INDEX TO PARTS I-IV. 



257 



Mussels of Mississippi basin, 46. 



Mustelus, 98. 



Mya arenaria, green trills of, 169. 



Myers, Capt. A. H., sent sleeper shark, 97. 



Myopotamus covpu, 31, 32. 



obtained, 80. 



X. 



Nadaillac's Prehistoric America reviewed, 155. 

 Xarciue umbrosa, t\ pe of, 97. 

 Nash, Dr., insti notions to, 21, 63. 

 photographs of. 34. 

 received entomological outfit. 114. 

 studied photography, 21. 

 Xasua narica from Cozuniel, 71*. 

 Xational Academy of Sciences' meetings, 22. 

 pa])ers lor, 22. 

 cahinet of curiosities accepted; 4. 

 Museum exhibit at New Orleans, 35. 

 organized, 4. 

 Naturalists of Eastern North America, Society of, 



25 

 Naturalists' Society meetings, 22. 

 "Nature " on the Museum electric service, 29. 

 Navajo Indian ethuologica, 65. 

 Naval architecture section, 8, M9. 

 Neal, Dr. J. C, sent titone implements, 73. 

 Negatives made, 34. 



numbered and filed, 34. 

 Nehring, Prof. Dr. Alf, skulls exchanged with, 84. 

 Nelson, E. W., Aiizoua antiquities from, 76. 

 sent Alaskan insects, 114. 

 mammals, 79. 

 Dr. George W., oeut Panama reptiles, 93. 

 Neofiber alleni, paper on, 20. 



alii nii, 31. 

 Nepa and notonecta, egtz of, 169. 

 Nephela plumipes obtained, 113. 

 Nevada ores obtained, 146. 

 New Caledonia, ethuologica fiom, 67. 

 England, maiine fauna of, 172. 

 Jersey zinc ores, 146. 

 Mexico, clay pipe from 75. 

 copper ores, 146. 

 insects from, 47, 115. 

 Zuiii ethnologica from, 65. 

 New Orleans, "Albatross " at, 123. 



Exposition, birds for, 88. 



cases made, 27. 

 casts i abated, 34. 

 colli ctione sent to, 14. 

 ethnologica, 64. 



from, 63. 

 exhibit of mammals, 42. 

 exhibits installed. 31. 

 returned, 32. 

 fishes labeled, 98. 

 lithology and physical 



geology at, 140. 

 material investigated, 



144. 

 metallurgy collections 



from, 04. 

 metals, &c, analyzed, 



54. 

 molluf-ks for, 104. 

 new ores, &c, from, 



145 147. 

 textiles in, 60. 

 New York antiquities obtaim d, 71. 

 Niagara gioup fossils obtained, 130. 

 Niblack, A. P., Madeira ethnologica from, 66. 



South American ethnologica from, 

 66. 

 Nicaragua ethnologica, 66. 

 Nicholas, G. L., exhibits of, 32. 

 Nicholson, Aunes, clerk in department of mol- 



lusks, 103. 

 Nickel ore from Nevada, 146. 

 Nicotheus equals Eutyphlus, 26. 

 Niles, W. 11., paper by, 25. 

 Nissley, J. R., antiquities from, 73. 

 Noble. F.W., collected iron ores, 145. 

 Noe, Fletcher M., collected Minnesota reptiles, 93. 

 North American aboriginal basket-work, 19. 

 fishes, notes on, 158. 

 Carolina antiquities obtained, 72. 

 ores obtained, 146. 



H. Mis. 15, pt. 2 17 



Novaculite from Arkansas 145. 

 Nuuiug, CO., sent Florida reptiles, 93. 



insects, 113. 

 Nye, Willard, jr., on octopus, flying fish, &c, 160. 

 Nysius angustatus, notes on, 165. 



Obolella chromatica obtained, 130. 

 circe obtained ];s0 

 crassa obtained, 130. 

 gemma obtained, 130. 

 Octopus, notes on, KiO. 

 Ocyurus cbrysurus, 97. 

 CEstrelata tisheri and defilippiana, 161. 

 Ohio antiquities obtained, 73. 

 Olenoides lajvis obtained, 130. 

 Olivet College received duplicate invertebrates, 



1 25. 

 Onychotes gruberi discussed, 162. 

 Ophite Marble Company sent mantel, &c, 139. 

 Ophiiraus, researches upon, 122. 

 Ophiuroidea, new species of, 172. 

 Orange, rust of, 168. 

 Oian^s received in exchange, 84. 

 Orcutt, C. E.., mollusks exchanged with, 110. 

 named for, 100. 

 sent California reptiles, 93. 

 Ore material shown at New Orleans, 143. 



works, pictures of, 146. 

 Oregon fishe- from Dr. Kinney, 97. 



ores obtaiued, 146. 

 Ores and minerals for analysis, 12. 



exhibited at New Orleans, 36, 53. 

 from California, 145. 

 Coloi ado, 145. 

 Georgia, 145. # 



Mexico, 146. 



New Orleans Exposition, 145, 147. 

 Oregon, 146. 

 Sonora, 146, 147. 

 non-metallic, and their utilization, 143. 

 report on department of, 143. 

 Ornithologists' Union committee meeting, 88. 

 Ornitborbyncbus, lecture on, 21. 

 Orthis impressa obtaiued, 130. 

 lynx obtained, 129. 

 michelina obtained, 129. 

 resupiuata obtained, 129. 

 test udia aria obtained, 131. 

 Orthoceras annulatnm (?) obtained, 130. 



sp. ? obiaiued, 130. 

 Ortyx, new species of, 155. 

 Osborn, H. F , papers by, 25. 

 Osceola, bust of, 65. 

 Oscinis brai-sicse, notes on, 165. 



cabbage, 165. 

 Osteological catalogue entries, 84. 



exhibit to be developed, 14. 

 force ir sufficient, 33. 

 pteparator's work, 33. 

 series, work on, 82. 

 Osteology, comparative, 99. 



material for, 100. 

 department of comparative, 99. 

 exhibition series in, 99. 

 registers for, 99. 

 Osttacion tiigonum, 97. 

 Ostrich skeleton obtained, 101. 



obtained, 32. 

 0. jubata obtained, 80, 

 Otar\ obtained. 80. 

 Otiorhy nehidae, changes in, 26. 

 Ovis c.\ cloceras, 31. 

 m on tana, 31. 

 nivicola, 31. 

 Oyster, development of viviparous edible, 169. 



life history of, 170. 

 Oysters, rate of growth of, 169. 



Pachuca ores obtained, 147. 



Pacific invertebrates fioin Professor Stearns, 118. 



Railroad survey collections, 4. 



shells at New Orleans Exposition, 104. 

 Packard, A. S , paper by, 22. 

 Paedisca saligneana. 26. 



scudderiana, habits of, 26. 



