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Proceedings of the Royal Society 
Monday , 1 5th May 1882. 
Professor BALFOUR, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Exploration of the Faroe Channel, during the Summer of 
1880, in H.M.’s hired ship “ Knight Errant.”* By Staff- 
Commander Tizard, RN., and John Murray; with Sub- 
sidiary Reports on the — 
Echinoidea 
by 
Professor Alex. Agassiz. 
Foraminifera 
99 
Mr. H. B. Brady. 
Copepoda 
9 9 
Dr. George S. Brady. 
Polyzoa 
9 9 
Dr. Geo. Busk. 
Fishes 
99 
Dr. A. Gunther. 
Radiolaria 
9 9 
Professor Ernst Haeckel. 
Pycnogonida 
9 9 
Dr. P. P. C. Hoek. 
Mollusca 
9 9 
Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys. 
Ophiuroidea 
9 9 
Professor Theodore Lyman. 
Annelida 
99 
Dr. W. C. MTntosh. 
Crustacea 
9 9 
Rev. A. M. Norman. 
Diatomaccoe 
9 9 
Dr. James Rae, R.N. 
Deposits 
1 Mr. John Murray. 
” i 
! Professor A. Renard. 
Aster oidea 
9 9 
Mr. W. Percy Sladen. 
Holothurioidea 
9 9 
Dr. Hjalmar Theel. 
Sponges 
99 
Professor F. E. Schulze. 
Sea-water 
9 9 
Professor W. Dittmar. 
Rocks of N. Bona ,, ■ 
1 Mr. John Murray. 
( Professor A. Renard. 
Communicated by Mr. Murray. (Plate VI.) 
I. Introduction. 
The region known as the Faroe Channel is that portion of the 
Atlantic Ocean to the north of the mainland of Scotland, which is 
bounded on the N.W. by the Faroe Islands, with their south- west- 
* A short preliminary note on the cruise of the “ Knight Errant,” by the 
late Sir C. Wyville Thomson, will be found in Nature for September 1880. 
Most of the materials for the present communication were prepared in 
December 1880, and handed to the late Sir Wyville Thomson. It was Sir 
Wyville’s intention to describe the Echinoderms, write a general introduction, 
and arrange the whole for publication. The feeble state of his health, and 
the pressure of other work, prevented this intention from being carried out. 
