20 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



hauled up this morning, with fishes like Notothenia on it. The big trap contained two 

 pin-cushion star-fishes, two pycnogons, a few isopods and some gasteropods. Birds and 

 seals plentiful ; of the former, nellies, one a white one, snowy petrels, Cape pigeons, 

 sheathbills, black-backed gulls, young and adult, skuas and numerous shags. Mr Bruce 

 saw a white bird like a black-backed gull, possibly an albino gull. Several birds 

 were shot. 



April 20th. Very poor dredge to-day, consisting of a tunicate, a few pycnogons, 

 cushion-stars, a sea-urchin, holothuriaus and bits of sponges. The big trap yielded 

 five fish, pycnogons, amphipods galore, more than twelve gasteropods and cushion-stars. 

 The small trap near the shore in 2 fathoms brought up only one star-fish. A line was 

 shot this morning, and taken up at 4 P.M. with six fish ; it was set again. A big seal, 

 evidently disturbed in feasting, came up when the line was being hauled in. 

 The same birds as yesterday. We got about six nellies for skeleton purposes. Many 

 ringed penguins were observed at the waters edge. 



April 2lst. From the dredge two beautiful pycnogons 1 were secured in the act of 

 copulation ; a careful drawing and painting was made ; also a new fish, and the usual 

 other animals. From the large trap some fish were secured, as well as isopods, 

 amphipods, gasteropods and cushion-stars. The line and small trap yielded only two 

 fish and some star-fish ; sheathbills, snowy petrels, shags, skuas and nellies quite 

 plentiful. A flock of Cape pigeons was observed flying north. Penguins very scarce. 



April 22nd. In the dredge were a tunicate, pycnogons, isopods, a polychaete, the 

 usual molluscs, bryozoa, cushion- and star-fishes, and sponges, but no fish. Large trap 

 contained gasteropods, amphipods, isopods, " worms," cushion- and star-fishes. Only one 

 fish was on the line, and the small trap contained no beasts. A drove of penguins was 

 seen on Point Davis glacier. Gulls, skuas, snowy petrels, paddies and nellies also observed. 



April 23rd. To-day's catch the same as yesterday's, very poor indeed. The same 

 applies to the large trap, the position of which was changed to-day. Same kind of birds 

 observed to-day as yesterday. Seals were also seen. 



April 2th. The dredge was not hauled nor the traps examined to-day. Only 

 two gulls were seen. 



April 25th. The catch in the dredge was very poor to-day ; only some pycnogons 

 and star-fishes. The trap was lowered yesterday in 25 fathoms, stony bottom, and, on 

 examination to-day, six large fish (of Notothenia type), a large quantity of amphipods 

 and six gasteropods were found. Birds very scarce ; sheathbills and some nellies seen. 



April 26th. Shags seen by Mr Bruce ; a few seals observed. 



April 27th. The dredge contained one small fish, some small gasteropods, small 

 pycnogons, and one large pycnogon of a dark crimson colour, with black head and 

 daws, some isopods, several amphipods, a new planarian worm, several chaetopods, and 

 oilier "worms," the usual echinoderms, excepting crinoids, and sponges. The trap 

 contained three fish (Notothenici), another small one, a big gasteropod, amphipods galore, 



1 Decalopoda australis. 



