LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL PAPERS RELATINa TO 

 CHRISTMAS ISLAND. 



1. Dampier's Voyages. Edition 1829, vol. i, p. 472. London. 



2. A Voyage to and from the Island of Borneo in the East Indies, etc. By Capt. 



Daniel Beekman. London, 1718. (See Pinkerton's Voyages, voL xi, p. 103.) 



3. Eeport on a Zoological Collection made by the Officers of H.M.S. «* Flying 



Fish" at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1887, p. 507. 

 (This includes tlie report of Captain J. P. Maclear, of H.M.S. " Flying Fish," 

 on the visit to the island, and descriptions of the collections by Dr. A. G. Butler, 

 Dr. R. B. Sharpe, 0. Thomas, G. A. Boulenger, E. A. Smith, R. I. Pocock, 

 CO. Waterhouse, F. J. Bell, and A. Dendy.) 



4. Report on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), H.M.S. " Egeria," 1887. By 



Captain Pelham Aldrich. ("With map.) (Admiralty Reports.) 



5. On the Natural History of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. By J. J. 



Lister, M.A., F.R.S. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1888, p. 512. (This is accompanied 

 by reports on the collections by 0. Thomas, G. A. Boulenger, E. A. Smith, 

 C. J. Gahan, A. G. Butler, W. F. Kirby, and R. I. Pocock.) 



6. Report on the Botanical Collections from Christmas Island, Indian Ooean, 



made by Captain J. P. Maclear, Mr. J. J. Lister, and the Officers of 

 H.M.S. "Egeria." By W. Rotting Hbmsley. Journ. Linn. Soc. (Botany), 

 vol. XXV (1890), p. 351. 



7. Account of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). By Rear- Admiral Sir "W. J. L. 



Wharton, F.R.S. Proc. Roy. Geogr. Society, vol. x (n.s.), 1888, p. 613. 



8. A Day at Christmas Island. By H. IST. Ridley, F.L.S. Journ. Straits Branch 



Roy. Asiatic Soc, p. 123, June, 1891. (This paper is accompanied by a list of 

 the plants and animals known from the island at that date.) 



9. Report on Christmas Island. By Rear -Admiral Sir"W. J. L. Wharton, F.R.S., 



and Captain J. P. Maclear. Nature, vol. xxxvi (1887), p. 12. 



10. Note on the Flora of Christmas Island. By Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dter, 



K.C.M.G., F.R.S. Nature, vol. xxxvi (1887), p. 78. 



11. Presidential Address, Section D, Bath Meeting of British Association, 1888, 

 p. 690. By Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. 



12. Letter relating to Christmas Island. J. J. Lister, F.R.S. Nature, 

 vol. xxxvii(1888), p. 203. 



13. Letter relating to Christmas Island. Rear-Admiral Sir W. J. L. "Wharton, 

 F.R.S. Natm-e, vol. xxxvii (1888), p. 204. 



14. Letter relating to Christmas Island. H. B. Guppy. Nature, vol. xxxvii 



(1888), p. 222. 



15. Die Theorieen tiber "flie Entstehung der Koralleninseln und Korallenriffe. 

 By R. Langenbeck. Leipzig, 1890, p. 136. 



16. Description Geologique de Java et Madoura. By R. D. M. Verbeek and 

 R. Fennema (1896), vol. ii, p. 1031. 



17. Straits Settlements. Papers relating to the Cocos-Keeling and Christmas 

 Islands, 1897. (Parliamentary Papers, C 8367.) 



18. Colonial Reports. Annual, No. 216. Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands. 

 Report on the Annual Visit for 1897. (1897, C 8650-14.) 



19. Colonial Reports. Annual, No. 257. Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands. 

 Report on the Annual Visit for 1898. (1899, C 9046-25.) 



20. A Description of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). By C. W. Andrews. 



Geogr. Journ., vol. xiii (1899), p. 17. (With map.) 



21. Notes on a Collection of Gephyrean Worms found at Christmas Island 

 (Indian Ocean) by Mr. C. W. Andrews. By A. E. Shipley, M.A., F.R.S. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1899, p. 54. (Papers on the Marine MoUusca, Sponges, 

 Corals, and Foraminifera will appear later in Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1900.) 



