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PLATE XVII. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FACING I'AOK 



52. Blue-eyed Shag (Phal<ii-r<irnr<t.r <t/n'/-<'px) on nest, at Rudmose Rocks, South 



< irkiievs. Photoi/i'apli .by II". S. Bruce ..... 



53. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) on nest, at Ferguslie Peninsula, South 



Orkneys. Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie ..... 



54. Ringed Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) in Macdougall Bay, South Orkneys. 



Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie ..... 



55. Ringed Penguins fighting at Point Thomson, Pirie Peninsula. Photograph 



by J. //. //. Pirie . . . . . . . . / 



PLATE XVIII. 



56. Ringed Penguins (Pyt/usci'/i* itn/i/rrfic't) courting. Point Thomson, South 



Orkneys. Pliotoijrapli by II". N. Bruce .... 



57. Ringed Penguins mating. Point Thomson, South Orkneys. Photograph by 



D. W. Wilton 



PLATE XIX. 



58. Antarctic Skuas (Meijalestris antareticus) fighting on the beach, Scotia Bay. 



Photograph by H. C. Mossmaii ...... 



59. Antarctic Skua flying. Macdougall Bay, South Orkneys. Photographs by 



W. S. Bruce 



60. Antarctic Skua on nest. Mossmaii Peninsula, South Orkneys . 



61. White-rumped Tern (Sterna Hirundinacea) at Point Davis, South Orkneys. 



Pkotograplis by J. H, H. Pirie. 



PLATE XX. 



62. Snowy Petrel (Pagodroma nieea) on nest. Jessie Bay, South Orkneys 



63. Snowy Petrel flying, Weddell Sea. The snowy petrel indicates the proximity 



of pack ice ......... 



PlKi/iH/riiji//* by II". S. Bruce. 



64. Young Great Southern Black-backed or Dominican Gulls (Larus dominieanus) in 



down. Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie ..... 



65. Cape Pigeons (l)a[>li<>n. i-njii'ii^ia) preparing tu nest. Macdougall Bay, Ferguslie 



Peninsula. Photofjrupli by W. S. Bruce ..... 



PLATE XXL 



66. Fatagouian Sea Lion (Otaria jubata) in Royal Scottish Museum, from Tussock 



Island, Port William, Falkland Islands. Weight exceeding 1200 Ibs. 

 Photograph by liinrlnml Wnnl ...... 



PLATE XXII. 



67. The "Scotia" beset off Coats Land, Antarctica. Shear-legs for baited trap set in 



101 fathoms shown, also flensing board for sealskins 



68. We.'ldi-ll Seal (Leptonyc/wtes we<hlMi), male. (_)ff Coats Land, Antarctica 



Photographs by 11". S. Brit*-'-. 



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