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Maynard, George C, U. S. National 

 Museum : Commission of John May- 

 nard as second lieutenant in the 

 militia of the Territory of Michigan, 

 dated March 30, 1835, and signed by 

 Stevens L. Mason, governor of the 

 Territory (62511, loan). 



Maynard, Mrs. Lucy J., "Washington, 

 D. C. : Hunting rifle accessories 

 (61401). 



Mearns, estate of Lieut. Col. Edgar 

 A., U. S. Army (retired) (through 

 Dr. C. W. Richmond) : 8 crayon 

 lithographs of landscapes with build- 

 ings, published by Willi. Hermes in 

 Berlin (61848) ; a signed artist proof 

 etching, "A Glimpse of Mount Ad- 

 ams," by Helen F. Blaney (62044) ; 

 chromolithographs : 38 plates from 

 the publication entitled " Explora- 

 tions and Surveys for a Railroad 

 Route from the Mississippi River to 

 the Pacific Ocean," 12 volumes, 

 1853-1860, marked " U. S. P. R. R. 

 Exp. & Surveys" (62261) ; a pair of 

 skates of the Revolutionary period 

 (62378). 



Mell, C. D., New York City : 3 photo- 

 graphs of plants (61373). 



Menees, Dr. Thomas O., Nashville, 

 Tenn. : An ancient carved stone vase 

 and the rattle-form leg of an earthen- 

 ware vessel, obtained by the donor 

 on the Patuca River, Spanish Hon- 

 duras, Central America (61466). 



Menominie Milling Co., Menomime, 

 Wis. : 8 samples of barley products 

 (61960). 



Merck & Co., New York City (through 

 The Barrett Co.) : Specimen of coal 

 products — hydroquinone (61684) ; 43 

 specimens of nonproprietary syn- 

 thetic chemicals (62578). 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, U. S. National 

 Museum : 2 specimens of plants from 

 California (type specimens of Arc- 

 tostaphylos nissenana (62455) ; type 

 specimens of a plant, Arctostaphylos 

 mewukka (62484). 



Merrill, Mrs. George, Washington, 

 D. C. : Marble statue of " Puck " by 

 Harriet Hosmer, 1S56 (pedestal of 

 dark purple marble veined in lighter 

 color) (62208) . 



Merrill, Dr. George P., U. S. National 

 Museum : Frog, 3 fishes and some in- 

 sects from Maine (61473) ; fern, Dry- 

 opteris fragrans, from Maine 

 (61509). 



Merrill Chemical Co., The William 

 S., Cincinnati, Ohio : Sample of natu- 

 ral oil of birch, 2 samples of salicylic 

 acid, and 4 samples of salicylates 

 (62129). 



Mestayer, Miss Marjorie K., Welling- 

 ton, New Zealand : Specimen of inol- 

 lusk, ScissurelJa regia, paratype, 

 from New Zealand (61502). 



Metcalf, Dr. Maynard M., Oberlin 

 College, Oberlin, Ohio : 5+specimens 

 of Salpa, Cyclosalpa floridana, soli- 

 tary and aggregate forms collected at 

 the Tortugas, June, 1917 (62001) ; 

 4 lots of Salpa, consisting of 3 lots of 

 Apsteinia asymmctrica, solitary and 

 aggregated forms from the west 

 coast of Ireland, and 1 lot, 50+frag- 

 ments of Doliolum tritonis, from the 

 west coast of Ireland (62297). 



Mexico, Mexico, National Museum of 

 Natural History of Mexico : 2 

 sperm whale teeth (63042). 



Michigan Agricultural College, De- 

 partment of Botany, East Lansing. 

 Mich, (through Prof. E. A. Bessey) : 

 Specimen of plant, Laciniaria, from 

 Michigan (62554, exchange). 



Migel, J. A. (Inc.), New York City: 

 3 samples of novelty silk dress goods 

 " Hindu," " Fan-Ta-Si," and " Moon- 

 Glo-Crepe" (62138). 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr., U. S. National 

 Museum : Tape matches, 3 strips, 

 from Burgos, Spain (61331) ; 4 

 specimens of plants and a starling. 

 Sturnus vulgaris, from Virginia 

 (61487, 62303) ; specimen of mole, 

 Scalopus (62062). 



Miller, W. Z., Pittsburgh, Pa. : A small 

 collection of fossils from Columbia, 

 South America (61783). 



Millner, I. B. (See under Farragut, 

 Estate of Loyall.) 



Milwaukee, Public Museum of the 

 City of, Milwaukee, Wis. (through 

 Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment, Rochester, N. Y.) : 4 specimens 

 of minerals — bismutoferrite. ritting- 



