LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 747 



McMasters, T. G. (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), (through Mr. S. F. Peckhani). Col- 

 lection of specimens of crude petroleum. 22208. 



McRae, Donald (Wilmington, North Carolina). Specimen of plant (name un- 

 known), (sent to the United States Botanic Garden to complete its growth.) 

 22584. ' 



Mabbett, Gideon (Rodney, Mississippi), (through Dr. A, K. Fisher, Department of 

 Agriculture). Specimen of snake Farancia abacura (22314) ; nest, eggs, and 

 parent bird of Helmitherua vermivorua (23304). 



MacOwan, P. (See under Botanic Garden, Cape Town.) 



Macdonough, James. (See under American Bank Note Company.) 



Magee, Robert E. (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimen of Old-squaw 

 (Clangula hyemalis) in flesh. 22574. 



Mahone, Gen. William (Petersburgh, Virginia). Two living specimens of Gray 

 Fox ( Urooyon virginianus). 22204. 



Maine State College (Orono, Maine), (through Prof. F. L. Harvey). Specimen of 

 limonite from Katahdin Iron Works (exchange). 22472. 



Manning, R. P. (Youngstown, Ohio). Five rude ^af-shaped implements, and seven 

 fragments of flint implements, from Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois 

 (exchange). 22324. 



Marron, Thomas (United States National Museum). Autograph letter of Amos 

 Kendall, dated October 26, 1838, while Postmaster-General during General Jack- 

 son's administration. 22825. 



Marshall, George (U. S. National Museum). Three Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistea 

 migratorius) in flesh (22461); specimens of birds' skins (22635); specimens of 

 Purple Grackle (Quiscalua quiscuJa), Mallard duck (Anas hoschas) in flesh (22922, 

 22983); specimen of Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus) Rat (Mus decumanus) with mal- 

 formed iucisors, in flesh (22996) ; specimen of Hooded Merganser (Lopliodytes 

 cucullatiis) in flesh (23019). 



Martin, John L, (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimen of Alligator (Alli- 

 gator mississippiensis) from Florida. 22936. 



Martin, R. H. (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimens of cocoons of the 

 cecropia and promethea silk worms. 23231. 



Mason & Hamlin (New York City). Model piano stringer, designed to exhibit two 

 methods of adjusting or tuning wires, one a method patented by the donors July, 

 1883, the other an old method. 22435. 



Mason, Prof. O. T. (U. S. National Museum). Specimens of ores, from the vicinity of 

 Otis Creek, Upper Brazos River, Texas (22532) ; flint-lock musket, U. S., Spring- 

 field. (22890). 



Mason, W. A., & Son (Cambridgeport, Massachusetts). Pi'ice of plank from the 

 wreck of the Sparrowhawk, and three plates of the same, together with a pam- 

 phlet giving an account of the wreck. 22781. 



Mason, W.C. (Washington. District of Columbia). Three Chinese one-cash pieces. 

 22311. 



Matthews, E. O. (St. Louis, Missouri). Alcoholic specimen of Rattlesnake (Crotalus 

 horridus) from Indian Territory, and femora of an Indian from a mound in Mad- 

 ison County, Illinois. 22991. 



Mayforth, Max (Washington, District of Columbia). Fifty-niue etchings, engrav- 

 ings, and lithographs. 22614. 



Maynard, C. J. (Newtonville, Massachusetts). Four specimens of Cory's Booby 

 (Sula coryi, Mayn) (purchase) (22251) ; species of Strophia, from the Antilles and 

 Bahamas, types of the new species described by the donor (22530, 22744). 



Maynard, G. C. (Washington, District of Columbia). Piece of the deep-sea portion 

 of the first Atlantic telegraph cable. 23284. 



Medina, Jose F. (See under Government of Nicaragua.) 



Meeker, A. B. (District of Columbia). Specimens of hematite, chalcopyrite, and 

 bornite from Virginia. 22948. 



