CHAPTER IV. 



SOUTH TRINIDAD. 



At 6 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd January, 

 1905, the island of South Trinidad was sighted. 



This island is situated in the South Atlantic 

 Ocean off the coast of Brazil, lat. 20 23' S., 

 long. 29 43' W. It is volcanic, and of the same 

 formation as the coast of Rio de Janeiro. 



South Trinidad had been visited by naturalists 

 three times previously. In 1868 the Italian 

 corvette " Magenta " came to the island, and two 

 species of petrels were obtained and described as 

 new to science by Dr. Giglioli.* 



The second expedition was made in August, 

 1875, by Lord Crawford (then Lord Lindsay), 

 who, when on the way to Mauritius to observe the 

 transit of Venus, landed at South Trinidad and 

 made a small collection of birds, f 



Thirdly, on 13th September, 1901, the naturalists 

 of the " Discovery," when bound for the Antarctic 

 regions, landed there and made a collection. 



* "Ibis," 1869, pp. 62-60. 



t "Proceedings Zoological Society," March 2nd, 1880, p. 161. 



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