MACHUELO, ma-chwelo, Spanish name current in the West Indies for the thread her ring (q.v.), an inedible, shad-like fish (Opistho nema oghnum) of the Atlantic coasts of the United States and the waters of the West, Indies.
McILHENNEY, Charles Morgan, Amer ican landscape painter: b. Philadelphia, 4 April 18.58; d. 1904. Having studied under Frank Briscoe, he continued his training at the Acad- , emy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, soon began to win recognition in his chosen field., Among his best-known works are 'A Gray Summer Noon' (1884), and 'The Passing Storm> Friends> (1891) ; 'On the Beach' (161) ; 'Grey Morning' (1892) ; 'September in the Marshes> (1893). In 1893 he was awarded medals at the Columbian Expo sition and won the first Hallgarten prize.
McILVAINE, i', Charles Pettit, American Protestant Episcopal bishop: b. Bur lington, N. J., 18 Jan. 1799; d. Florence, Italy, 13 March 1873. He' was graduated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni versity), in 1816; •entered the Princeton Theo logical Seminary in the same year, and was ordained deacon in 1820 and priest in 1821. His first pastoral charge was at •Georgetown. D. C., which he left in 1825 to become professor of ethics at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He became rector of Saint Ann's Church, Brooklyn, in 1830, and in 1831 under took the duties of the professorship of the evidences of religion and sacred antiquities in the New York University. He did not long hold the chair, however, as he was the next year elected bishop of Ohio, to succeed Bishop Chase, who had resigned the see.' The question of the legality of such a resigna tion excited considerable interest in the General Convention of that year, but in the interest of the diocese both houses agreed in approving Dr. Mcllvaine's testimonials, and he was accord ingly consecrated in Saint Paul's Chapel, New York. Upon his removal to Ohio he was elected president of Kenyon College, Gambier, founded by Bishop Chase, and held the position until 1840, acting also for some years as president of the theological seminary in the same place During his long episcopate he came to be recog nized as one of the most influential leaders o f the Evangelical or Low Church party in Amer ica, and his ability and courtesy were cordially recognized by those who differed him most widely. During the Civil War he was one of
the four ambassadors informally appointed by President Lincoln to set before the English people what was considered in the North the real significance of the War. He published i various sermons, addresses and more important theological works, mainly directed to defending the positions. of his party in the Church.
McILWRAITH, Jean Newton, (JEAN FORSYTH ), Canadian author, daughter of Thomas McIlwraith (q.v.) : b. Hamilton, Ontario, 1871. She was educated at Ladies' College, Hamilton, and studied English litera ture in the correspondence classes of Queen Margaret College, Glasgow, for 10 years, en gaging in editorial work in New York in 1902. She is a frequent contributor to magazines and is author of 'A Book About Shakespeare' (1898) ; 'History of Canada' in 'Children's Study Series' (1899) ; (joint author with William McLennan) 'The Span o' Life' (1899) ; 'The Curious Career of Roderick Campbell' (1901) ; 'A Diana of Quebec' (1912), etc.
McILWRAITH, Thomas, Canadian orni thologist: b. Ayreshire, Scotland, 1824; d. 1903. He was educated in Scotland and emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, in 1853, where he spent the remainder of his life. He became known through his classification of the birds of Canada and his study of their habits, which subject he pursued as a recreation. He was a member of the conference of American ornithologists held in New York in 1883, out of which came the American Ornithologists' Union. He served for many years as superintendent of the dis trict of Ontario for the Migration Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. His first report of Canadian birds was published in the Canada Journal in 1861, and his 'Birds of Ontario' was published by the Hamilton Asso ciation (1886; author's ed., 1887; 2d ed., 1894).