United States Exploring Expedition. 



405 



75 species. 



The following is the number of zoological drawings made du- 

 ring the cruise, in the departments of science here enumerated : 



Reptiles, 



Fish, . 



Mollusca, (shells with the animals,) 

 Zoophytes, (exclusive of corals,) 

 Corals, 



Crustacea, ..... 



260 

 500 

 350 

 140 

 500 



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The variety and beauty of marine animals in the coral seas 

 of the Pacific are beyond description. Like birds in our for- 

 ests, fish of brilliant colors sport among the coral groves, and 

 various. mollusca cover the bottom with living flowers. A new 

 world of beings is here opened to an inhabitant of our cold cli- 

 mate ; and many of these productions are so unlike the ordinary 

 forms of life, that it is difficult without seeing them, to believe 

 in their existence. Those that have looked over the beautiful 

 colored drawings by the artists of the expedition, are aware that 

 this description falls short of the truth. 



specie 



While 



there were so many things requiring immediate attention, it was 

 impossible to sketch all, and those were selected for sketching on 

 the spot, whose forms and colors were most liable to change. 



species 



specimens, constitute the herbarium of the expedition. The fol- 

 lowing catalogue gives the number of species collected at the 

 several places visited : 

 Madeira, 



Cape Verds, 

 Brazil, 



Wales 



New Zealand, 

 Auckland Islands, 



Ton^atahn. 



300 



60 



980 



Rio Negro (Patagonia), 150 



Tierra del Fuego, . 

 Chili, . . j 



Peru, . . . . 

 Tahiti, . 



Samoa (Navigator Ids.), 457 



220 

 442 

 820 



288 



787 

 398 

 50 



236 



Feejee Islands, 

 Coral Islands, 

 Sandwich Islands, 



Oregon, 

 California, 



Manilla, 

 Singapore, 

 Mindanao, 

 Sooloo Islands, 

 Mangsi Islands. 



St. Helena, 



Hope 



786 

 29 



883 



1218 



519 

 381 



80 

 102 



58 



80 

 300 



20 

 9646 



