6 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



Jan. 4th, 47 37' S. 57 25' W. Penguins 1 seen for the first time this afternoon. 

 The captain saw a sooty albatros. 2 The priori with the white under surface has entirely 

 replaced the one with only the breast and abdomen white : the colour on the dorsal 

 surface of this bird is mainly in two shades, dark, almost black, at the tips of the wings 

 verging into grey on the rest of the body with a white ring round neck and tail. Two 

 finuers were seen this morning. Long tentacles 3 from 60 to 100 feet were caught on the 

 sounding wire at about 1000 fathoms depth. Wilson's petrels very plentiful. A large 

 school of porpoises, black on the back and white on the belly, probably same species 

 as those seen by Mr Bruce in 1892 4 in about the same latitude, and at Port Stanley, 

 were seen playing under the bows of the ship at 8.45 P.M. (The skeleton of the 

 porpoise caught in 1892 is to be seen in the museum of University College, Dundee.) 

 Phosphorescence not so marked during the last two nights. 



Jan. 5th, 49 55' S. 57 44' W. Two albatroses and several white prions seen. 

 The morning was rather misty and no birds were observed. 



Jan. 6th, Dropped anchor at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands at 8 a.m. Steamer 



ducks 5 and black-backed gulls 6 numerous in the harbour. A trap was put down this evening. 



Jan. 7th to Jan. 25th, Port Stanley. During our stay at Port Stanley several 



excursions were made by the various members of the staff and a small trap was set each 



day in the harbour and a big one let down in 6 fathoms in Port William, which we took 



up on our way out. Two species of mammal were seen ; a seal 7 and porpoises. Several 



specimens of birds were secured, viz., the rock or kelp goose (Chloephaga hybrida) ; the 



logger-headed duck or goose, also known as the steamer duck ; a heron-like bird called 



a king-quawk, 8 white breasted oyster catchers, 9 shags, 10 a jackass penguin, 11 the ringed 



dotterel, 12 a snipe 13 resembling the jack-snipe, two species of sand-pipers, 14 a linnet with 



.a greenish plumage, a bird resembling a white throat 15 and a black oyster catcher, 16 



whilst the black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus), the hawk known as the "Johnnie 



rook," 17 and a thrush 18 were seen. Mr Thomson kindly gave us a collection of eggs. 



Two fishes were bought from a fisherman and sent home ; several were also obtained 



in the traps. Of invertebrates quite a considerable number of specimens were obtained 



by means of the trap and inland excursions. Miss Blyth presented the expedition with 



some shells and Mr Coulson, Junr., of Cape Pembroke Lighthouse, gave us some birds 



and other animals picked up at the lighthouse. 



Jan. 26th. Left Port Stanley in the morning and picked up the big trap at 

 Port AVilliam. In the trap were some fishes, several molluscs, including an octopus, 

 some holothurians and other echinoderms. 



1 Probably Spheniscus magellanicus of the Falklands. 2 Probably Phoebetria cornicoides. 



! The tentacles of a Siphonophore. * During his cruise in the Dundee whaler Balaena. 



5 Tachyeres ciner/'ux. 6 Larus iloniinicanus. 7 Arctocephalus (?) FalHandicus. 



8 Nyc.ticorax obscurus (N. tayazu-f/uira). 9 Haematopus leitcopus. l " Phalacrocorax atriceps and 



P. albiventer. " Spheniscus ma/jdlanicus. 12 Endromias modesta. } * Gallinaqo paraguayae. 



14 Triwja fuscicollis. 16 Muscisaxicula maclonana. 16 Htiematopus ater. 



ijn australis. 18 Turdtis falklandicus. 



