WINTER QUARTERS, SCOTIA BAY, 1903 tf 



The weight <>i" tli- two fish in the small trap was 1 1)>. 6 ozs., length 13| ins., and I ."> 

 ozs., length 13| ins., resp.-. -ti\el\ . 'I'll. weight of tin- nim- ii-h \\as 9 Ibs. 5 ozs. The 

 largest oin\ a female, weighed 1 II). 1> <>/.-.. ami w;i> l.~>J. ins. in length. Six were females, 

 and three ma!.- I'ilai-k Iwked null-, -imwy [wtrcls, a nelly ami paddies were seen. 



./ ../A. The cateh in the dredge was a poor one to-day. The contents were a 

 small fish, p vet logons, a few star-fishes, one echinoid, some fragments of spooni and a 

 :!ieiiione. tin- last a new >\ -it -. The usual cpizoa on sea-weed. The trap yielded a 

 ^olitaiy -mi -star. On the surface of the dredge and trap holes numerous examples of 

 />..//..//// were caught, most of them in chains of from four to twelve, more or less. 

 l-'oimd two crustaceans inside two of them, oue of which however escaped. Careful 

 drawings and paintings have been made of these animals. Mr Bruce and I saw a 

 Wrddrll seal near Ailsa Craig. Snowy petrels, paddies and a black-backed gull were seen. 



June 6th. The dredge was not much better than yesterday. It contained a fish, 

 -oine -mall pycuogous and a large red one, a worm tube, a large uemcrtean (not seen 

 for some time past), two sun-stars, fragments of a holothurian and the usual animals on 

 sea-weed. Some examples of Kn^hnnsin were caught on the surface of the dredge-hole. 

 Whilst killing the anemone caught yesterday, several young came out from under the 

 lx-11 or from the mouth. Snowy petrels, paddies and a nelly were seen. 



June 8th. Very poor haul in the dredge to-day ; one isopod, a few pycnogous, 

 a small star-fish on a stone, and the usual animals on sea-weed. Two fish, a large 

 ctenophore, 5^ ins. x 3 ins. (? Beroe), which unfortunately broke up whilst being fixed 

 in 2 % formalin, and numerous amphipods were in the trap. The small trap in the 

 dredge-hole contained two big sun-stars. Pirie caught plenty of Euphaiusia on the 

 surface of the dredge-hole. The fish caught were both females, of which the larger one 

 weighed 1 Ibs. 10 ozs., and measured 15J- ins. in length; it was preserved for its 

 o\ary. Probably the spawning season is just ended. The other weighed 9 ozs., and 

 measured 10 ins. Snowy petrels and sheathbills seen both yesterday and to-day. 

 A Hight of shags was noticed this morning whilst we were at the trap. 



Juif \i//i. No dredging. Hauled trap up, and got one star-fish and one buckie, 

 then lowered coarse tow-net from surface to 20 fathoms five times. The small trap in 

 the dredge-hole caught some sun-stars and two buckies. No birds seen except one 

 sheathbill. It has been misty and overcast all day. 



June \Qth. First haul of the dredge brought up a large sponge. Second haul a 

 few pycuogons, polychaetes and several star-fishes, one of which had encircled a 

 lamellibranch which it was eating, and two or three pieces of sea-weed, amongst which 

 were numerous small crustaceans and fragments of sponges. Again rather misty and no 

 liirds seen. 



June llth. A large holothurian was the conspicuous item of the catch in the dredge 

 to-day, and a painting was made of it. There were also a few pycnogous, some small 

 enista<-pans, a polychaete, three star-fishes, an ophiuroid and small lamellibranchs on sea- 

 weed. Nothing iii the large trap. Euphcmsia, common in the new hole dug to-day for 



