THE GENERAL ZOOLOGY OF LORD HOWE 



ISLAND : 



COXTAINING ALSO 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE COLLECTIONS MADE BY THE AUSTRALIAN 

 MUSEUM COLLECTING PARTY, AUG. -SEPT., 1887. 



In xlugust last (1887) I was iustriicted by Dr. E. P. Eamsay, Curator of the 

 Australian Museum, to proceed in company with Messrs. J. A. Thorpe, and 

 T. Whitelea^ge, to Lord Howe Island. Our instructions were to investigate 

 the general zoology, geology, and palaeontology of that little known and 

 interesting island, aptly termed the " Madeira of the Pacific," 



In the present Report I have endeavoured to point out what has been 

 accomplished by observers in the past, and to place on record our mutually 

 accumulated notes during a three weeks' residence on the island. 



A Preliminary Report of our proceedings has already been published ;* it 

 will, therefore, be unnecessary to recapitulate our daily movements and 

 method of procedure. Mention may, however, be made of the assistance we 

 received fi*om Mr. H. A. Unwin, of the Chief Secretary's office, who, although 

 on his way to ISTorfolk Island, remained the whole time at Lord Howe, and 

 made one of our party, working and collecting with us. The collections have 

 been determined by the Australian Museum staff as below mentioned, viz. : — 



The Aves and Echinodermata, by Dr. E. P. Ramsay. 



Reptilia and Pisces, by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby. 



Mollusca, by Mr. J. Brazier. 



Insecta, &c., by Mr. A. S. Olliff. 



Polyzoa, ^ 



Crustacea, ( . -^^, ^_ AVhitelegge. 



Actmozoa, t ■' °^^ 



Protozoa, ) 



New species, or any known forms meriting special notice, will be 

 described. 



Lord Howe Island is situated in S. Lat. 31° 33', and E. Long. 159° S'f, 

 but its relative distances from Sydney, and the nearest point of New 

 South Wales contiguous to it, are variously given. In an Official Report, J 

 however, made by the late Water Police Magistrate, Mr. P. L. Cloete, it is 

 said to be 450 miles north-east of Sydney, and 300 miles from Port Macquarie. 



* Australian Museum (Report of the Trustees for 1887-1888), p. 30. 



t Lord Howe Island (Report on Present State and Future Prospects of) by the Hon. 

 J. Bowie Wilson, N. S. Wales Ler/islative Assembh/ Papers, 1882, 36-A., p, 8. [W. J. 

 Conder, Report of Superintendent of Trigonometrical Survey.] 



X Lord Howe Island — OiEcial visit of the "Water Police Magistrate, and the Director of 

 the Botanic Gardens, Sydney ; together with a description of the Island. By Edward 

 S. Hill, 1870 (8vo. Sydney), p. 14. 



