Il8 TRISTAN DA CUNHA. 



For notes on the Zoology of the Islands, see Von Willemoes Suhm, 

 "Proc. R. Soc.,'' No. 170, 1876, p. 583. 



For notes on the Geology, see J. Y. Buchanan, Ibid., p. 614. 



For Birds, see "Cabanisiiber zwei neue Finken-Arten." Journal fur 

 Ornithologie, 1873, s. 153, 154 



The ship took ten days to reach the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 the only interesting feature of the voyage was the appearance 

 of the various Southern Oceanic birds which constantly were 

 to be seen flying at the stern. The great albatross or Cape 

 sheep, the Mollymauk, which however was not seen far from 

 land ; the Giant-petrel {Ossifraga giganfea), the Cape hen 

 {Procellaria cequinoctialis), the Cape pigeon {Daption capensis), 

 a Prion and a Stormy-petrel. 



