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Sowerby, at page 244 of our last volume, and figured in the Sup- 

 plementary plates, the shelly cone immediately surrounding the 

 animal consists of eight pieces, and the operculum of four ; but 

 in CatophragmuSy the first shelly cone is surrounded by a second, 

 equally composed of eight pieces, and this again by several sets 

 of more and more numerous pieces gradually dcreasing in size, 

 bearing in this respect some analogy to Pollicipes, The genus 

 is founded on two specimens in different stages of growth, one 

 of which was received from Antigua, attached to a Conia. The 

 trivial name affixed to it is C imbricatus. 



Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of 

 Australia^ perfot^med between the years 1818 and 1822, 

 By Captain Philip P. King, R.N, F.R.S. F.L.S. Sfc. 

 With an Appendix, containing various Subjects relating to 

 Hydrography and natural History. 2 vols. 8vo. plates. 



To enter at any length into the general results of this inter- 

 esting survey of the coasts of New Holland, would be foreign 

 to the purposes of this Journal, in which we are bound to con- 

 fine ourselves to the zoological information obtained during the 

 progress of the expedition. It will be sufficient to observe that 

 the whole of the Eastern Coast within the tropic was carefully 

 surveyed, as well as the Northern and North-western Coasts, 

 on each of which, and also at the Isle of France, were collected 

 objects of Natural History, few certainly in number, (owing to 

 the rarity of the occasions presented by the nature of the service, 

 and to the want of sufficient space in the small vessel employed,) 

 but by no means without that interest which arises from the no- 

 velty of some of them. A brief review of the Catalogues of the 

 collections in the various departments of zoology, which form 

 part of the Appendix, will best illustrate their value to the 

 student. 



The Mammalia, only six in number, present nothing worthy 

 of remark : but of the fourteen species of birds collected, no less 

 than four are regarded as new by Mr. Vigors, to whom Capt, 



