THE GENERAL ZOOLOGY OE LORD HOWE 



ISLAND ; 



CONTAINING ALSO 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE COLLECTIOXS MADE BY THE AUSTRALIAN 

 JIUSEUM COLLECTINO PARTY, AUG. -SEPT., 1887. 



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Ik August last (18S7) I was instructed by Dr. E. P. Eamsay, Curator of tlie 

 Australian Museum, to proceed in company witli Messrs. J. A. Thorpe, and 

 T. WhiteleKge, to Lord Howe Island. Our instructions were to investigate 

 the general "zoology, geology, and palffiontology of that little known and 

 interesting island, aptlv termed the " Madeira of the Pacific." 



In the present Eep'ort I have endeavoured to point out what has been 

 accomplished by observers in the past, and to place on record our mutually 

 accumulated notes during a three weeks' residence on the island. ^ ^ 



A Prehminary Report of our proceedings has already been published ;* it 

 will, therefore, be unnecessary to recapitulate our daily movements and 

 method of procedure. Mention may, however, be made of the assistance we 

 received from IMr. H. A. Unwin, of the Chief Secretary's office, who, although 

 on his way to Norfolk Island, remained the Avhole time at Lord Howe, and 

 made one' of our party, working and collecting with us. The collections have 

 been determined by the Australian Museum staff as below mentioned, viz. :— 



The Aves and Echinodermata, by Dr. E. P. Eamsay. 



Eeptilia and Pisces, by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby. 



Mollusca, by Mr. J. Brazier. 



Insecta, &c., by Mr. A. S. Olliff. 



Polyzoa, 

 Crustacea, 

 Actiiiozoa, 

 Protozoa, 



by Mr. 



T. Whitclcgge. 



Xew species, or any known forms meriting special notice, will be 

 described. 



Lord Howe Island is situated in S. Lat. 31° 33', and E. Long. 159° 5't, 

 but its relatiro distances from Sydney, and the nearest point of New 

 South Wales contiguous to it, are variously given. In an Official Eeport,J 

 however, made by the late Water Police Magistrate, Mr. P. L. Cloete, it is 

 said to be 450 miles north-east of Sydney, and 300 miles from Port Macquarie. 



* Australian Museum (Report of the Trustees for 1887-1888), p. 30. 

 t Lord Howe Island (Report on Present State and Future Prospects of) by tlie Hon. 

 J. Bowie Wilson, A'. S. Wales Legislative Assembli/ Papers, 1882, 36-A., p, 8. [W. J. 



w. ojuxii^ ,, iiaujLi, ^, . o. yy aies _Liefjtsunii:e ^j.ssciitut<! j_ u^t/ 

 Conder, Report of Superintendent of Trigonometrical Survey.] 

 J Lord Howe Island— Official visit of the Water Police Mi 



Magistrate, and the Pirector of 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney; together with a description of the Island. By Edward 

 Hill, 1870 (Svo. Sydney), p. 14. 



