6 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



Jan. 4th, 47 37' S. 57 25' W. Penguins 1 seen for the first time this afternoon. 

 The captain saw a sooty albatros. 2 The prion with the white under surface has entirely 

 replaced the one with only the breast and abdomen white : the colour on the dorsal 

 surface of this bird is mainly in two shades, dark, almost black, at the tips of the wings 

 verging into grey on the rest of the body with a white ring round neck and tail. Two 

 finners were seen this morning. Long tentacles 8 from 60 to 100 feet were caught on the 

 sounding wire at about 1000 fathoms depth. Wilson's petrels very plentiful. A large 

 school of porpoises, black on the back and white on the belly, probably same species 

 as those seen by Mr Bruce in 1892 4 in about the same latitude, and at Port Stanley, 

 were seen playing under the bows of the ship at 8.45 P.M. (The skeleton of the 

 porpoise caught in 1892 is to be seen in the museum of University College, Dundee.) 

 Phosphorescence not so marked during the last two nights. 



Jan. 5th, 49 55' S. 57 44' W. Two albatroses and several white prions seen. 

 The morning was rather misty and no birds were observed. 



Jan. 6th, Dropped anchor at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands at 8 a.m. Steamer 

 ducks 5 and black-backed gulls 6 numerous in the harbour. A trap was put down this evening. 

 Jan. 7th to Jan. 25th, Port Stanley. During our stay at Port Stanley several 

 excursions were made by the various members of the staff and a small trap was set each 

 day in the harbour and a big one let down in 6 fathoms in Port William, which we took 

 up on our way out. Two species of mammal were seen ; a seal 7 and porpoises. Several 

 specimens of birds were secured, viz., the rock or kelp goose (Chloephaga hybrida); the 

 logger-headed duck or goose, also known as the steamer duck ; a heron-like bird called 

 a king-quawk, 8 white breasted oyster catchers, 9 shags, 10 a jackass penguin, 11 the ringed 

 dotterel, 12 a snipe 13 resembling the jack-snipe, two species of sand-pipers, 14 a linnet with 

 a greenish plumage, a bird resembling a white throat 15 and a black oyster catcher, 16 

 whilst the black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus), the hawk known as the "Johnnie 

 rook," 17 and a thrush 18 were seen. Mr Thomson kindly gave us a collection of eggs. 

 Two fishes were bought from a fisherman and sent home ; several were also obtained 

 in the traps. Of invertebrates quite a considerable number of specimens were obtained 

 by means of the trap and inland excursions. Miss Blyth presented the expedition with 

 some shells and Mr Coulson, Junr., of Cape Pembroke Lighthouse, gave us some birds 

 and other animals picked up at the lighthouse. 



Jan. 26th. Left Port Stanley in the morning and picked up the big trap at 

 Port William. In the trap were some fishes, several molluscs, including an octopus, 

 some holothurians and other echinoderms. 



1 Probably Spheniscus magdlanicus of the Falklands. 2 Probably Phoebetria cornicoides. 



1 The tentacles of a Siphonophore. 4 During his cruise in the Dundee whaler Balaena. 



5 Tachyeres cinereus. 6 Larus dominicanus. ' Arctocephalus (?) FalJdandicus. 



* Nycticorax obscurus (N. tayazu-guira). 9 Haematopus leucopus. 10 Phalacroeorax atriceps and 



P. albiventer. " Sphenincus maijdlanicus. " Endromias modesta. " Gattinago paraguayae. 



14 Tringa fuscicdttis. " Muscisaxicola macloviana. " Haemafopus ater. 



17 Milvago australis. " Turdus falklandicits. 



