146 Sotitherji Cross. 



obtained by the ' Belgica ' just before her escape from the pack-ice, ou 

 March 14th, 1899, in Lat. 70° 40' S., and Long. 102° W. ; while the 

 ' Challenger ' brought back one example, taken on the edge of the 

 pack, in about 66° S. Lat., on the 14th of February, 1874." 



This species is doubtless one of the " three new species of birds " 

 which met the ' Southern Cross,' when the ship entered the pack-ice 

 on the 30th of December {supra, p. 83). On the 31st {supra, p. 84) 

 Mr. Hanson shot several specimens of the Silver Petrel, which, as 

 he truly observes, is very like the Fulmar {Fulmarus glacialis) of the 

 northern seas. While laying fast in the ice, he shot a number of 

 specimens on the 11th and 12th of January {supra, pp. 86, 87), and 

 again on the 30th (p. 91). Two were shot by him on the 6th of 

 February (p. 92) ; and he saw the species again on the 12th of that 

 month, when the ' Southern Cross ' returned to the open sea, before 

 making a second endeavour to get through the pack-ice. 



Mr. Borchgrevink (p. 65) speaks of this species as being, next to 

 Pagodroma, the best represented in the pack-ice. " They were always 

 seen swimming about in the open spaces in the ice, seeking food, 

 which mainly consisted of Crustacea. Only in a few instances a very 

 small fish, like a Herring in shape, has been found in tliem." 



MAJAQUEUS, Keichenb. 



Ma,JAQUEUS iEQUINOCTIALIS. 



Proeellaria aequinoctialis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I., p. 213 (1766) ; Moseley, Notes 

 Nat. Chall., p. 137 (1879, Tristan da Cunha) ; Milne-Edwards and Grand., 

 Hist. Madag. Ois., p. 671 (1885). 



Proeellaria eonspicillata, Gould, B. Austr., VIL, pi. 46 (1848). 



Majaqueus aequinoctialis, Coues, Proc. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1864, pp. 118, 142; 

 Gigl., Faun. Vert. Oceano, p. 35 (1870) ; Salvin, in Rowley's Drn. Misc., I., 

 p. 232 (1876); Sbarpe, Phil. Trans., CLXVIII. (extra vol.), p. 119 (1879, 

 Royal Sound, Kerguelen) ; Moseley, Notes Nat. Chall., p. 208 (1879, 

 Kerguelen), p. 254 (edge of pack ice); Saunders, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 164 

 (lat. 29° 45'— 34° 39' S., long. 8° 51' E.); Sharpe, P. Z. S., 1881, p. 12 

 (Valparaiso) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXV., p. 395 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand- 

 list B.. I., p. 125 (1899). 



Majaqueus conspieillatus, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1864, pp. 118, 

 142; Gould, Handb. B. Austr., II., p. 445 (1865); Gigl., Faun. Vert. Oceano, 

 p. 36 (1870j. 



Cape Hen. Hanson, I. s. c, pp. 81, 82. 



26 C. 6 ad. 42° 23' S.L., 20° 32' E.L., Oct. 24th, 1898. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill yellow ; feet and webs black. This 

 specimen has a patch of white feathers in the middle of the abdomen. 



