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or more of Puffinus gravis, JEstrelata macroptera, and Fregetta 

 grallaria were seen. 



March 30 and 31, April 1. The first summery days, with quiet 

 weather, fair skies, and briUiant sunsets. On these three days I saw 

 no birds save a few 'Mutton-birds' (/Estrelata incerta and mollis). 



April 2, lat. 27° 17' S., long. 31° 53' W. The wind had veered to 

 northeast on the evening of the first, and it blew half a gale during 

 the morning of the second, bringing frequent rains. Half a dozen 

 'Mutton-birds' {Mstrelata incerta) followed us. At night we had 

 heavy rains with lightning and thunder. 



April 4, lat. 25° S., long. 30° 40' W. Three examples of the 

 Trinidad Islet Petrel, ..'Estrelata arminjoniana were identified. It 

 rained heavily throughout the night. 



April 5 and 6. Light southerly breezes ; more or less rain. The 

 only birds seen were Oceanites oceanicus, Estrelata arminjoniana, 

 and a few terns and boobies (Sula) in the distance. 



April 7, lat. 21° 30' S., long. 30° 04' W. Calm and hot, with a 

 light south wind arising late in the afternoon. A few terns and 

 boobies, Oceanites petrels and scattered examples of Mstrelata 

 arminjoniana were seen. Shortly before nightfall we sighted 

 Trinidad Islet, bearing north by west and about 45 miles distant. 



April eighth was spent in the waters about the remarkable, 

 uninhabited, volcanic islet of Trinidad, and the ornithological 

 observations of the day may well be reserved for a special paper. 



The Daisy resumed the northward journey on April ninth, but 

 bird life was not conspicuous between Trinidad and the Equator 

 which we crossed on the afternoon of April twenty-fifth. The 

 little 'Mother Carey's Chickens' (Oceanites oceanicus), our con- 

 stant companions during nearly the whole voyage, were seen almost 

 daily, not only as far as the Line but northward to the West Indies 

 and then to New York. Boobies and terns were frequently noted 

 in the southern tropic belt, although very rarely were they seen so 

 closely that I could identify the species. The few other south 

 Atlantic entries in my notebook refer chiefly to sea birds which 

 belong typically to the fauna of the north Atlantic ; and these may 

 best be recorded elsewhere. 



