438 KEPORT— 1888. 



Two cases of zoological specimeus and one case of botanical specimens 

 have been already received from Mr. Ramage, and one case of living 

 snakes and lizards has been forwarded direct to the gardens of the 

 Zoological Society. A further case of botanical specimens and two cases 

 of animals are now in transit. The collections received are now under 

 examination. They have too recently come to hand to allow of any 

 results being included in the present report. 



After spending the summer season in Dominica, Mr. Ramage is pro- 

 ceeding to St. Lucia, whence he will return to Dominica to complete his 

 collections at a later period. 



Considerable interest is being shown in the work of the Committee by 

 Government officers and residents in the islands concerned, and hopes 

 are entertained that collections will be made by private enterprise to 

 supplement those made by the collectors engaged by the Committee. 



A circular setting forth the objects sought by the Committee has been 

 prepared and printed, and to this have been added hints as regards the 

 special subjects requiring investigation and the best way of preserving 

 specimens for transit to this country. 



In order to carry out their instructions to report upon the present 

 state of our knowledge of the zoology and botany of the Lesser Antilles, 

 a bibliography of the existing literature relating to the fauna and flora 

 has been pi'epared by a Sub-Committee consisting of Mr. Thiselton Dyer 

 and Dr. Sharp. The Committee desire that this should be printed iii, 

 extenso as an appendix to the present report. 



The Committee recommend their reappointment with the addition of 

 those gentlemen who have co-operated with them in the work of the past 

 year. They further recommend that a grant of 250?. be placed at their 

 disposal. 



APPENDIX. 



Botanical and Zoological Bibliography of the Lesser Antilles, GariUbee 

 Islands, or Windward and Leeward Islands, West Indies {Tohago to 

 Porto-Rico inclusive). 



BOTANY— By W. B. Hemslet. ZOOLOGY— By D. Sharp. 



This bibliography includes all works and memoirs that the compilers 

 have been able to discover relative to the islands forming the object of 

 the list ; but it does not include references to many systematic works 

 of a general character, in which species from the Lesser Antilles ai'e 

 described or mentioned. 



Where desirable the same work is named under both Botany and 

 Zoology. 



Books relating to more than one island are first enumerated in 

 chronological order, and the islands follow, arranged alphabetically, any 

 special literature being cited under the island to which it refers. The 

 position, size, and elevation of each island are given, and for these 

 particulars we are almost wholly indebted to the Colonial Office List for 

 1887. Some interesting information has also been obtained from the 

 ' Handbook and Catalogue of the West Indies and British Honduras for 

 the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886.' 



