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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FACING PACK 



PLATE XVII. 



52. Blue-eyed Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) on nest, at Eudmose Rocks, South 



' Orkneys. Photograph by W. S. Bruce ..... 



53. Gentoo Penguin (Pyyoscelis papua) on nest, at Ferguslie Peninsula, South 



Orkneys. Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie ..... 



54. Ringed Penguin (Pyyoscelis Antarctica) in Macdougall Bay, South Orkneys. 



Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie . ... 



55. Ringed Penguins lighting at Point Thomson, Pirie Peninsula. Photograph 



by J. H. H. Pirie . . . . . . . . i 



PLATE XVIII. 



56. Ringed Penguins (Pyyoscelis antarctica) courting. Point Thomson, South 



Orkneys. Photograph by W. S. Bruce , . . .-. 



57. Ringed Penguins mating. Point Thomson, South Orkneys. Photograph by 



D. W. Wilton . . 



PLATE XIX. 



58. Antarctic Skuas (Meyalestris antarcticus) fighting on the beach, Scotia Bay. 



Photograph by R. C. Mossman ...... 



59. Antarctic Skua flying. Macdougall Bay, South Orkneys. Pliotographs ly 



W. S. Bruce . . ... 



60. Antarctic Skua on nest. Mossman Peninsula, South Orkneys . 



61. Wliite-rumped Tern (Sterna Hirundinacea) at Point Davis, South Orkneys. 



Photographs by J. H. H. Pirie. 



PLATE XX. 



62. Snowy Petrel (Pagodroma nivea) on nest. Jessie Bay, South Orkneys 



63. Snowy Petrel flying, Weddell Sea. The snowy petrel indicates the proximity 



of pack ice . 



Photoyraplis by W. S. Bruce. 



64. Young Great Southern Black-backed or Dominican Gulls (Larus dominicanus) in 



down. Photograph by J. H. H. Pirie ..... 



65. Cape Pigeons (Daptioit cajiengis) preparing to nest. Macdougall Bay, Ferguslie 



Peninsula. Pholograjih by W. S. Bruce ..... 



PLATB XXI. 



66. Patagonian Sea Lion (Otaria jubata) in Royal Scottish Museum, from Tussock 



Island, Port William, Falkland Islands. Weight exceeding 1200 Iba. 

 Photograph by Rowland Ward ...... 



PLATB XXII. 



67. The "Scotia" beset off Coats Land, Antarctica. Shear-legs for baited trap set in 



161 fathoms shown, also flensing board for sealskins 



68. Weddell Seal (Leptwiychotes wefldelli), male. Off Coats Land, Antarctica 



Phctoyraphs by W. S. Bruce. 



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