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some time, practically every ne-t has t\v<> CL:<_:- now; llii- -eem- to lie the normal 

 number laiil. 



Xnr. '.it/i. Ringed pen<_:iim- are becoming more plentiful, and aliout ten were 

 killed in the evening. Moman saw throe in the morning on the North Beach, who 

 did not appear in the least afraid of him, until some ten-Hied gentoos pas-cd them, 

 which seemed to create a panic among the ringed, who at once joined the <_;entoo- in 

 their Hight. I met a ringed on The Beach in the forenoon, and he seemed even more 

 courageous than the adelias, for, not content with facing me defiantly, he charged me. 

 and began a determined attack" on my lens. This performance he repeated -everul 

 time-, after I had worried him with a stick on each occasion. I'ltimatelv a harder 

 'blow sent him scuttling off OD his lielly. The ringed appear to he far more reluctant 

 to travel in this position than the adelia>. and, unlike the adelias, they propel them-elvcs 

 with both Hippers simultaneously and not alternately. I visited the small rookeries, 

 and marked with the date these eggs laid since yesterday in the restricted area. 

 An adelia egg which I put in a gentoo nest the other day was cold, and the gentoo 

 sat beside it and refused to sit on it. To-day (Nov. !th) the gentoo i- sitting on it. 



Skuas plentiful, two grey nellies near the house, a small Hock of shan- over .lessie 

 Bay, many gulls and snowy petrels. The Cape pigeon- have not laid yet. Paddies 

 also seen. 



The small trap on the port bow which has been down about a month was taken up 

 to-day and contained 89 cushion-stars and one fish of the ordinary kind (14 ounces. 

 12^ inches). 



X<>r. lot//. Skuas, uellies and gulls seen. Terns at Point Davis. I visited the 

 small rookery and marked the new-laid eggs in the reserved area. Some of the 

 geutoos are becoming quite courageous, and in several cases I had forcibly to remove 

 the bird from its nest before I could get at the egg. One ^enloo nest had two e^s. 

 All hands were at the big rookery collecting eggs 1950 adelia, 1M4 gentoo. They 

 saw one pair of ringed penguins there, but no gentoos. The captain was at Delta 

 Island and saw about 100 ringed penguins there, but no gentoos. Aery few penguins 

 on The Beach or Hoe to-day. North-west wind, and Jessie Bay full of ice. 



.Manv seals of about two months and a few adults at Delta Island, all of them 

 \Veddells. 



Nor. l]t/i. Yerv few penguins passed the ship but 1 saw numbers of them going 

 to the open water to the south. A few ringed on the big rookery. I visited the -mall 

 rookerv and marked eggs; the skuas have been making a raid on the gentoo e^".- in 

 one part of the rookerv as there were fewer there than \c-terdav. Some of the ^eiito,,- 

 are becoming quite coura^eou- ; one even offered to bite me a mo-t unusual proceed- 

 ing for the gentoo. Skuas plentiful : two -hot near the hoii-e and a half-blind one 

 captured alive near the ship. He wa- tame enough on deck, hut hi- blindiie-s may 



account for that. (Jull- much le < mon of late they must be iic-tiii".. Two 



nellies and a few paddic- seen, Snouies circling around hijji up on the dill'-, giving 



