BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 299 



MEARNS, Edgar A.— contiuned. 



ence to the continental species (FaJco 

 sparverhts Linn.)- 



Auk. TX. ISTo, C, July, 1892, pp. 252-270. 

 A critical discussion of the geosjiaiiliical races 

 and incipient forms of the single continental 

 species, -with a synopsis. New subspecies de- 

 scribed. Falcoifparveriusdeserticolus. Mearns(p. 

 263), Iiabitat. southwestern United States, north 

 to northern California and western Montana, 

 south to Mazatlan, in northern Mexico. Falco 

 fpaivcriuspeningidans, Mearns(p. 267) ; habitat, 

 Lower California. Falco sparverius ceqnatorialis, 

 Mearns (p. 209) ; habitat, Ecuador. This paper 

 IS based chiefly on Museum material. 



MEEK, Seth E. a report npou the 

 lisltes of Iowa, based upon observations 

 and collections made during 1889, 1890, 

 and 1891. 



Bull. U. S. Fish Com.. 1890, pp. 217-248. 



MERRILL, George Perkins. Hand- 

 book of the Department of Geology in 

 the U. S. National Musenm. Part I, 

 Geognosy : The materials of the earth's 

 crust. 



Bep. Smithsonian Inst. (U. S. Nat. Mus.), 

 1890 (1891), pp. 503-591, pis. cxvni-cxxix, 

 10 figures in the text. 

 This forms the fourth of the series of hand- 

 books relating t o the Department thus far issued , 

 and deals, as its title denotes, with the materi- 

 als of the earth's crust in the least-changed con- 

 ditions. 



Discussion of the strength and 



weathering qualities of roofing slate. 



Trans. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, xxvii, 



December, 1892, pp. 085-687. 



A discussion of Prof. Merriam's paper on the 



strength and weathering qualities of rooting 



slates, which appeared in the same volume, p. 33. 



The architect and his materials. 



Ain. Architect and Buildinq Xews, March i, 



1893, p. 134. 



An article calling attention to what the writer 



believes to be a serious defect in architectural 



methods — that relating to the selection of 



materials. 



A cheap form of box for microscopic 



slides. 



Science, November 25, 1892, p. 298. 

 Describes briefly a new form of box now in 

 use in the National Museum. 



A new source of Mexican onyx. 



Science, April 21, 1893, p. 221. 

 A brief note regarding a newly discovered 

 deposit of the so-called onyx in Lower California. 



A peculiar occurrence of beeswax. 



Science, June 16, 1893, p. 331. 



MERRILL, George P. — continued. 



A brief note calling attention to deposits of 

 supposed beeswax in the sands of the seashore 

 near Portland, Oreg. 



The building-stone industry of the 



United States. 



Stone, July, 1892, pp. 131-139, pis. 2 ; August, 

 :892. pp. 203-268, pis. 2, 1 figure in the text; 

 September, 1892, pp. 309-374, pis. 3, 2flgure» 

 in the text. 



[Brief papers in Stonel. The marble 



region of Knoxville, Tenn., November, 

 1892, PI). 591-599, 1 map and 5 figures 

 in the text. Remarks on prevalent 

 methods of testing building stone, 

 December, 1892, pp. 5-8. The strength 

 and weathering qualities of roofing- 

 slates, January, 1893, pp. 135-139. The 

 onyx deposits of Cave Creek, Ariz., 

 February, 1893, pp. 204-205. 



Report on the Department of Geology 



in the U. S. National Museum, 1890. 

 1,'ep. Smithsonian Inst. (IT. S.Nat. Mus.), 

 1890 (1891), pp. 243-249. 



MERRILL,' George P., and PACKARD, 

 Robert L. On some basic eruptive 

 rocks in the vicinity of Lewiston and 

 Auburn, Androscoggin County, Me. 

 Am. Geologist, July, 1S92, pp. 49-55, pi. i. 

 The paper descril)es tlie mode of occurrence, 

 and general chemical pctrograpliic cliaracters 

 of some of the basic eruptives of the vicinity 

 noted, and which, on structural grounds, are 

 provisionally referred to the caraptonites. 



METCALF, M.\YN.\RD M. Notes upon 

 an apparently new species of Octacne- 

 mus, a deep-sea Salpa-like Tunicate. 



Johns HojMns Univ. Circ., xn. No. 106, 

 pp. 98-100, figures. 

 Octacnemus jpatagoniensis. n. s. (?), dredged 

 by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Alba- 

 tross otf Port Otway, Patagonia, in 1,050 

 fatlioms. Tins specimen will eventually be 

 added to the Museum collection. 



MONTANDON, A. L. Notes on Ameri- 

 can Hemlptera Heteroptera. 



Proc. v. S.Nat. Mus., xvi. No. 924, June 13, 



1893, pp. 45-52. 

 This paper is based upon Museum material. 



PACKARD, Robert L. 



(.<ee under George P. Merrill.) 



PILSBRY, Henry A. Monograph of the 

 recent Chitonid;p. 



Manual of Conchology (Academy of Natural 



