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SontJieyii Cross. 



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

 (Jiills. Oil several occasions they attacked the dogs, and nearly all 

 of us were, on more than one occasion, also attacked hy tliein. They 

 shot down from a great lieight in tlie air straight on our heads, liit 

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

 killed several of them with short sticks " (]). 223). On Novemher 

 L'.Tth we learn that Mr. Evans (p. 226) " brought in his first Skua- 

 (Jull'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 jiermissiuiiof ifessrs. IJiirst it- Jilackett.) 



says that he caught some very line specimens of young Skua-Gulls 

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

 also observed on Possession Island (]>. 2.17), and again near Mount 

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

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

 ones" (p. 2(J2). 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 

 :ir (';i].e Adare a great nundier of Skua-Gulls "seemed to resent our 



