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oil Hood Island. In the afternoon all went ashore to prospect and get a little goat 

 meat if possible. Beck killed two. Four snakes were seen, two taken — brownish 

 back, cream below, three 3elIowisli white stripes. Got centipede and four owls. 

 Very hard walking. 



Oct. 'Z'i. — Beck, Hull, and I collected tliis morning ou llnod Island. Got a nice 

 lot of birds anil lizards, and one snake. Put up about Tn birds to-day. We got 

 a Larus not yet recorded on this island. 



Oct. 24. — Did part of forenoon's work, then cleaned up. 



Oct. 26. — Collected about 7.5 birds and put tliem up. >Saw a I'roiiiic modesta. 

 This afternoon the mate went after goats. Did not get any, but brought liack three 

 albatross' eggs, and reports a large colony breeding ou the other side of the island. 

 Will go there to-morrow. Hull secured a dove with a considerable amount of 

 white on it. 



Oct. 26. — All hands started for the interior of the island at 7; the mate after goats, 

 the rest of us after the albatross. We found large colonies of them from the centre 

 of the island, south and west. These albatross have evidently used this island as 

 breeding grounds for many years, the out-cropping rocks being worn smooth by the 

 feet of the birds. The birds are not breeding now, as the eggs which we secured 

 had all been deserted. There are numbers of 3'onng albatross, about the size of a 

 " grown " goose ; feathers appearing much like those of an ostrich.* There must be 

 thousands of birds on the island. We brought back sixteen of them. They have a 

 manner of fencing with their bills that is ludicrous and remarkable (see illustrations 

 in Drowue's notes). A\'e found on the south end of the island a colony of frigate 

 birds breeding. Tropic birds quite plentiful. Secured eggs of Sala mricgata and 

 nebouxii. Marine iguanas very abundant and brightly coloured, black with greenish- 

 yellow and reddish yellow blotches (see Plate V). 

 Oct. 27. — Worked all day putting up birds. 



(Jet. 28. — Seven of us made a trip across the island to-day, bringing back 20 

 tropic and 25 other birds, also eggs of the former, of Creayrus, Albatross and 

 Freyata, Sula varieyata and 8. nebouxii. Had a very hard day's work. 



Oct. 29. — Put up to-day over forty large birds. Have been wrapping birds in 

 tissue paper, and find it excellent. 



Oct. 30. — At 4 p.m. hoisted anchor and set sail for Charles Island. \\"\\\ stop 

 a couple of hours at Gardner Island, near Charles Island, on the way. 



Oct. 31. — Arrived off Gardner Island at noon. Went ashore and stayed till 

 4 p.m. (iot about tliirty SesomiMHS. Siila nebouxii and Cynnops were both 

 breeding, also frigate birds. Tropic birds were common, probably breeding. Que 

 of the iguanas died to-day ; they are not eating at all. 



iVoy. 1.— This morning found us off Black Beach Boads. At M a.m. we dropped 

 anchor. Put up yesterday's birds during the morning. Charles Island. After 

 anchoring Sir. Levick came aboard, and the captain and 1 went to breakfast with 

 Mr. Gill. After breakfast Mr. Gill with several Seuors and Seuoritas came aboard, 

 when we treated them to wine and bread. There are several tame flamingoes at the 

 settlement. Mr. Hull also has some tortoise from Albemarle. 



Nov. 2. — All hands, with Levick for guide, went to Upper Springs, six miles. 

 Got over sixty birds, which we put up this afternoon. Got four species of 

 Camarhynchu.'i, I'yrorciihnhix and ( ii:o.-ipi :,i, cuckoo, curlew, and plover. Saw one 

 small buttertiy. No lizards seen on Charles Island ! 



* Uufuituuately uu young albatrosses were preserved 1 — Ed. 



