244 ALPHABETICAL INDEX 



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 Memoir of — Continued. 



Priestley, J., by G. Cuvier. (R. 1858) 109 



Saint-Hiliiire, Isidore Geoffroy, by J. L. Quatrkfagks. (R. 1862) 150 



Saint-Hilaire, Geoffroy, by M. Flourens. (R. 1861) 149 



Seaton, W. W., by J. Henrt. (R. 1866) 214 



Thenard, Louis Jacques, by M. Flourens. (R. 1862) 150 



Torrey, Jobn, by A. Gray. (R. 1873) 275 



Memoir on — 



anatomy and pbysiolog}' of lucernarise — H. J. Clark 242 



explosiveness of nitre — R. Hare 17 



extinct sloth tribe of North America — J. Leidy 72 



extinct species of American ox — J. Leidy 41 



meteorological subjects, by J. Hann and others. Translated by C. Abbe. 



(R. 1877) 323, 398 



methods of interpolation— E. L. De Forest. (R. 1871, 1873) 249, 275 



mosasaurus — R. W. Gibbes 14 



Memoranda for collectors of drugs for materia medica section of the U. S. 



National Museum— J. M. Flint. (P. 1881) 467, 452 



Memoranda of inquiry relative to food fishes of United States 231 



Memorial — 



address on Joseph Henry — A. M. Mayer 356, 417 



of citizens of Philadelphia relative to Lowe's aeronautic voyage across 



the Atlantic. (R. 1860) 147,329 



of Joseph Henry. (Published by Congress) 356 



of Regents to Congress asking appropriations for Museum. (R. 1867.) 215, 329 

 of Regents to Congress relative to Smithson fund. (R. 1850; R. 1866.) 



28, 214, 329 

 to Congress in behalf of Regents relative to new museum building — G. 



Bancroft. (R. 1876) 299,329 



Menhaden, gulf, {Brevoortia patronus), note on — S. Stearns. (P. 1878) 332 



Mental condition of man, early traces of— E. B. Tylor. (R. 1867) 215 



Mercury, secular variations of elements of orbit of, with tables — J. N. Stock- 

 well 232 



Merino, St. M. Figure of the earth. (R. 1863) 187 



Merlucius, diagnosis of genus of fish related to — G. B. Goodk. (P. 1880) 425 



Merrill, J. C. Habits of Rocky Mountain goat. (P. 1879) 333 



Merrill, J. C. List of birds observed near Fort Brown, Texas, 1876-1878. 



(P. 1878) 332 



Mesozoic rt)cks of Arkansas, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, descriptions of 



new invertebrate fossils from— C. A. White. (P. 1880) 425 



Metal, hydrogen as gas and — J.E.Reynolds. (R. 1870) 244 



Metallic castings of delicate natural objects. (P. 1881) 467 



Metamorphism and formation of crystalline rocks — G. A. Daubree. (R. 1861.) 149 

 Meteoric fire-ball, orbit and phenomena of — J. H. Coffin 221 



