PREFACE. VII 



tlie Eoyal Gardens at Kew, whicli will greatly exteud the interest of 

 the Bermudas as a botanic garden. 



The catalogue of Bermuda Mammals (Part III), by Mr. J. Matthew 

 Jones, is one of the monographs, which will probably never be extended 

 unless by the addition of certain species of whales. 



Capt. Savile G. Eeid's essay on Bermuda Ornithology (Part IV) is the 

 final result of the labors of Jones, Hurdis, Wedderburn, and others, and 

 may be regarded as a final report. Much of the completeness of this 

 list is due to the labors of a most ingenious local collector, Mr. John T. 

 Bartram, of Stock's Point, whose little museum is full of interesting ma. 

 terial. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam, in a short visit to the islands in 1878, discov- 

 ered one or two additional species of Birds, which, by special request, 

 he records in Part Y. 



Mr. Samuel Garman's paper on Bermudian Herpetology (Part VI) is 

 undoubtedly a final statement. The discussion of the marine turtles in 

 this paper is of great general interest. 



Professor Webster's paper on the Annelids (Part VII) is only a be- 

 ginning, being based upon a very incomplete collection gathered in con- 

 nection with other work. 



A number of other papers are in preparation, and it is hoped that 

 they may be completed within the next year. Among these are a second 

 edition of the present writer's Fishes of Bermuda, and papers on the 

 Crustaceans, by Prof. S. I. Smith ; the Eadiates, by Prof. A. E. Verrill; 

 the Sponges, by Prof. A. Hyatt; the Spiders, by J. H. Emerton; and 

 the Mollusks, by J. Matthew Jones. 



G. BKOWN GOODE. 



Washington, Aiml 2, 1884. 



