vill THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
exclusively the investigation of the deep-sea conditions, we specially chose 
long courses, lying as far as possible through deep-water areas, from port to 
port; and when we could we chose as our long resting-places our own naval 
stations, or other localities frequented by Europeans, where coal and food 
could be got with ease. ‘ 
At such places the land fauna is usually fairly well known. When we 
touched at out-of-the-way places, such as the Admiralty Islands or the 
Crozets, as many Birds were collected as possible, all the officers, naval and 
civilian, cordially combining to make the lists as complete as we could. The 
skins were carefully prepared by Pearcy, under the directions of Mr Murray, 
by whom the necessary notes were added. My friend Dr Sclater employed 
in reference to the Birds the same plan which I adopted for the general 
collection; he invited the assistance of the specialists most familiar with 
particular departments, whether special faune or zoological sections. The 
Marquis of Tweeddale completed the description of the Birds of the 
Philippine Islands, on which he had long been recognised as the first 
authority ; this paper was the last of a valuable series of contributions to 
Ornithology, and his early death leaves a blank which will not be easily filled. 
Before we left England we were requested by Professor Alfred H. Garrod, 
F.R.S., Prosector to the Zoological Society, to make a special collection of the 
Procellariade for dissection, as he intended to work up the anatomy of the 
croup. We attempted to carry out his wishes to the best of our power, and 
sent. him on our return a large series in brine and spirit. We learned, 
however, with regret that Mr Garrod’s health was in an unsatisfactory state, 
and he died when his task was little more than commenced. Mr William 
Alexander Forbes, who succeeded Mr Garrod as prosector, has undertaken 
to go over the collection, and to report upon it. 
Dr Morrison Watson, Professor of Anatomy in Owens College, is prepar- 
ing a Memoir on the Anatomy of the Penguins, a subject which, from the 
extreme modification of the type, offers many considerations of interest. 
C. Wyvitte THomson. 
