16 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



evening whilst in Ellisen Harbour saw two Weddell seals, one of which was very tame 

 and allowed us without concern to stroke him. Mr Bruce saw a ctenophore about three 

 or four inches long in Spence Harbour, and a star-fish was seen. Grampuses and 

 finners were also sighted. 



March 24th, Off' the South Orkneys, 61 14' S. 44 C 50' W. Ringed penguins, 

 snowy petrels, a sheathbill and Wilson's petrels were seen to-day, as well as several 

 seals, too far off to distinguish the species. 



March 25th, Off Murray Islands, South Orkneys. Very few birds seen till we 

 approached the land from which we had been blown some 30 miles during the night. 

 Only one or two silver, one Wilson's and a brace of snowy petrels were noticed when 

 far away from land. Hundreds of shags, penguins, both antarctic and gentoo, black- 

 backed gulls, nellies, skuas and terns were met with when we were out in the boat 

 near land. Mr Bruce saw a sea-leopard before breakfast, and a Weddell seal was 

 observed at 10 o'clock. A specimen of the latter, a female, was secured later on, shot 

 in Buchau Bay. A compound ascidian was obtained after w r e had lowered the boat, 

 and Brown got a Patella and some amphipods from a rock in Buchau Bay, and saw a 

 star-fish and a Doliolnm. Bryozoa were got in the Lucas sounding gripper, whilst 

 sounding in 40 and 18 fathoms, and also a sponge in 40 fathoms. Pirie shot an adult 

 black-backed gull. Anchored at night in Scotia Bay. 



March 26th, Scotia Bay, South Orkneys, 1 60 43' S. 44 38' W. Pirie caught a 

 nelly asleep on the ice ; MacDougall shot a skua and a sheathbill. The temperature of 

 the latter was 107 '3 F. Flocks of shags, several snowy petrels and skuas, sheathbills 

 and penguins, gentoo and antarctic, were seen. Pirie and Ross saw several Weddell 

 seals of different sizes, some large and some small. In the trap were two large isopods, 2 

 two small pycnogons and a large pycnogon of a bright orange colour with ten legs, 3 three 

 gasteropods and a number of amphipods 4 resembling Onesimus, besides two or three other 

 species. The trap was lowered to about 12 fathoms. Mr Bruce secured along the shore 

 many amphipods and limpets, besides two acarinids and some collembolids ; one of the 

 acarinids was new, the rest of them the same as were obtained on Saddle Island. 

 Whilst on shore we collected some whales ribs and two vertebrae. 



March 27th. Mr Bruce saw some snowy petrels about 500 feet up the cliffs. The 

 usual South Orkney birds were seen during the day. The Bay being free of ice the trap 

 was hauled up and we secured two large fish like a Notothenia? a bryozoon, a polychaete, 

 several gasteropods and a great number of amphipods. 



March 28th. Hauled up net this morning and secured several very interesting 

 specimens. Fishes like Notothenia, two compound ascidians, many pycnogons, some 

 isopods, a whole host of amphipods, young as well as adult, numerous gasteropods, 

 one species of larnelli branch and star-fishes. A small fish like a haddock was found 



1 The Scotia remained here in winter quarters until liberated on Nov. 24th. ? Glyptonotus acutus. 



* Decalopoda australis. The small pycnogons were ChaetonympJion orcadense and Nymphon orcadense, 

 both new species. * Probably Orchomenopsis rossi. s Notothenia coriiceps. 



