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1855. — Gosse : " Manual of Marine Zoology," Part I., p. 35, Fig. 56. 

 Copies on a reduced scale two of Forbes' figures given in "Johnston's 

 Zoophytes." 



185G. — Sars, Koren, and Danielssen : " Fauna littoralia Norregice," 

 Andet Hefte, pp. 73 and 92. Mention the capture of a specimen, 

 4ft. long, at Eisvaag, in the Fiord of Bergen, in 100 fathoms of 

 water, and note that this was the first, and up to the date of 

 publication, the only specimen obtained from the Scandinavian 

 shore. 



*1858.— Herklots : "Notices pour survir a I'etude des Pennatulides, 

 Bijdragen, tot de Dierkunde, Amsterdam." p. 8. We have been 

 unable either to consult this work or even to obtain any second- 

 hand account of its contents as regards Funiculhia. As the 

 reference is merely to a single page, it can hardly contain any 

 anatomical account. 



1860. — Gray : Revision of the family PennatuUdce. " Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History," p. 20. 



1864. — A. E. Yerrill : List of the Polypes and Corals sent by the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, 

 with Annotations : published in the " Bulletin of the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology," at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 

 p. 30. Describes Scotch specimens obtained from Mr. Stimpson 

 as of a distinct species {F. Forbesii) from the Mediterranean 

 one. 



1869 — Eichiardi : " Monografia della Famiglia dei Pennatularii : 

 Bologna," pp. 89-9-5. Disputes the accuracy of Verrill's distinc- 

 tion, stating that he has obtained from the Mediterranean com- 

 plete series of specimens leading from Verrill's F. Forbesii, which 

 he considers merely a young form, to the typical 7''. quadraiujularis. 

 Gives on Plate XII., Figs. 95 and 96, a very impertect and greatly 

 reduced figure in two halves of the adult Funiculina. 



1870. — Gray : " Catalogue of the Sea-Pens or Pennatulariidse in the 

 Collection of the British Museum," pp. 12-13, adopts Verrill's 

 species [F. Forbesii), and proposes a classification of his own, which 

 has not met with acceptance. 



1872. — Kolliker : "Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyo- 

 narien. Erste Abtheilung : Die Pennatuliden." In this extremely 

 important and copiously -illustrated work a very full description 

 of the anatomy of Funiculina, the only one that has yet appeared, 

 is given on pp. 250-261, and an excellent series of figures, all 

 original, on Plates XVI., XVII., and XVIII., Figs. 145, 148—154. 

 These figures show an entire young specimen of the natural size ; 

 enlarged views of various portions of the feather, showing the 

 arrangement of the polypes and zooids ; and more highly magni- 

 fied views of transverse sections of the whole rachis and of a portion 

 of the stalk. All the drawings are, however, unfortunately taken 

 from specimens in which the tentacles are completely retracted, 

 and consequently do not represent correctly the appearance of 

 the polypes in the living state. In the letterpress, besides the 

 anatomical description, there is a very complete bibliography, 

 and a list of all the specimens and localities known to exist at 

 the date of publication. 



We are indebted to this work for many of the details incor- 

 porated in the present report. 



