76 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



diving petrel. 1 Crested penguins" were .seen on shore. A small trap was lowered in 

 the morning and lifted in the afternoon contents nil. 



April 23rd, Gough Island. The large trap, lowered on the 21st hist., was hauled 

 up with all the bait gone and a big tear in it, so that only small animals were obtained, 

 including some small crabs, a pycnogon, ophiuroids, pectens, a polychaete and other 

 small invertebrates. After dinner, went out in dinghy and shot the following birds : 

 both kinds of Wilson's petrels, 3 black-backed petrels, 4 light-brownish-grey petrels/ a 

 black petrel'"' (not the one seen yesterday however), brown and black nellies, 7 a whale 

 bird, 8 Diomedea melanophrys 9 and Diomedea exulans. Yellow-billed sooties, terns, 

 skuas and petrels, 10 like the pair Pirie caught yesterday, were seen. 



The small trap was hauled up to-day, bait all gone and contents nil. Johnnie Smith 

 caught a fish on the line. 



The Monagasque trawl was lowered in 100 fathoms for half an hour, and a rich 

 haul was secured. The following is a rough list : two species of fish (one specimen only 

 of the one species), about five species of lamellibranchs, nudibranchs, gasteropods, two 

 species of crabs, a few other small crustaceans, a (?) gephyrean, a polychaete, three or 

 four species of ophiuroids, an Antedon, innumerable "corals" and "corallines," two 

 species of alcyonarians and two species of sponges. 



Another trawl was made in 25 fathoms. A small catch was secured, but the ship 

 rolled too much to sort the catch before preserving. Whilst out in the boat I shot a 

 Wilson's petrel and a blue petrel, 11 but they were picked by skuas before we could get 

 up to them. Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) were seen. 



April 24th, 39 58' S. 8 36' W. Many sooty albatroses (yellow-billed), Diomedea 

 melanophrys and wandering albatroses, light-brownish-grey petrels, black-backed 

 petrels, both kinds of Wilson's petrels and blue or whale petrels were seen. A number 

 of pteropods and a blue copepod were caught on the surface. Sea phosphorescent. 



April 25th, 40 22' S. 5 45' W. Plenty of blue-billed sooty albatroses, in addition 

 to the birds seen yesterday, were Hying about the ship. 



April 26th, 41 15' S. 2 38' W. Many of the larger birds (albatroses) were seen 

 to-day, though fewer of the smaller ones. Many blue- and yellow-billed albatroses, 

 Diomedea melanophrys and Diomedea exulans, some light-brownish-grey petrels, both 

 kinds of Wilson's petrels, black-backed petrels and blue petrels or whale birds. 



April 27th, 40 33' S. 07' E. Many albatroses, blue- and yellow-billed sooties, 

 Diomedea melanophrys and Diomedea exulans, one skua, a few light-brownish-grey 

 petrels, many black-backed petrels, a few Wilson's petrels of both kinds and a few 

 blue petrels or whale birds were seen during the day. Shot two Diomedea melanophrys, 

 a yellow-billed and a blue-billed sooty. 



Pelecanoides urinalrix. 2 Eudyptes chrysocome. l Oceaniles oceanicus and Cymodroma grallaria. 



4 Oestrelata mollis. 5 Priqtinim cinereus. 6 It appears, however, to be Majaqueus aequinoctialis. 



7 Ossi/raga gigantea. s Prion rittatus. 9 See note 1 on last page. 



10 Pu/inus assimilis. " The whale bird, Prion cittatus. 



