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British Museum^ namely, examples of Larus scoreshyi (from 

 lat, 6i° S., long. 55° W.) and Larus domiiiicanus (from lat. 

 64° 15' S., long. 55°50'W.), presented by Capt. A. Fair- 

 weather, of the steamship ' Balaena.' 



Prof. D^Arcy Thompson has kindly sent me for examination 

 thirteen skins obtained during the voyage and presented to 

 the Museum of the University of Dundee by Dr. C. W. 

 Donald. These, as kindly determined for me by Mr. Salvin 

 (Petrels) and Mr. Howard Saunders (Gulls), are referable 

 to the following species. Unfortunately they have no original 

 dates and localities attached to them, but are nearly all of 

 birds that may well occur in the '^Antarctic seas." They 

 are of the following species : — 



Chiouis alba. Thalassoeca glacialoides. 



Sterna liirundinacea. Daption capensis. 



Larus dominicanus. Prion turtur. 



scoresbyi. vittatus. 



Stercorarius antarcticus. Pagodroma nivea. 



Oceanites oceanicus. 



Turning to the account of the expedition of the " Dundee 

 Whalers " given in the ' Scottish Geographical Magazine ' 

 for February 1894, I find the following description of the 

 bird-life of Antarctica, contributed by Dr. Donald : — 



"■ Of birds we met with 20 species in all. Of these the 

 Penguins are by far the most numerous and characteristic 

 representatives of this region. From an ornithologist's point 

 of view, the Penguin, for many reasons, is one of the most 

 interesting of living birds. To an ordinary observer it is one 

 of the most ludicrous. Its peculiar methods of progression, 

 its actions and gait, which may well be called 'old-fashioned,' 

 and its senile expression, all serve to excite one's risibility. 



" On one occasion, in the north of the Erebus-and-Terror 

 Gulf, we saw large schools, numbering 200 to 300, of the 

 common black-throated Penguin, swimming together, the 

 movements of each school being controlled by a single 

 individual of larger size, which followed in the rear. When 

 first seen, at a distance of about 200 yards, the school nearest 

 the ship was leaping and diving noisily. On a croak from 

 the leader this noisy sport instantly ceased, and the whole 



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