REPORT ON A SMALL ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION 

 FROM NORFOLK ISLAND. 



I. Introductory Remarks. Bv J. A. M. Millington. 



II. Reptiles and Fishes. By J. Douglas Ogilby. 



III. Mollusca. By John Brazier. 



IV. Insecta. By A. Sidney Ollief. 



I. Introductoky Remarks. 



By J. A. M. Millington. 



At the instigation of ray friend Mr. A. Sidney Olliff, during my 

 recent visit to Norfolk Island, as Assistant to Mr. W. A. Harper, 

 A.M.I.C.E., who w;is making a survey of the Island, I gathered 

 together such specimens as came under my immediate observation. 

 Unfortunately the time at my disposal was so fully occupied that 

 any attempt at serious collecting was out of the question, and I 

 obtained little but what actually thrust itself upon me when 

 engaged in field-work. Small as the results are, I trust they are 

 not without interest, as I believe that the investigation of isolated 

 faunas like that of Norfolk Island may throw some light on that 

 most important problem, the geographical distribution of animals. 



Norfolk Island,* situated in 29° 2' south latitude, and 168° 1' east 

 longitude, is a well-wooded, fertile, and very rugged island, seven 

 miles in length, with a superficial area of some 89G0 acres. On 

 the southern side and closely associated with it are Phillip and 

 Nepean Islands, the former distant about five and the latter half- 

 a-mile, which together with a few small bare I'ocks on the northern 

 side known as the Bird Rocks, constitute the whole of this isolated 

 group. 



* For a concise general account of the island, see Dr. C. T. Downing's 

 'Norfolk Island, its Character and Productions.' Proc. Royal Soc. Tasma- 

 nia, 1859, pp 195-212. 

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