ORNITHOLOGY OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 





PLATE VII. 



Eggs of Antarctic birds which are either white, pale blue, or, as in the case of Wilson's Petrel, only 

 faintly spotted. The plate shows the relative size or shape of these eggs, reduced to four- 

 fifths their natural size. 



Fig. 1, Pi/ijoscelis antarctica, the Ringed Penguin, or Antarctic Penguin, taken at South Orkneys, 1903 ; 

 Scotia collections. Egg number M. 2 : length = 68 mm., weight =1880 grains. Vi/h original Log, p. 53. 



Fig. 2. P. antarctica, taken at South Orkneys, 1903; Scotia collections. Egg number 11 : length = 

 68 mm., weight = 1530 grains. 



Fig. 3. P. adelix, Black-throated Penguins, taken at South Orkneys, 1903 ; Scotia collections. Length = 

 67 '8 mm., weight = 1530 grains. 



Fig. 4. Phalacrocorax atriceps, the Blue-eyed Shag, taken at Shag Rocks, Brown's Bay, on 9th November 

 1903; Scotia collections. Length = 67 mm., average weight = 864'5 grains. 



Fig. 5. Ossifraga gigantea, the Giant Petrel, Nelly, or Stinker, taken at Cape Geddes, South Orkneys ; 

 Scotia collections. Length = 105 mm., average weight = 3784 grains. Vide Camp Log W. S. B. 



Fig. 6. Pygns celis papua, the Gentoo Penguin, taken at Scotia Bay, South Orkneys; Scotia collections. 

 Length = 66 mm., average weight =4'41 ounces avoirdupois. 



Fig. 7. Daption capensis, the Cape Penguin or Petrel, taken west of Jessiie Bay, South Orkneys, on 

 4th December 1903 ; Scotia collections. Egg number 14 : length 63 mm., weight 876 grains. Vide original 

 Log, p. 31. 



Fig. 8. Oceanites oceanicus, Wilson's Petrel, taken at Churchill, Jessie Bay, South Orkneys, on 

 4th January 1904 ; Scotia collections. Egg number 3 : length = 33 mm., weight = 155 grains. Fide original 

 Log, ]). 47. 



Fig. 9. Pagodroma nivea, the Snowy Petrel, taken on west side of Jessie Bay, South Orkneys, on 

 5th December 1903. Egg number 26 : length = 55 mm., weight =685 grains. Vide original Log, p. 29. 

 The numbers 1 to 9 read from left to right in each row. 



MAP I. 



Scotland to Coats Land: Track Chart of the Scotia, 1902-04, by William S. Bruce, LL.D. 



MAP II. 



Weddell Sea: Track Chart, including the trawling stations of the Scotia, 1902-04, by William S. 

 Bruce, LL.D. 



