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INDEX. 



Marshall, Henry, 45. 



contribution from, 66. 

 mounted birds, 143. 

 Harsupialia mounted m 18~4, 43. 

 secured in 1884, 44. 

 Martin. S. J.. Epinepbelus nigritus from, 162. 

 Maryland mills carpets, 80. 



shell mounds pottery, 121. 

 Masks, labrcts, and aboriginal customs, 351. 

 Mason, Prof. O. T., 16, 18, 47, 54, 277. 



as an anthropologist, 56. 

 became curator of ethnology, 



109. 

 lectures by, 33, 56. 

 methods of, 57. 

 Nineveh deluge tablet from, 



118. 

 on basket-work, 291. 

 bow- lashings, 311. 

 throwing-sticks, 279. 

 publications by, 56. 

 report of, 109. 

 results produced by, 57. 

 writings of, 354. 

 Mass mine copper collection, 241. 



refining series, 255. 

 Massett implements and ornaments, 114, 115. 

 Masulah boat model, S9. 

 Mat embroidery. 292. 



of cedar bark showing chain stitch, 298. 

 Materia medica accessions, 75. 



classification, 75. 

 collection, arrangement of, 75. 

 catalogue, 75. 

 condition of, 76. 

 extent of, 76. 

 object of, 76. 

 origin of, 76. 

 illustrations, 75. 

 labels, 75. 

 section, 16. 



recommendations for, 76, 



77. 

 report on, 75. 

 Mats of California Indians, 300. 

 Matte from copper ores, 256. 

 Matting from Aleut caves, 292. 

 Mayflower, sketch of, 91. 

 Mazatlan and Panama fishes burned, 173. 



papers on, 172. 

 fishes collected, 172. 

 Meal-tray ornamentation, 303. 

 Meal-trays, sacred, of the Mokis, 303. 

 Medicinal forms displayed, 75. 

 Meek, Seth E., collected Mississippi Yalley fishes, 

 174. 

 collected Southern fishes, 173. 

 on pipe-fishes, 379. 

 papers by, 375, 376. 

 Meetings of societies, 34. 



Meigs, General M. C, presented concretion, 236. 

 Melanetta fusca in Alaska, 358. 

 Melospiza fasciata montana, 373. 

 Menageries contribute mammals, 59, 129. 

 Menominee iron region collections needed, 247. 

 Merchant, George, jr., tkrowing-stick from, 289. 

 Merchant &. Co. Babbitt metals, 268, 276. 

 presented tin plate, 253. 

 solders from, 27(i. 

 Merchant bark, color- sketch of, 85. 

 -marine vessels needed, 98. 

 vessel models, 94. 



wanted, 99. 

 vessels photographed from paintings, 

 95. 

 photographs of, 85. 

 Merriam, Dr. C. II., described new shrew, 130. 

 harp seal obtained by, 131. 

 investigations of, 68. 

 on Bermuda birds, 340. 

 paper by, 376. 

 Merrill, George P., 17, 18, 66. 



fossiliferous rocks sent to, 



216. 

 on building and ornamental 



stones, 342. 

 papers of, 234, 355. 

 prepared specimens of build- 

 ing stones, 66. 



Merrill, George P., report of 227. 



Merrill, Dr. James C, birds' eggs from, 60. 



Merrill, L. H., 66. 



assisted George P. Merrill, 234. 

 Merrimac Chemical Company sulphuric acid col- 

 lection, 261, 276. 

 Mesoplodon from Bering Island, 131. 



Layardii, cast of beak, 132. 

 Mesozoic Alaskan fossils, 370. 



and Cenozoic fossils, accessions to, 215. 

 catalogue of. Go, 216. 

 condition of. 216. 

 from private par- 

 ties, 215. 

 index to, 64, 216. 

 persons working 



on, 215. 

 preservation of, 217. 

 registered and cata- 

 logued, 216. 

 report on, 215. 

 routine work on, 



216. 

 types of, 65. 

 Messenger service, 35. 

 Metal bearings, &c, 242. 



extraction from ore, 259. 

 Metallurgic exhibit at New Orleans, 52. 

 Metallurgical and geological accessions, 67, 239. 



~ specimens arrajged, 

 67. 

 collection catalogue cards, 245. 

 collections administered upon, 244. 

 by graduates of techni- 

 cal schools, 243. 

 for New Orleans, 67. 

 operations shown, 272, 273. 

 processes, how represented, 247. 



materials showing, 247. 

 specimens administered upon, 245, 

 246. 

 number of, 246. 

 Metallurgy and economic geology, 17, 67. 



m report on, 239. 



collections, 274. 



for New Orleans, 269. 

 studied from Museum materials, 248. 

 Metals and ores installed, 35. 

 Meteor (steamship), history of, 93. 



model, 92. 

 Meteoric dust, 227. 



iron obtained, 223. 

 Meteorite collection, 223. 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10. 

 Mexican Boundary Survey collections, 6. 

 Indian cards, 70. 



collections, 70. 

 gambling implements, 70. 

 investigations, 70. 

 pottery from W. H. Holmes, 121. 

 needed, 122. 

 Mexico, Aztec antiquities from, 123. 

 fishes obtaiued, 172. 

 shells obtained, 183. 

 Mover and Muller (schooner) model, 94. 

 Mica, glacial polished, 66, 234. 



obtained, 228. 

 Micklcborougli, Professor, 368. 

 Microscopic structure of stones, 355. 

 Middleton, J. D.. Winnebago club from, 116. 

 Migrations of fishes studied bv Albatross, 199. 

 Miller, M. E., 268. 

 Miller, Metcalf &. Parkin sent cruciblo steel series, 



258. 

 Mills, Dr. Charles K., lecture by, 34. 

 Milwaukee Public Museum sent agraulos, 205. 

 MindelefT, Victor, aborigiual pottery from, 121. 



Navajo jewelry from, 116. 

 Mine-draining illustration, 266. 



engines, photographs of, 243. 

 La Motte lead series, 253. 

 locomotives, photographs of, 265. 

 ventilation devices photographed, 265. 

 Miner, Ensign R. II., 33, 198. 

 Mineral accessions, resume of, 221. 

 classification, 224. 

 exhibit at Now Orleans, 52. 

 fibers, 7!). 

 resources collection, 343, 351. 



