LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 
Mason VALLEY MINES CoMPpANY—Con. 
specimen of copper ore from Mason 
Valley mine, Yerington District, 
Lyon County, Nev. (56785). 
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERI- 
MENT SratTion, Amherst, Mass.: 
Specimen of a geometrid, Therina 
pellucidaria, and 2 specimens of the 
spruce bud worm, Tortrix fumife- 
rana (55818). 
Matures, K. B., Batavia, N. Y.: 22 
specimens of Cretaceous fossils 
(56619 : exchange). 
MATHIESON ALKALI WoRrKS, Saltville, 
Va. (through Dr. O. P. Hay, Wash- 
ington, D. C.): Specimens of Ele- 
phas, Mastodon and Bison (56915). 
MatisecKa, Prof. J., Prague, Bohemia 
(through Dr. AleS Hrdlicka): 10 
recent skulls from Mélnik, Bohemia ; 
and 6 skeletons, with 2 additional 
skulls (10th to 11th century, A. D.), 
from Rousovice, near MéInik (55888 : 
collected for the Museum). 
MatTtTrHews, Mrs. CAROLINE, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 19 Navaho blankets and 
3 models of blanket frames, collected 
by the late Dr. Washington Mat- 
thews between the years 1880 and 
1884; 6 miscellaneous Indian speci- 
mens (57003: loan). 
Maxon, WILLIAM R., U. S. National 
Museum: 400 ferns from North 
America (55964). 
Mearns, Lieut. Col. Epcar A., U. S. 
Army (retired), U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Salamanders from Virginia 
and the District of Columbia 
(55968; 56074; 56172; 56212; 
56768) ; marine, land and fresh-wa- 
ter shells, skin of bob-white, Colinus 
virginianus, and skull of Anas rub- 
ripes, from Virginia (56100; 56155; 
56176) ; water-worn pebble (pseudo- 
antiquity), from the District of Co- 
lumbia (56300) ; 1577 skins, 48 skel- 
etons and 780 eggs of birds, shells, 
plants, insects, skin and skull of a 
mammal, and a few geological speci- 
mens, from New York, Minnesota, 
Arizona, Europe and Asia (56311). 
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Mearns, Mrs. Enaar A., Washington, 
D. C.: Collection of plants and 150 
bird skins, from New York, Arizona 
and Minnesota (563814). 
MeticHar, Dr. L., Briinn, Austria: 
33 named Homoptera (56497: ex- 
change). 
MELL, C. D., Forest Service, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 7 plants from British 
Guiana and Trinidad (56827). 
MERRIAM, Dr. C. Hart, Washington, 
D. C.: Specimens of Amnicola from 
an ant hill in an old lake bed in 
Skull Valley, Utah (56040). 
METCALF, WILLIAM, Mystic, Iowa: 3 
fossil shells, cast of a plant stem, 
and a specimen of Hdestus crenu- 
latus (56579). 
MICHELSON, Dr. TRUMAN, Bureau of 
American Ethnology: 8 ethnological 
specimens from the Fox Indians 
(55858 : purchase). 
MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF, MUSEUM OF 
Zootocy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (through 
Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, direc- 
tor): Lizard, Basiliscus, from Santa 
Marta Mountains, Colombia, South 
America (56194); batrachian, para- 
type of a new species, from Colom- 
bia (56832). 
MIGKA, FRANK, U. S. National Mu- 
seum: Skeleton of an adolescent fe- 
male Sioux Indian, excavated at 
Fort Yates, N. Dak. (55956). 
MiceL, M. C., & Company, New York 
City: 8 sample cuts of printed pussy 
willow taffeta, first examples of “Ad 
Hoc” printing in the United States 
(57026). 
MILLER, GERRIT S., jr., U. S. National 
Museum: Skull of Microtus pennsyl- 
vanicus, specimen of shrew, Crypto- 
tis parva, and of Cooper’s hawk, 
Accipiter cooperi, and a_ crayfish, 
from Virginia (55854; 56122; 56185; 
56737); 2 turtles from Mississippi 
(56517). 
Mitier, Dr. Huco H., Bureau of Edu- 
eation, Manila, P. I.: Mandayan 
skirt cloth (56912: purchase). 
