THE FALKLAND ISLANDS TO THE WEDDELL SEA, 1903 7 



Jan. -27 tli. ,V_' 55' S. 55 00' W. Several porpoises (black and white) seen. Alba- 

 tros, 1 Wilson's petrols and blue petrels' 2 were also observed, the latter for the first 

 time. Sea very phosphorescent at night. 



Inn. '2Sth, 54 35' S. 51 50' W. Wilson's petrels and albatroses were seen. 



Jan. '2\)tli, 5C> 10' S. 49 20' W. Albatros, sooty albatros, molliemauk, 3 Wilson's 

 and blue petrels seen. A strong gale was blowing all day. Very little phosphorescence 

 to-night. 



Jan. 30th, 56 28' S. 47 52' W. Albatros, sooty albatros, 4 molliemauk, Wilson's 

 and blue petrels seen ; also Cape pigeons 6 for the first time. 



Jan. Slat, 58 14' S. 45 " 15' W. Same birds as yesterday. Finners and bottle- 

 noses plentiful. Long yellow nemertean worm found on sounding wire. 



Feb. 1st, 59 32' S. 43 10' W. Sooty albatros and molliemauks (grey and 

 greyish black with no white) blue and Wilson's petrels observed. Cape pigeons of 

 which four specimens were secured by means of a landing net during sounding, and a 

 penguin (jackass or antarctic) were also seen to-day. Finners were seen in great 

 numbers. 



Feb. 2nd, 60 ' 28' S. 43 40' W. Saw our first seal lying on a piece of ice about 

 100 yards distant from the edge of the pack. Many others were seen during the 

 day and in the evening. Pirie shot two, one of which, a male, was taken on board. 

 Nearly all the seals are Lobodon carcinophaya} One piece of ice was covered with 

 red fseces probably caused by the seals feeding on Euphausia, which also forms part 

 of Cape pigeons' diet. A few sea-leopards (Stenorhynchus leptonyx) were also seen, as 

 well as several fanners. As to birds, the same were observed as yesterday. Two Hocks 

 of black-headed terns with grey backs and white underneath 8 were observed by Mi- 

 Bruce sitting on the ice. These and snowy petrels 9 and antarctic penguins 10 were 

 noticed for the first time. A flock of the latter were sitting on an iceberg, and some 

 were seen in the water. What was probably a sheathbill n on the wing was noted by 

 the leader. Two Cape pigeons, a brace of snowy petrels and a Wilson's petrel were 

 secured. The blue petrels seem to diminish in numbers the further one gets into the 

 ice. The captain noticed a white sooty albatros. 12 Red schizopods (Euphausia) were 

 very plentiful between the ice floes. Two compound ascidians were also seen, probably 

 the same as obtained in 1892. 13 Some of the sailors reported a few small fishes. A 

 great deal of ice which we passed was covered with a yellowish tinge about the water 

 line doubtless caused by diatoms. 



Feb. ?,)(!, 60 23' S. 44 00' W. -No blue petrels seen to-day. A young albatros 

 appeared in sight at 8 P.M. Mr Bruce observed a bird like a skua. Silver 14 and giant 

 petrels 15 seen for the first time; other birds the same as yesterday. Two kinds of 



1 Diomedea exulans. 2 Probably Prion banksi. J Thalassogeron cMororhynchus. 



4 Probably Phoebetria fuliginosa. 5 Daption cap">i*/<. 



6 Probably Pygnscelis nn/nri'/ii-n. ' Tbo white seal or crab-eater. B Sterna h irund inacea. 



9 Par/otlrfimu nivea. l Pygoscelis antarctica. " <'//inn/'x n/ba. - Probably Ossi/raga gigamtea. 



13 During the cruise of the .BoZoena. " Priocella glacialoides. ' 5 Ossifraga gigunt<n. 





