410 
APPENDIX. 
Of the Natural History collections of Captain Flinders and 
Mr. Brown, no account has been published, excepting the 
valuable botanical works of the latter gentleman. 
With respect to the collection which has been formed 
upon this expedition, it is to be regretted that the gleanings 
of the Animal Kingdom, particularly of quadrupeds and 
birds, should have been so trifling in number ; and that the 
students of Natural History should have suffered disappoint* 
ment in what might, at first view, be fairly considered to have 
arisen from neglect and careless attention to the subject ; but 
as the principal, and almost the only, object of the voyage 
was the survey of the coast, for which purpose a small 
vessel was justly considered the most advantageous, accom^ 
modation for a zoological collection was out of the question. 
The very few specimens that are now offered to the world 
were procured as leisure and opportunity offered ; but many 
interesting and extremely curious subjects were in fact 
obliged to be left behind from want of room, and from 
our not possessing apparatus for collecting and preserving 
them. 
A botanical collector for the Royal Garden, Mr. Allan 
Cunningham, was attached to the expedition ; and this geni 
tleman did not fail to make a very extensive and valuable 
collection in his, department, the whole of which is pre- 
served at Kew. 
In making out the Appendix, every species brought home 
(exceptiiig three or four fishes) has been mentioned, for the 
sake of furnishing materials for the students of Geographical 
Zoology. The distribution of animals is a branch of study 
that has been very much neglected, which is to be lamented^ 
as it appears likely to offer a very great assistance to the 
systematic Physiologist ; and for this reason the species 
found at the Isle of France have been added to the list. 
