on# pair of parmts* f3b® raising of mrious knom olnto-hos of 
eggs and genoilo stadles *r« eallod for* 
d., fh® spooios of ttoa© growsd fiaehss* whioli approxiiaat© about forty 
in auabor# distrlbutod into on© or fir® gonora aooording to tb« 
autliority foliowsd^ should b® oarofally studied ♦ fh© rarious 
spooias tend to b® aor® or less repeatad oa th# seTorsl island®# 
fh® origia of this family itself is ahroudod in obseurity* Fr®- 
oifitia tasts oa ths blood of •&© s®r©ral ®p®ol©s' of aaospisae 
and on th® sapposod laaialand or other island relatlTO® might 
yield slgnlfloaat rosulta* 
®# Simil-ar blood tasts should b® mad® on th» gookos# lisards# aaak©®* 
and tortoisos inhablMag th® islands and oa related ®p®ei«s oa 
th® aalalasd or ©leastosre in th® wrld where olos«d.y related 
forms are known to ooow# As with th® Hoospiaas* thes® preoipitla 
tost® might throw soiae light on the rolationehip® and the relatiw 
age or desoent trends of the various speoie® or mrieties and# 
through th«Ei# perhaps also on relatire age of the various 
islands* 
f , Botanists oould suggest a whole host of similar and other problem® 
crying for Iwrestigatioa* In this oonaeotion# it xaight be mo- 
tioned timt the laost aortliorly island of the group# Sulpelper# 
wMoh is about a mile in diameter and a sheer# preoipitous rook# 
approximately fire hundred foot in height# has aerer been sealed* 
fhi at present inaceossibl© plateau which fora® this island i® 
the on® virgin bit of unexplored land yet rmaining in the Islands 
