageries contribute mammals, 50, 129. 

 Menominee iron region collections needed, 247. 

 Merchant, George, jr., throwiugstick tiom, 289. 

 Merchant & Co. Babbitt metals, 268, 276. 

 presented tin plate, 253. 

 solders fiom, 27(i. 

 Merchant bark, color-sketch of, 85. 

 -marine vessels needed, 98. 

 vessel models, 94. 



wanted, 99. 

 vessels photographed from i)aintings, 

 95. 

 photographs of, 85. 

 Merriam, Dr. C. H., described new shrew, 130. 

 harp seal oldained by, 131. 

 investigations of, 68. 

 on Bermuda birds, 340. 

 paper by, 376. 

 Merrill, George P., 17, 18, 66. 



fossiliferous rocks sent to, 



216. 

 on building and ornamental 



stones, 342. 

 papers of, 234, 355. 

 prepared specimens of build- 

 ing stones, 00. 



Merrill, Geoi-geP., report of, 227. 



Meriill, Dr. .lames C, birds' eggs from, 60. 



MerriU, L. H.,66. 



assisted George P. Merrill, 234. 

 Merrimac Chemical Company sulphuric acid col- 

 lection, 261, 276. 

 Mesoplodon from Bering Lsland, 131. 



Layardii, cast of beak, 132. 

 Mesozoic Alaskan fossils, 370 



and Cenozoic fossils, accessions to, 215. 

 catalogue of. 65, 216. 

 condition of. 216. 

 liom ])rivate jjar- 



tie.s, 21.0. 

 index to, 64, 216. 

 persons working 



on, :'15. 

 preservation of, 217. 

 registered and cata- 

 logued, 216. 

 report on, 215. 

 routine work on, 



216. 

 types of, Co. 

 Messenger service, 35. 

 Metal bearings, &c., 242. 



extraction from ore, 259. 

 Metallurgic exhibit at New Orleans, 52. 

 Metallurgical and geological accessions, 67, 239. 



specimens arra.iged, 

 07. 

 collection catalosrue cards, 245. 

 collections administered ui>on, 244. 

 bj- graduates of techni- 

 cal schooLs, 243. 

 for Now Orleans, 67. 

 operations shown, 272, 273. 

 processes, how represented, 247. 



materials showing, 247. 

 specimens administered ujion, 245, 

 246. 

 number of, 246. 

 Metallurgy and economic geology, 17, 67. 



report od, 239. 

 collections, 274. 



for I\ ew Orleans, 269. 

 studied from Museum materials, 248. 

 Metals and ores installed, 35. 

 Meteor (steamship), history of, 93. 



model,' 92. 

 Meteoric dust, 227. 



iron obtained, 223. 

 Meteorite collection, 223. 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10. 

 Mexican Boundary Survey collections, 6. 

 Indian cards, 70. 



collections, 70. 

 gambling implements, 70. 

 investigations, 70. 

 pottery fioui W. H. Holmes, 121. 

 needed, 122. 

 Mexico, Aztec antiquities from, 123. 

 fishes obtaieed, 172. 

 slielN obtained, 183. 

 Mover and Muller (schooner) model, 94. 

 Mica, glacial polished, 60, 234. 



obtained, 228. 

 Mickleborough, Profes.sor, 368. 

 Microscopic structure of stones, 355. 

 Middleton, .J. D., Winn(d)ago club from, 116. 

 MiL;ratiuusof li.shes studied by Albatross, 199. 

 Miller, M. E., 268. 

 Miller, Metcalf & Parkin sent crucible steel series, 



258. 

 Mills, Dr. Charles K.. lecture by, 34. 

 Milwaukee Public Museum sent agiaulos, 205. 

 Mindelefl', Victor, aboriginal pottery from, 121. 



Navajo jewelry from, 116. 

 Mine-draining illustration, 266. 



engines, photographs of, 243. 

 La Motte lead series, 253. 

 locomotives, photographs of, 265. 

 ventilation devices photograjihed, 265. 

 Miner, Ensign 11. II.. 33, 198. 

 Mineral accessions, resuine of, 221. 

 classification, 224. 

 e:Shibit at New Orleans, 52. 

 fibers, 79. 

 resources collection, 343, 351, 



