Melanochroi. A suggested division of Caucasic Man, in which a pale skin is typically accompanied by dark hair and eyes; it would thus include the Hamitic and Semitic families, with the Hellenic, Italic, and Celtic stocks of the Aryan family.
Mendis. See [TEMNÉ GROUP].
Mentawey Islanders. A remnant of the aboriginal Polynesian race dispossessed by the Malays, off the coast of Sumatra.
Mestizos. Cross-breeds between Europeans and Indians, in Spanish and Portuguese America.
Mexicans. See [AZTECS] and [NAHUANS]. Also the modern inhabitants of Mexico, who are of Spanish descent, with a strong infusion of Indian blood.
Micmacs. An Indian race of Nova Scotia, in whom some ethnologists think that a trace of Norse blood, dating from the pre-Columbian discovery of America, is perceptible.
Minæans. See [HIMYARITES].
Mingrelians. See [GEORGIANS].
Minh-huongs. Franco-Annamese half-breeds in Cochin China, an increasing race who make very valuable colonists.
Minnetarees. See [SIOUAN].