SCOTLAND TO T11K FALKLAND ISLANDS. 1901 3 



Dec. i:\tlt, 3 38' 8. 33 :!<i' \\ Observed some specimens of Physalia, Velella, 

 ami flying - fish IH-J'-IV breakfast. Mr Bruce, Brown and myself saw a gannet 

 about HIMMI. white with Mark tips on its wings. Saw a bird in the afternoon, 

 which liMikeil like a petrel, too far off to determine. Radiolarians very plentiful in 



net 



l>.< \\iL.b* SO* S. 84 20MV. What the captain describes as "dolphin whales" 1 

 -.-CM tin- morning, when a dozen or more of these cetaceans were lying lazily 

 on the surface of tin- water, and, though the ship passed within .">o yards of them. 

 they iiid no attention to it. Their eolour seemed to be a greyish black. A Hock of 

 bin Is (skuas) were seen by Mr Bruce and the captain in the afternoon, of a black colour 

 except belly and breast which were white, but they were too far off to distinguish 

 clearly. In the afternoou saw the coast of Brazil near Pernambuco. Very few 

 crustaceans ob-cm-il in tow-net. 



Dec. 15th, 7 20' S. 34 38' W. Saw a large turtle this afternoon off the coast 

 whilst we were out in a boat kite-flying; we tried to capture it, with no success. 

 Two kinds of small fish seen in tow-net, a pearl-fish and a young pipe-fish. A 

 number of porpoises seen in the evening. 



/>.,. \c,t),, 9* 6' S. 34 38' W. Saw two boobies in morning whilst after kite. 

 A -in ker tish. one ineh long, observed in tow-net, also two species of gasteropods and 

 one young lamellibranch, but crustaceans are still comparatively scarce. 



De<: \7tli, 11 28' S. 35 50' W. Flying-fish seen in considerable numbers. Saw 

 a large Physalia before breakfast. Mr Bruce and Pirie saw a brownish speckly bird, 

 like a voting herring gull. Crustaceans still scarce in the plankton. 



Dec. \8th, 13 26' S. 36" 45' W. Several flying-fish seen to-day. A small bird 

 was observed this evening of a black colour and the size of a thrush. Crustaceans 

 still scarce in the tow-net. 



Dec. \9th, 15 24' S. 37 12? W. Flying-fish still to the fore. A flock of dark 

 eolourcd birds like noddies, and two white ones, were seen this morning. After dinner 

 Mr Bruce caught a large Physalia, which was drawn and painted. Other specimens 

 were also seen. 



Dec. 20th, 18' 11' S. 37" 55' W. We had a dredge out for the first time to- 

 day at 15.30 to 16 hours,* in 36 fathoms coral bottom, 18 26' S. 37 58' W. ; 138J 

 fathoms of steel rope were paid out, and a pressure of about a quarter of a ton was 

 registered, on the dynomometer. We steamed very slowly ahead, trailing the dredge 

 along the bottom for thirty- five minutes. The following list shows the groups 

 represented in the contents : 



Foraminifera Porifera Hydroidea 



Alcyonaria Pennatulidae " Corals " 



It is impossible to give the names of Antarctic cetaceans with any degree of accuracy until specimen! 

 are secured and a definite study of these undertaken. 

 : This dredging was taken on the Abrolho* Bank. 



