38 Lieut. J. N. Keunedy on Birds observed [Ibis, 



24 October. Sunny, calm ; li^ht breeze S.E. by E.-N.E. 



by N. 60° 31' N., 2° 30' W. 



Large numbers of Shag Avere still frequenting tlie grassy 

 slopes near the sea. Eight or nine Eiders [Somateria 

 mollissima) , and many Herring-Gulls and Common Gulls, 

 Avere also seen near the land. 



At noon, when we were thirty or forty miles from land, 

 only three Kittiwakes were following the ship ; but two 

 hours later the first Fulmars appeared, and by the evening 

 twenty were flying astern. 



25 October. Sunny ; choppy sea ; wind S. by E.-S.E. 



62° 39' N., 8° 17' W. 

 About fifty or sixty Fulmars accompanied us to-day, but 

 no Gulls were seen with the exception of three or four 

 Kittiwakes in the afternoon. One Manx Shearwater was 

 observed in the distance. 



20 October. Cloudy, cold ; long swell ; wind S.E. by S.-S.W. 

 62° 11' N., 8°25' W. 



Some Fulmars appeared shortly after daylight, and more 

 during the forenoon, until at midday nearly one hundred 

 were following the ship. On this day a remarkably large 

 number of Manx Shearwaters was encountered. At one 

 time there were over twenty flying amongst the Fulmars 

 astern, whilst forty or fifty others skimmed the waves round 

 the ship. Apart from their rolling flight, this species can 

 be readily distinguished at a distance by the peculiar attitude 

 while in the air, the wings being depressed somewhat below 

 the level of the body. I did not see the Shearwaters feeding 

 on any occasion ; in this they difl"ered from the Fulmars, 

 ■which were constantly alighting and being left far astern. 



Two Glaucous Gulls (Larus ylaucus) were in sight for a 

 few minutes just before noon, flying slowly and close to the 

 Avaves. 



A Great Skua accompanied us for an hour in the afternoon, 

 feeding on the refuse thrown overboard. He occasionally 

 chased a Kittiwake which got in his way, but the Gulls were 

 not feeding at the time and were not further molested. 



