800 INDEX. 



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Maltbie, Milo R., on rapid-transit subways 759 



Man's stature at various epochs 517 



Mascha, E., on structure of bird's wing feathers 14 



Mason, Otis T - 44, 45, S9 



Materials useil to write upon before the invention of printing »io9 



Maver, AVilliani, jr., on progress in wireless telegraphy 275 



Maxon, William li 98 



Mearns, E. A 28,43 



Mechanical flight, researches in 13 



Merriam, C. Hart 44 



Merrill, George P 42,92 



Metals in the atmosphere 235 



Metchnikoff, Elie, on old age 533 



Meyer, A. B 45 



Miller, Gerrit S. , jr 25, 42, 91 , 97 



Morocco, description of 355 



Moody, William H. , member of the establishment xiii, 2 



Mooney, James 43, 46, 4S 



Mountains and mankind 337 



Multiple origin of horses and ponies 437 



N. 



Naples table, lease renewed 15 



National Gallery of Art x x 



National Museum, additions to collections :■ 28, 39 



exchanges 43 



exhibit at St. Louis 103 



finances of - x ii 



library 45,89 



meetings and lectures 44 



new building for 4, 27 



publications 44 



report by Assistant Secretary in charge of 37 



researches 43 



Secretary's report on 27 



sectional libraries 89 



visitors 44 



National Zoological Park, animals in 71, 73, 76 



elephant house in i-xiv 



exhil)it at St. Louis 72, 102 



finances of lx, lxxi 



important losses 71 



new house for mammals 70 



report of Superintendent 69 



Secretary's report on 32 



readjustment of boundaries 72 



Necrology 35 



Needham, James G., on new dragon-fly nymphs. 98 



Nelson, E. W 44 



New Zealand, bird sanctuaries of 419 



Newcomb, Simon, on the evolution of the scientific investigator 221 



Newell, F. H., on work of reclamation service - 373 



Nichols, F. S., Mrs ---•- ^ 



