72 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



April 3rd, 56 J 55' 8. 10' 00' W. Very many birds to-day, sooty albatroses, Cape 

 pigeons and blue petrels being most conspicuous. Silver petrels not so numerous 

 to-day. Specimens of the small new petrel 1 were seen several times before tea. 

 About six nellies and some albatroses were also seen. Three sooty albatroses, a nelly 

 and a large albatros were shot. Some penguins were sighted by Davidson and Pirie, too 

 far off to distinguish the species. Wilson's petrels also seen. Many whales were disport- 

 ing themselves nearly all day long, hunchbacks being the most conspicuous. 



Sea phosphorescent at night. 



April 4th, 55 08' S. 10 00' W. Three new birds seen to-day one, a sooty 

 albatros 2 with a yellow line on its beak in place of the blue line on the beak of the 

 ordinary sooty albatros ; the second, a petrel about the same size as a blue petrel or 

 perhaps larger, brown on its upper surface, white on its under surface, with a dark ring 

 round its neck ; third, 3 a petrel the same size and colour as a Wilson's petrel, with this 

 difference that its abdomen and half the lower surface of the wing was white. Several 

 Wilson's petrels, blue petrels, Cape pigeons and sooty albatroses were flying about the 

 ship all day long. 



Sea phosphorescent at night. Yesterday a four-feet vertical net was trailed along 

 the surface ; however nothing of zoological interest was caught. 



April 5th, 55 25' S. 13 10' W. Mr Bruce observed a new bird about the size of 

 a Cape pigeon, more slender in build, general colour pale grey, darker on the upper 

 surface of the wings and on the top of the head, white muzzle, dark eye, blackish beak, 

 brownish ring round the neck, most of the under surface white. Another bird seen 

 by Mr Bruce was about the size of a blue petrel, only much darker, brown rather than 

 blue grey, a small white patch on its breast. Other birds seen same as yesterday. 



Sea phosphorescent. 



April 6th, 54" 33' S. 11 47' W. Nothing new noticed, except some floating kelp. 

 Whales were seen. 



April 7th, 53 58' S. 10 10' W. Three terns and several sooty albatroses were seen, 

 both with the blue and yellow line on the beaks ; a specimen of the latter was caught 

 on a hook by Mr Bruce. Large albatroses and two kinds of Wilson's petrels also 

 observed. One new bird was noticed to-day about the size of a Cape pigeon, possibly 

 larger, colour same as a sooty albatros (probably same as Pirie shot about fourteen days 

 ago and called the new petrel). 4 



The petrel with a ring round its neck and the grey-bodied petrel were also seen, 

 the latter bird in large numbers. Brown saw a whale and the captain three or four 

 grampuses. Sea very phosphorescent. 



April 8th, 52 33' S. 9' 47' W. Blue-and yellow-billed sooty albatroses and 

 melanopli ri/x \vere hovering about ship all day long. Fitchie observed a 



1 This was again Oestrelata brevirostris. 



2 Phoebetria fuliginosa. The other sooty albatros is P. cornicoides. s Cymodroma grallana. 

 * See note at March 21st. 



