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a nesting-place. When attacked by the sitting penguin- In 1 moved rapidlv li\- a series 

 of short ijuick jumps. 



To-day I noticed that the great majority of penguin- on the rookciy have develop. -d 

 a featherless tract of skin over the liellv lying medianlv. It run- :; or 4 indie- up from 

 the base of the white coat, and is about 1 to 1 J- inches liroad. Tlir violet coloured -kin 

 shows distinctly, \\hen the liird is lying on it- cog.-, thev are eovcrcil !i\- this grouve 

 in its feather coat, so that above they lie against the bare skin, and on either side an- 

 surrounded by the feathers. Both gciitoos and adelia- show this adaptation for keeping 

 the egos warm. 1 noticeil a single case of it some two week- ago, and others have 

 occasionally been noted lately, but to-day is the first day it has become <juite .enerallv 

 visible among the penguins. 



Nov. 2lst. At the small rookery eggs of the isth have ".enerallv a companion 

 now, but on the whole few eggs are being- laid. A pair of ringed penguins are evidently 

 going to settle there. < >n the moss-covered slopes of the land bevond, skua- are sett lini; 

 down in pairs, and courtship is proceeding merrily. Thev allow one within a few feet 

 of them without showing any concern. 



At the big rookery the ringed penguins have not yet laid. One tern's egg wa- -ot 

 further along the bay. Duncan and Anderson report having seen a large penguin, three 

 times the size of an adelia, but similar in colour, except for its black feet and gentoo- 

 like shaped bill. It escaped into the water before thev could capture it. Its si/ce the\ 

 compared with several adelias near by. Accounts given to me bv each of the men 

 separately are (jiiite consistent. 1 



Skuas, a few gulls, a nelly and some snowy petrels also -ecu. Hue skua found dead 

 on the Hoe between the ship and the shore. 



Xnr. 'I'll i<l. Rookeries not visited to-day, (iull-. skuas, paddie-. a nellv or two, 

 and a tern, as well a- three Wilson's petrels seen. 



Xnr. _!:',/</. -Scotia Bav has broken up and the ship is free again. Before the ice 

 broke up, three adult Weddell seals were shot near the rookery and brought in for 

 skeletons one female and two males. Several other seals were seen when the ice went 

 out. The break-up of the bay was accompanied bv the arrival of manv bird- ; penguins 

 were disporting themselves in the water: terns and snowv petrels were plentiful; skuas 

 and nellies settled on the cook's midden, and on various scraps of blubber a- they floated 

 off on the ice-floe,-. Wilson's petrels, were numerous. Paddies also seen. Tin- ( 'ape 

 pigeon,- ne-ting at The Beach have lately deserted their nests, but no egg- have been laid. 

 A compound ascidian was seen in the water to-dav. The trap off the port bow wa- 

 raised finally this afternoon, and contained twenty fish of the usual kind. >i\t y -eight 

 cushion-stars, and two yellow star-fish. 



X<>r. _'-!/ //.'-' Shags have settled on the small rocky Met west of the ship, and arc 



1 Thev is little douU that this was an immature emperor penguin which had wandered far north. 

 - The S,-<jtia left Scotia Buy ria Washington Strait (to the west) for the rncampiiinn at Point. Thomson, 

 Brown's Bay. She returned to Scotia Bay at night. 



