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thr .">rd ult., three chitons, three small pycnogons and a large, one. an isopod, a 

 polychaete, a young large uemerteau, four ophiuroids and a star-fish comprise the 

 catch of the dredge. Trap No. 1 contained amphipods alone. Trap No. 2 contained 

 eight fish, weighing altogether 7 Ibs. 6 ozs., three cushion-stars, besides star-fish, a 

 buckie and the usual quantity of amphipods. The eight fish caught to-day in trap No. 

 2 were all preserved. One fish had three dorsal fins, one had five, and the rest 



had four. 



Whilst out at traps we saw two or three flocks of birds flying over some open water 



to the west of Ailsa Craig, evidently shags. Three nellies were seen by Mr Bruce and 

 the mate during the course of the day. The usual two or three paddies about 

 the ship. Three snowy petrels and a paddy were seen at trap-hole No. 1. They 

 evidently go there to pick up the amphipods brought up by the trap. 



July 3rd. The dredge contained two isopods, a few pymogons, one limpet, two 

 lamellibranchs and two or three gasteropoda, one chiton, two or three " worms " and a 

 few crustaceans. Trap No. 1 contained a fish and a few amphipods. Trap No. 2, 

 five fish and three cushion-stars, but no amphipods. All the fish were of the ordinary 

 Notothenia type. Three have been preserved. The largest one (female) weighed 

 15 ozs., and measured 12| ins. ; the smallest one (preserved sex undetermined), 9 

 ozs., was 10 ins. in length. One weighed 10 ozs. and was 1 1-i- ins. in length (pre- 

 served), three weighed a total of 2 Ibs. 4 ozs., and were each llf ins. in length, one 

 of which was preserved. Three females, three undetermined, the others male. Two of 

 the fish had five dorsal rays, the rest four. 



A number of snowy petrels about the cliffs, one nelly and a black-backed gull, 

 besides the usual paddies were seen. A seal was seen in Jessie Bay. 



July 4th. The first haul of the dredge brought up a large stone with some 

 (?) laminaria 1 "roots" attached to it and a large isopod. On breaking up these roots 

 w r e found five or six worms, three or four brittle-stars, rather damaged and a small 

 star-fish. On the stone itself a nudibranch with a small pyeimgon on it was dis- 

 covered. The second haul brought up a few blades of sea-weed with nothing 

 on them. 



Davidson saw a shag flying northwards past the ship's bows, and the usual paddies 

 were seen. 



July Mil. The dredge brought up a small fish, a large nudibranch, one 

 pycnogon and a star-fish. No. 1 trap contained a fish. No. 2 five fishes and four 

 star-fishes. All the fish were of the ordinary Xo/nt/it'iitn type, and weighed altogether 

 5 Ibs. 9 ozs. Two of them, a male and a female, had live dorsal lins, the remaining' 

 four (one male, three females) had four dorsal lins. Hnly two or three paddie- wen- 

 seen. 



Jul i/ ~tli. The dredge contained some pvcnogon^ and a lew pieces of sponge ; rather 

 a poor catch. Nothing in trap No. 1 ; No. 2 trap contained 54 fish ( No 



^Lessonia simulans, sp. nov. 



