ON THE ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS. 459 



square miles. The soil is fertile, but there are neither springs nor streams, 

 so that vegetation is entirely dependent on the season's rainfall. 



Botany. 



Wikstrbm, J. E. Of versigt af On Sanct Barthelemi's Flora. ' Kongliga 

 Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar,' 1825, pp. 411-423. 



Zoology. 



Simdevall, C. J. Foglarne pS on St. Barthelemy, efter de af Dr. 

 A. von Goes hemsiinda samlingarna bestamde. ' Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh ' 

 xxvi. (1869), pp. 579-591. 



47 species of birds. 



Wallengren, H. D. J. Bidrag till kannedom af Fjarilfaunan pd St. 

 Barthelemy. ' Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh.' xxviii. (1871), pp. 909-919. 



35 species, a few new, of butterflies and moths. 



ST. CHRISTOPHER (see ST. KITTS). 



ST. CROIX, OR SANTA CRUZ. 



In 17° 45' N. lat. and 64° 50' W. long., and about twenty miles from 

 east to west and five miles in its greatest breadth, with an area of fifty- 

 seven square miles. The hills average from 600 to 800 feet high, and the 

 highest point. Mount Eagle, reaches 1,150 feet. 



Botany. 



Eggers, H. F. A. St. Croix's Flora. ' Videnskabelige Meddelelser 

 fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn,' 1876, pp. 33, with a 

 phytogeographical map. 



Eggers, H. F. A. The Flora of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands. 

 Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 13. Washino'ton, 

 1879. 8vo. pp. 133. 



Baron Eggers has fully investigated the flora of St. Croix, and he 

 tabulates it in the work cited above. There are no endemic flowering 

 plants, and the total number of vascular plants regarded as indigenous is 

 i366. These include only three orchids, namely, Eiiidendrum bifidum, 

 E. ciliare, and E. cochleatum. Oreodoxa regia is common, and of the 

 only other native palm, Thrinax argentea, only one specimen was seen. 



Zoology. 



Newton, A. and E. Observations on the Birds of St. Croix, West 

 Indies, made between February 20 and August 6, 1857, by Alfred Newton, 

 and between March 4 and September 28, 1 858, by Edward Newton. 

 ' Ibis,' i. pp. 59-69, 138-150, 252-264, 365-379. Plates I. and XII. 



64 species. 



Gunther, A. On the Reptiles from St. Croix, West Indies, collected 

 by Messrs. A. and E. Newton. ' Ann. N. H.' (3) iv. (1859), pp. 209-217. 

 Plate IV. 



5 species, two of them now ; also a new frog from St. Thomas. 



Liitken, C. En ny Vestindisk Sandorm, Arenicola {Pteroscolex) 

 Antillejisis. ' Vid. Medd.' 1864. Pp. 120-122. From St. Croix. 



