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Echinoderaiata, 41; Annelida, 4; Myzostomidse, 5; Actinozoa, 35; 

 Hydrozoa, 8 ; Spongidae, 23 ; and Foraminifera, 268. Detailed descrip- 

 tions of most of these appear in the various zoological reports of the 

 expedition. 



A voyage of zoological research was undertaken by Sir William 

 Macleay, the results of which were published by the society he 

 founded. Such expert collectors as Messrs. Masters, Petterd, Brazier, 

 and Spalding Avere included in his staff. His vessel, the " Chevert," 

 touched first, 29th May, 1875, at the Percy Group. Then Brooke, 

 North Barnard, and Fitzroy Islands were visited in succession. The 

 coral cays of Low Woody and Turtle Reef engaged his attention. On 

 9th June the ship anchored at No. 4 Howick Group. Cruising north- 

 wards by easy stages, the Flinders Group, Cape Grenville, and Cape 

 Sidmouth were visited. From an anchorage near Somerset, the party 

 spent more than a week in exploring Cape York and the Albany Pass. 

 Leaving the mainland on 26th June, the expedition entered ToiTes 

 Strait. Waraber [Sue] and Tut [Warrior] were visited, whence the 

 '' Chevert" steered for the Papuan coast. Becoming involved in the 

 maze of reefs, she retraced her route south, and proceeded to Erub 

 [Darnley] by way of Giaka [Dungeness], Sasi [Long], Burar [Bet], 

 Waraber [Sue], Masig [Yorke], and Edugor [Nepean]. From 31st 

 July to 13th August, the most profitable time was spent at Erub, dredg- 

 ing and shore collecting. And here, as far as Queensland is con- 

 cerned, the expedition terminated. 



The fish, estimated at 800, were studied by Dr. Alleyne and Sir 

 W. Macleay in the early volumes of the " Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales." The Gasteropoda, exceeding 600, pro- 

 cured by the "Chevert," were catalogued by Mr. J. Brazier, in the 

 first three volumes of the same serial. Professor Haswell's " Mono- 

 graph of Australian Crustacea" (1882) include the " Chevert" cap- 

 tures. Echini were determined by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods 

 (P.L.S., N.S.W., I., pp. 145-176), who also dealt with the corals and 

 polyzoa {op. cit.. III., 1878, pp. 126-135). And the Annelids were 

 described by Professor Haswell {op. cit. III., pp. 341-347). 



A vessel of the German Navy, S.M.S. "Gazelle," circumnavi- 

 gated the world on a scientific mission. She made a successful dredge 

 haul in 76 fathoms, a few miles north of Cape Moreton, on 27th Sep- 

 tember, 1875, and procured 10 moUusca, 9 Crustacea, 4 worms, and a 

 coral (" Forschungreise Gazelle," Zool. III., 1889, pp. 262-266). An 

 enforced stay in quarantine gave the naturalists an opportunity of 

 searching Moreton Bay and dredging round Peel Island. 



On behalf of the Australian Museum, Messrs. W. A. Haswell and 

 A. Morton visited North Queensland in the spring of 1879, and col- 

 lected round Port Denison and Holborn Island. Some of the species 

 procured are noted by the foraier : Crustacea (P.L.S., N.S.W., IV., pp. 

 403-5) and polyzoa (I.e. V., pp. 33-43, Pis. I.-IV.). Tenison-Woods 

 dealt with a coral (I.e. V., p. 460). 



The Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods visited Port Douglas in 1879, and 

 wrote an interesting article on the ecology of the beach of that 

 district (P.L.S., N.S.W., V., pp. 106-131). 



H.M.S. " Alert," during a cruise round the world, visited the coast 

 of Queensland. From April to October, 1881, she examined the coast 

 from Port Curtis to Torres Straits. Her naturalists. Dr. R. W. 



