74H REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Meeker, S. F. (See under New Jersey Historical Society.) 



Meigs, Gen. M. C. (U. S. Army) (Washington, District of Columbia). Whistle alleged 

 to have been found in an Indiau mound near Columbus, Georgia (22336); con- 

 cretion composed mainly of limonite mixed with sand (22743). 



Mendenhall, Dr. T. C. (See under Treasury Department, U. S. Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey.) 



Menge, J. F. (Myers, Florida). Eggs of Speotyto cunioularia floridana (purchase); 

 nest of Bostrhamus sociabilis. 23300. 



Mercer, R. W. (Cincinnati, Ohio). Specimens of stoue implements from Law- 

 rence County (exchange). 23055. 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart (Department of Agriculture). Twenty specimens of Exogyra 

 arietina Roem. from the Cretaceous formation at Del Rio, Texas. 22931. (See 

 under .Department of Agriculture.) 



Merrill, George P. (U. S. National Museum). Skin of Field-mouse (He&peromy* 

 leucopus), and skin of Richardson's Grouud Squirrel {Spermopliiluis ricliardsoni) 

 (2235?) ; 4 species of fresh-water Gasteropods from Madison County, Montana, 

 (22400) ; miscellaneous collection of geological materials (purchase) (22696); 2 

 specimens of alligator-lizard, from the Yellowstone National Park (22895) ; series 

 of rocks, showing inclosures of gneiss, limestone, etc., in eruptive granite from 

 quarries at Sykesville, Maryland (23216). (Also under U. S. National Museum.) 



Merrill, James C. (Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Reno, Indian Territory). 

 Collection of birds' eggs, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, Spiza americana, Quiscahis 

 quiscala omeus, Cardinalis cardinalis, Molothrus ater, and Vireo bellii; collection 

 of birds' skins, comprising Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, Colinus virginianus texanus 

 and Ammodramus savannarum passer inus. 23290. 



Merrill, L. B. (Paris, Maine). Specimens of minerals from Maine (exchange). 

 22926. 



Merrimon, W. B. (See under R. A. Burch.) 



Merritt, W. A. (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimen of Fish-crow (Cor- 

 vus ossifragus) from the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River. 22766. 



Met/,, Dr. C. F. (See under Peabody Museum.) 



Michel, E. (London, England), (through Mr. C. A. Baratonni). Photograph of Cug- 

 not's steam road carriage, 1784, now in Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris. 

 22228. 



Miles, H. W. (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimen of Bob- white {Colinus 

 virginianus). 22799. 



Miller, Mrs. N. V. D. (Washington, District of Columbia). Reprint of the wall- 

 paper edition of the Vicksburg Daily Citizen, set up for print July 2, 1863, before 

 the surrender to General Grant, and issued by his order July 4, 1863 ; reprint of 

 the Ulster County Gazette, published at Kingston by Samuel Frear & Sons, Sat- 

 urday, January 4, 1800. 22971. 



Miller, Prof. L. W. (See under Penn's Museum and School of Industrial Art.) 



Miller, William (New York City). Ink ball and folder, used for taking hand- 

 proofs of wood cuts. 22509. 



Milligan, J. D. (Boston, Massachusetts). Two specimens of Cypraea arabica Linn, 

 from the Sanioan Islands. 22560. 



Mills, Roberta. (Chuluota, Florida). Specimens of prehistoric pottery and human 

 bones from shell mounds on St. John River, and a modern ax, plowed up on 

 Indian Field Mound, on the Brevard County side of the river. 23196. 



Mills, Theodore A. (Washington, District of Columbia). Commission of Clark 

 Mills as first lieutenant of cavalry, militia of the District of Columbia, dated 

 July 20, 1853, signed by Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, and 

 Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. 23331. 



Mixer, S. O. (Brattleboro, Vermont). Silver-spangled hen and eggs. 23274. 



Molan, James (St. Augustine, Florida).. Specimen of alligator. 22797. 



