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green monkey of "Western Africa which has become feral in Barbados 

 (Cercopitheciis calUtrichtis). This was presented by the Committee to the 

 Zoological Society of London. 



Dr. H. A. Alford NichoUs, F.L.S., Local Secretary to the Committee 

 at Dominica, has rendered valaable assistance, and he will be engaged for 

 six weeks this autumn in exploring Montserrat and the isolated rock 

 called Redonda, which is a dependency of Antigua. 



The particulars of the collections received during the past year are as 

 follows : — 



Zoology. — The zoological specimens obtained by the Committee up to 

 June 1889, including those collected by Mr. Ramage in Dominica and St. 

 Lucia, have been placed in the hands of specialists for examination and 

 determination. Mr. Oldfield Thomas has determined the mammalia, Dr. 

 Sclater the birds ; Dr. Giinther has published a paper on the reptiles, 

 Mr. E. A. Smith three papers on the mollusca, Mr. R. I. Pocock two on 

 the myriopoda and Crustacea, and Mr. Kirby one on the phasmidse. 



Botany. — The botanical specimens collected by Mr. Ramage in 

 Dominica and St. Lucia, up to May 1889, have been determined at Kew ; 

 the flowering plants by Mr. R. A. Rolfe, the ferns by Mr. J. G. Baker, 

 and the cellular cryptogams by Dr. Cooke and Mr. C. H. Wright. 



From Dominica about 394 species were received, of which (excluding: 

 the cryptogams) about 40 could only be provisionally determined ; and 

 of these a few, perhaps about half, are probably undescribed. The great 

 majority belong to ah'eady well-known species, most of which were pre- 

 viously known from the island. 



From St. Lucia about 189 species have been sent, of which (excluding 

 the cryptogams, as before) over 30 were not determined, and possibly 

 about half of these may prove to be undescribed. This island was less 

 completely known than Dominica, and several additions to our knowledge 

 of its flora have been made by Mr. Ramage. During the working up of 

 the collections a strong affinity with Dominica, and perhaps still more so 

 with Martinique, has become apparent. From the latter island large col- 

 lections ai'e well represented at Kew, though the materials have never 

 been thoroughly worked up. 



The specimens which it was not found possible to determine belong 

 for the mo.st part to large genera of woody plants, as guttiferffi, legu- 

 minosce, myrtaceee, myrsine^, laurinece, and a few others, which renders 

 it the more probable that a fair proportion of them may prove unde- 

 scribed. 



The number of novelties is perhaps not so great as was originally ex- 

 pected, and this may arise either from the ground having been worked 

 over before, or, what is perhaps more probable, from the fact that a 

 considerable uniformity prevails in the flora of this chain of islands, with 

 a corresponding paucity in endemic types. 



The Committee would draw particular attention to the botanical and 

 zoological bibliography of the Lesser Antilles prepared under their direction, 

 and published as an appendix to the Report for 1888. This bibliography 

 has been widely distributed in the West Indies and in Europe, and has 

 proved of considerable service in carrying out the objects for which the 

 Committee were appointed. 



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 180Z. be placed at their 

 disposal. 



