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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOUllNAL 



I II st'\ tTul ca.scs birds Hew toward me to 

 exuiiiiiie i'alleu (-oiiipauioiij?, iiniuedi- 

 alcl}- after a guiisliot and within plain 

 .sii;l)t, sound, and range of the gun. 



J saw a half dozen swans and several 

 grebes on Bleaker Island, but they were 

 too wild to spend time on, so an extra 

 trip to Sea Lion Island fifteen miles to 

 (be south w'ard was planned. On Sea 

 Lion Island a colony of giant fulmars 

 was nesting, in addition to the pen- 

 guins, shags, skuas, gulls, and smaller 

 birds. A warm, sunny day favored me 

 in taking pictures and several satis- 

 factory results were secured. The nest- 

 ing Scoresby gulls, placing their eggs in 

 clumps of tiissac grass so easily ap- 

 l)roached by penguin trails, were a 

 delight to me after having gazed at 

 nesting colonies from afar the prect'd- 

 iiig season, one colony on Tloste Island 



being on top of a pinnacle rock, and 

 another at Ildefonso Island approach- 

 able only hy a seal or one chid in seal- 

 skin moccasins and gloves to climb the 

 slippery waterworn rock. 



Although the day had been so pleas- 

 ant, an increasing swell on the rocky 

 reefs surrounding the islet warned the 

 captain to be gone, and he sailed as soon 

 as we were aboard. Stopping a day at 

 Bleaker Island, while a slirieking gale 

 l)lew over, an abbreviated visit was 

 made by steamer to West l*oint Island, 

 where the black-browed albatrosses nest, 

 l)ut our stay on tlie islands was cut 

 sliort by a rumor that after the steamer 

 in Fel)runry called anolher would not 

 appear before ]\Iay. We left witb re- 

 gret the finest ground lor Mi-il [ibulog- 

 i-;i|»liy tbat I have ever encnunU'reil in 

 niv Wiinderinii's. 



The low i-ollint; liill^ of tliu l'";ilkhii]d Ishmds air (Iciniilcd of vc^clalioii liy lar^c/ flocks of Nln'cp. 

 -lusl over tliu liiH bcliiiid this sliucji farm on Wust Point Island is a large colony oC piiignins from wliosu 

 ucbts Uie farmer gathers liis supply of eggs 



