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part of the corals, and most of the tee are still undescribed. 
Enough has been don ne, however reveal a wonderfully se 
fauna and make us look for all” ‘oreutat discoveries in 
Another exploration,* which has yielded ti of the most im- 
portant Se was undertaken in 1868, b . B. Carpenter 
and Dr. Wyville Thomson to explore the S rapee between Scotland 
% and the Faroe ial ands. They were furnished with a Government 
extensive area was discovered between the Faroe and Orkney 
Islands, where the minimum temperature in 450 to 550 fathoms 
* was from 53° to 33 °. 2 De — Sea gt mart by an arctic 
st 
ths Faroe Islands, was a wa rm area where the minimum tem mpera- 
ture a oy to 650 fathaie was 46° to 49°, the surface temperature 
bein to 544°, while over the “ cold area ” the surface tempera- 
ture as nearly the same, 50° to 52°. The warm area was chara 
terized by a bottom of so oft mud, composed chiefly of the shells of 
: lobigerinee, “coccoliths,’ “ coceospheres” and other forms of 
: Protozoa, Living upon this be bia were various vitreous sponges, 
b 
op. mnon, ho 
prolifera The character of the bottom and its fauna strik- 
Gra the chalk of the Cretaceous period, and the authors 
discoveries ee that the he chalk formation has been con- 
the At naan Another expedition was undertaken during the 
past season by the same parties, but we have seen no statement of 
the results, except that Buccinum undatum was living in 
No. 11.— Crinoids the Florida and Ouba, by 
ited State ies" Coast Survey. oul. Strom os on, Bapedition, in 1867, 1868, 1869, 
By L. Fo Po PountALta. Contains d sarees fete 0 ( 
wi table sh thei distribu : 
Xo 2 Ril 7 gee er tab B as ein ORE S Coast 
B tains 
cami YG = er pee = proses eb kp referred to north European 
specie and two others are regarded as as possibly i identical. 
No. 13, Dr he Grif Stream, dsring the Third 
Haas ppt Pg ay upon so bss edgings Recicas Veanon: Ba 
S. Steamer 
petintendent U. 8. Coast Survey, Louis eae yg rary 1869. Coninias 
* general the bin tay' a fe d its results, together an account of the 
account 
Tock formations now being deposited in that region, also observations on the young 
; lr of seve aur te. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society, v . 168, 
and Mag. N Natural History, pa 112, August, 1869. 
