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Southern Cross. 



writes : — " We daily saw fresh proofs of the audacity of the Skua- 

 Gulls. On several occasions they attacked the dogs, and nearly all 

 of us were, on more than one occasion, also attacked by them. They 

 shot down from a great height in the air straight on our heads, hit 

 us with their wings, only to rise again and renew the attack. We 

 killed several of them with short sticks " (p. 223). On November 

 27th we learn that Mr. Evans (p. 226) " brought in his first Skua- 

 Gull's egg. The colour was light green, brown or grey, with dark 

 brown spots " (!). On the 27th of December, 1899, Mr. Borchgrevink 



SKUA-GULL ON NEST. 

 (^By p&nnissi(in of Messrs. Hurst ife Ulackett.^ 



says that he cauglit some very fine specimens of young Skua-Gulls 

 when he went to the top of Cape Adare (p. 242). The species was 

 also observed on Possession Island (p. 257), and again near Mount 

 Melbourne on February 5th on a beach where "there were no 

 Penguins, but a great many Skuas, with nearly full-grown young 

 ones" (p. 262). The note of the bird, according to Mr. Borchgrevink, 

 is a "cruel screech" (p. 291). 



Mr. Bernacchi has also several notes on the species. On landing 

 at Cape Adare a great number of Skua-Gulls " seemed to resent our 



