of some Marine Animals, 



315 



the first twenty Numbers of the Magazine of Natural History > 9 

 I find the subject has been so ably and correctly treated on 

 by Mr. Baird [Vol. III. p. 297—392.], that what little I can 

 add would be merely repeating his opinions. Instead of 

 doing this, I only send you some figures and short descrip- 

 tions of some animals which I discovered in the course of my 

 investigations." [Mr. Baird has subsequently communicated 

 another valuable paper on this subject, published in Vol. IV. 

 p. 500.] 



6 



r* „ 36 



d 



v. !i ii s 



" Fig, 36., b and c are drawn of the natural size and 

 colour. When floating in the water, the tentacula are not 



