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Mr. P. R. Lowe on the 



from Grand Cayman, and the whole group is distant about 

 a hundred and eighty miles in u north-westerly direction 

 from Jamaica. Grand Cayman lies one hundred and seventy- 

 five miles to the south of the nearest point of Cuba. 

 Cayman Brae is nearer by some eighty miles. 



A word on the subject of the geology of the islands may 

 be of interest and is necessary in order to appreciate the 

 main features of their avifauna, for although politically a 

 dependency of Jamaica, geologically speaking the Caymans 

 are quite distinct. 



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Little Carman ^<i» ^Ce^manBrai: 



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WEST INDIES 



Skistcli Map 

 of the 



CAYMANT GROUP 



Scale of StjTnte Miles 



Sketch-map of the Cayman Islands. 



If a map shewing the contours of the sea-bed in this part 

 of the Caribbean is examined {cf. Agassiz, " Three Cruises 

 of the ' Blake,^ " Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard, vol. xiv. 

 (1888) p. 99, fig. 57), it will be seen that a deep submarine 



