Oliver. — Geology of ihe Kcrmadcc hlaiuU. 535 



Occasionally stragglers find their way there, but no migratory birds can 

 be considered regular visitors to the group. 



The presence m the Kermadec Islands of the Pacific rat {Mus exulans), 

 the candlenut-tree {Aleurites moluccana), and the Polynesian ti {Cordyline 

 terminalis) is perhaps suggestive of a continental connection ; but I have 

 given reasons elsewhere for supposing these to be introduced by Natives, 

 of whose occupation on Sunday Island there is ample evidence (Oliver, 

 1910, p. 137 ; also see p. 539 of this volume). 



List of Works referring to the Geology of the Kermadec 



Islands. 



1884. Sterndale : " Sunday Island." Appendix to Journals of the House 

 of Representatives of New Zealand, A.-4, p. 64. 



1887. Smith, S. Percy : " The Kermadec Islands ; their Capabilities and 

 Extent." Wellington. 



1888. Smith, S. Percy : " Geological Notes on the Kermadec Group." 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 20, p. 333. 



1888. Thomas, A. P. W. : " Notes on the Rocks of the Kermadec Islands." 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 20, p. 311. 



1896. Speight, R. : " Notes on some Rocks from the Kermadec Islands." 

 Trans. N.Z, Inst., vol. 28, p. 625. 



1896. Smith, S. Percy: "Volcanic Activity on Sunday Island in 1814." 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 28, p. 47. 



1910. Oliver, W. R. B. : " The Vegetation of the Kermadec Islands." 

 Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 42, p. 123. 



1910. Speight, R. : " Petrological Notes on Rocks from the Kermadec 

 Islands ; with some Geological Evidence for the Existence of a Sub- 

 tropical Pacific Continent." Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 42, p. 241. 



Art. XLVII. — Notes on Reptiles and Mammals in the Kermadec Islands. 

 By W. Reginald B. Oliver. 



[Bead before the Philosophical Insfituie of Canterbury, 1st June, 1910.] 



There are neither land - reptiles nor land - mammals indigenous to the 

 Kermadec Islands, the group presenting in this respect one of the main 

 features of oceanic islands. When the islands were discovered rats were 

 plentiful, but reasons will be given below for considering them as intro- 

 duced through the agency of man. Two marine animals — the green turtle 

 and the humpback whale — regularly visit the group, while others are occa- 

 sional \asitors. 



