LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL PAPERS RELATING TO 

 CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



1. Dampier's Voyages. Edition 1829, vol. i, p. 472. London. 



2. A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo in the East Indies, etc. By Capt. 



Daniel Beekman. London, 17IS. (See Pinkerton's Voyages, vol. xi, p. 103.) 



3. Report on a Zoological Collection made by the Officers of H.M.S. "Flying 



Fish" at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1887, p. 507. 

 (This includes the report of Captain J. P. Maclear, of H.M.S. " Flying Fish," 

 on the visit to the island, and descriptions of the collections bv Dr. A. G. Butler, 

 Dr. R. B. Sharpe, O. Thomas, G. A. Boulenger, E. A. Smith, R. I. Pocock, 

 C. 0. Waterhouse, F. J. Bell, and A. Dendy.) 



4. Report on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), H.M.S. " Egeria," 1887. By 



Captain Pelham Aldrich. (With map.) (Admiralty Reports.) 



5. On the Natural History of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. By J. J. 



Lister, M.A., F.R.S. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1888, p. 512. (This is accompanied 

 bv reports on the collections by 0. Thomas, G. A.' Boulenger, E. A. Smith, 

 C. J. Gahan, A. G. Butler, W." F. Kirby, and R. I. Pocock.) 



6. Report on the Botanical Collections from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 



made by Captaiik J. P. Maclear, Mr. J. J. Lister, and the Officers of 

 H.M.S. "Egeria." By W. Bottixg Hemsley. Journ. Linn. Soc. (Botany), 

 vol. 3xv (1S90), p. 351." 



7. Account of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). By Rear- Admiral Sir W. .T. L. 



Wharton, F.R.S. Proc. Roy. Geogr. Society, vol. x (n.s.), 1888, p. 613. 



8. A Day at Christmas Island. By H. N. Ridley, F.L.S. Journ. Straits Branch 



Roy. Asiatic Soc, p. 123. June, 1891. (This paper is accompanied by a list of 

 the plants and animals kuo^yu from the island at that date.) 



9. Report on Christmas Island. By Rear-Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., 



and Captain J. P. jMaclear. Nature, vol. xxxvi (1887), p. 12. 



10. Note on the Flora of Christmas Island. By Sir W, T. Thiselton-Dtkr, 



K.C.M.G., F.R.S. Nature, vol. xxxvi (1887),' p. 78. 



11. Presidential Address, Section D, Bath Meeting of British Association, 1888, 

 p. 690. By Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 



12. Letter relating to Christmas Island. J. J. Lister, F.R.S. Nature, 

 voL xxxvii (1888), p. 203. 



13. Letter relating to Christmas Island. Rear-Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, 

 F.R.S. Xatm-e, vol. xxx\ii (1888), p. 204. 



14. Letter relating to Christmas Island. H. B. GrppY. Nature, vol. xxxvii 



(1888), p. 222. 



15. Die Theorieen iiber tiie Entstehnng der Koralleninseln und Korallenriife. 

 By R. Langenbeck. Leipzig, 1890, p. 136. 



16. Description Geologique de Java et Madoura. By R. D. M. Yerbeek and 

 R. Fennema (1896), vol. ii, p. 1031. 



17. Straits Settlements. Papers relating to the Cocos-Eeeling and Christmas 

 Islands, 1897. (Parliamentary Papers, C 8367.) 



18. Colonial Reports. Annual, No. 216. Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands. 

 Report on the Annual Visit for 1897. (1897, C 8650-14.) 



19. Colonial Reports. Annual, No. 257. Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands. 

 Report on the Annual Visit for 1898. (1899, C 9046-25.) 



20. A Description of Christmas Island (Indian Oeean). By C. W. Andrews. 



Geogr. Journ., vol. xiii (1899), p. 17- (With map.) 



21. Notes on a Collection of Gephyrean Worms found at Christmas Island 

 (Indian Ocean) by Mr. C. W. Andrews. By A. E. Shipley. M.A., F.R.S. 

 JProc. Zool. Soc, 1899, p. 54. (Papers on the Marine Mollusca, Sponges, 

 Corals, and Foraminifera will appear later in Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1900.) 



