442 Murphy, Birds of the South Atlantic. [oct! 



October 31, lat. 27° 15' S., long. 39° 30' W. Southeasterly winds. 

 Many of Diomedea exulans, both old and immature, were seen. 

 The Oceanites petrels were few. 



November 2, lat. 30° 54' S. Wind still southeast, moderating. 

 Just at dusk a bird which I identified as the first 'Cape Pigeon' 

 (Petrella capensis) flew across our stern. Albatrosses accompanied 

 us until dark. 



November 3, lat. 32° 09' S., long. 42° 15' W. Winds southwest- 

 erly, swinging by west toward the north and increasing in violence 

 throughout the day. Another Petrella was seen at daybreak. In 

 the strong wind I noticed that the petrels (Oceanites oceanicus) in 

 our wake always faced the wind diagonally if not directly, with 

 extended, motionless wings, whenever they pattered on the water. 

 During the afternoon we were running before the wind, and the 

 pursuing birds always wheeled and turned away from our stern 

 before descending to "walk" and feed. While they were flying 

 with the wind, on the other hand, they kept quite clear of the water. 



November 4, lat. 33° 28' S., long. 45° 42' W. A strong nor'- 

 wester blew throughout the night and morning, and we were obliged 

 to luff into the wind after our lower fore-topsail had been blown 

 away about two o'clock a. m. At daybreak a single individual of 

 Fregetta graUaria was seen among the Oceanites. Albatrosses were 

 within sight all day. 



During the morning a flycatcher with a yellow belly, dark olive 

 back, and broad white superciliary stripe (Megarhynchus sp.), flew 

 aboard nearly exhausted, and perched in various parts of the rigging. 

 At noon a species of Silver-billed Tanager alighted on the foresail 

 yard, followed by a large moth, which like the two storm-beaten 

 song birds flew off to leeward and its fate. We were approximately 

 340 miles from the South American mainland. 



After noon the weather cleared somewhat, and moderated enough 

 so that we hoisted the mainsail, reefed, and bent on a new fore- 

 topsail in place of the one we had lost. The wind however soon 

 shifted through west to south and commenced to blow a gale. 



Early in the afternoon I began to trail fish hooks from the stern, 

 and presently a Giant Petrel (Macronecfes giganteus) took a bait and 

 was captured. As the sea became rougher various Tubinares 

 gathered astern, and we soon had our hands full " fishing for birds." 



