Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1881, Vol. 8: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology XV. Contributions towards a General History of the Marine Poly zoa. By the Rev. Thomas hincks, b.a., f.r.s. (plates I. - V.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.