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Outlines of Chiistmas Island as seen from the sea .... 4 



Keef-eclge at low- water, south side of Flying Fish Cove . . 7 



^N'orth coast, looking towards Smith Point 7 



Sections across the edge of the central plateau 12 



jS'orth-West Point from the north 15 



Steep Point from the north 15 



Skull and mandible of Pteropiis natalis, showing dentition. 



Natural size 23 



Antebrachium and cai-pus of Mus macleari and Mus nativitatis. 34 



Pontodrilus ephippiger \ prostate and sperm-sac 166 



Perichmta hrevis ] sperm-sac and spermatheca 168 



Leptoria phrygia; part of transverse section, X 5 . . . . 211 

 Orhicella herklotsi ,, ,, X7....215 

 Orbicella quadrangular is, var. columnata ; part of transverse 



section, x IJ 217 



Prmiastrcea magnijica ; part of transverse section, x 2 . . 219 



Porites, aff. lutea ,, „ X 9 . . 222 



Porites belli „ ,, X 9 . . 223 



Porites belli; part of transverse section bored by an alga, x 9 223 



Montipora dance ; part of transverse section, x 12 . . . . 224 



Forest on central plateau 270 



Sections showing the structure of the cliff at Flying Fish 



Cove 272 



Bed of basalt resting on older Tertiaiy limestone, south side 



of Flying Fish Cove 274 



Mass of Porites in sea cliff, south of Flying Fish Cove . . 274 



Sections of cliff in Flying Fish Cove 276 



Geological map of the neighbourhood of Flying Fish Cove . 280 



Mouth of Sidney's Dale, west coast 284 



Dyke of basalt, floor of Sidney's Dale, west coast .... 286 



Sea-worn basalt in AVaterfall (Panchoran) Bay, east coast . 286 



