yi PREFACE. 



grapple with marine zoology, tbe book being devoted almost entirely to 

 the land animals and plants. The lists are all, of course, very incom- 

 plete in the light of subsequent discoveries, but the book is a classic, 

 and will always remain so. Since 1859, a number of special papers have 

 been published by Mr. Jones, and by others; and a series of faunal lists, 

 very nearly complete for vertebrates, is given in Mr. Jones' Visitors' 

 Guide to Bermuda, printed in 1876. 



Dr. T. L. Godet, in his *' Bermuda," published in 1860, attempted to 

 discuss the zoology of the islands, but his chapters on " natural history," 

 ^'shells," and "corals" give evidence not only of ignorance of but 

 shameful dishonesty in his methods of book-making. 



The j)lan of the work, of which the first instalment is now published, 

 was arranged by Mr. Jones and the writer of this preface in the spring 

 of 1877, at the close of a second winter of joint exploration of the isl- 

 ands. Mr. Jones has collected in Bermuda for several winters, between 

 1859 and 1876, and has become the standard authority on matters relat- 

 ing to the natural history of the islands. It has been our purpose in 

 our joint work to bring together in convenient form that which is known 

 of the natural history of the islands, and to make a complete series of 

 faunal and floral lists, to serve as a starting point for future works in 

 the study of the region. 



In the present volume are printed seven separate papers. 



Professor Eice's essay upon the Geology of the islands (Part I) is the 

 result of a careful reconnaissance during a six weeks' visit in the spring 

 of 1877. The previous work of Xelson and Thomson, and the discus- 

 sion of the region by Dana, have been taken into consideration in the 

 preparation of this paper. 



The Bermudian Flora, by Sir John Henry Lefroy (Part II), is the re- 

 sult of the studies of that eminent geographer while governor of the 

 islands from 1871 to 1877, most of the specific identifications having 

 been made at the Koyal Botanical Gardens, Kew. An especial feature 

 of interest in this paper is the thorough manner in which the native 

 flora has been difterentiated from the extensive exotic flora, which has 

 been energetically increased by the Bermudians since the very beginning 

 of the colony in 1609. It is of great value, too, as a record of the suc- 

 cesses of Sir Henry Lefroy himself in acclimatizing numerous species. 

 During his administration, two or three hundred species of trees, shrubs, 

 and plants were introduced from diflerent quarters, i>articnlarly from 



