PREFACE. 



This bulletin embodies the results of an examination of the eggs con- 

 tained in my collection, the identification of the plants by the various 

 specialists to whom they had been sent and the determinations of the 

 remainder of the zoological collections from Kerguelen Island. The 

 appendix contains a brief description of the collections of Surg. E. 

 Kershner, U. S. N., in the Chatham aud Auckland Islands and in New 

 Zealand ; and of Mr. I. Eussell, in New Zealand. 



The unknown young bird, supposed to be a Pvffitms (Bull. No. 2, pp. 

 26 and 27), proves to belong to (Estrelata lessoni; aud many of the 

 eggs, being new to museums, present points of greater or less scientific 

 interest. 



The botany of Kerguelen Island had already, as is well known, been 

 very thoroughly studied by Dr. J. D. Hooker, in connection with Sir 

 James Clarke Eoss' Antarctic Expedition (1839-41). His great mono- 

 graph upon this branch of natural history, the Flora Antarctica, has left 

 little for the botanical collector to do in that field, and, magnificently 

 illustrated as it is, was of constant service to me while on the island. 

 Bat seventeen flowering-plants are included in the collection, belonging 

 to eleven natural orders; four of these being grasses. Three varieties 

 of Eanunculus are added to Dr. Hooker's list, while two Phsenogams 

 attributed by him to the locality (a Juncus and Limosella aqiiatica) 

 were not found. Since, however, this distinguished observer did not 

 have an opportunity of visiting the island during the season of flower- 

 ing, many of these specimens have their weight in determining points 

 which still remained doubtful in his mind; notably with regard to 

 Lyallia Kergueleiisis. 



Other plants not heretofore attributed to this locality are: Polypodium 

 vulgare, P. {Grammitis) australe, and Cistopteris fragilis, among Ferns; 

 Grinimia frondosa (new species) and G. Mdderi (new species), among 

 Mosses; BUJrvillea Jiarveyi, EJwdomela gaimardi, Callithamnion ptilota, 

 and Codium adhcerens, among Sea Weeds; and Pannariataylori, P. glaii- 

 cclla, Placodium hicolor, and UrccoUna (new genus) kerguelensis among 

 Lichens. 



