30 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



ins'., and 12 ins. respectively. A seal is usually seen at the trap-hole in Scotia Bay, 

 and one was seen by Brown in Uruguay Cove. He angled for it with a Notothenia, 

 but it would n'ot bite. No seals but Weddells have been seen since we went into 

 winter quarters. Paddies, snowy petrels, a black-backed gull and a gentoo were seen, 

 the latter swimming in Uruguay Cove. 



June 27th. Only a few pycnogons and some sea-weed in the dredge. Lowered 

 medium-sized trap in hole to the south of No. 1 trap-hole. A few paddies were seen 

 about the ship, and some penguins heard by Pirie in Uruguay Cove. Only two traps 

 are now in use, the new one, No. 2, and the small one, No. 1, No. 3 having been 

 carried away by the ice in Uruguay Cove. 



No. 1 trap. The large trap, depth of hole 27 fathoms. 

 No. 2 trap. Medium-sized (new), ,, ,, 10 fathoms. 



June 28th. Hauled up No. 2 trap, which contained thirty-one fish of the ordinary 

 Notothenia type, variously coloured, also a considerable number of amphipods. In 

 Buchaii Bay, whilst going toward Wilton Bay, Mr Bruce and I saw a bird which was 

 either a young black -backed gull or a skua. In Buchan Bay saw several snowy petrels, 

 and in Wilton Bay saw a seal far off. Russ made him move to his hole. A few 

 paddies were seen about the ship. Total weight of fish, 30 Ibs. 2 ozs. (the 

 largest one weighed 2^ Ibs.) of which seven were males, twenty females and four 

 undetermined. 



June 29th. Not much in the dredge ; a few pycnogons, a chiton, a holothurian and 

 a sea-urchin, and a small quantity of sea- weed. Trap No 1 contained a fish and a 

 buckie ; trap No. 2 nineteen fish. Twenty fish weighed 26 Ibs. 3 ozs., two of which 

 were males, twelve females and six undetermined. The contents of their stomachs 

 were amphipods, large nemerteans, and some smaller fish of their own kind. In 

 the afternoon trap No. 2 was again lifted and we found ten fish, which weighed 

 8 Ibs. 10 ozs., four being males, five females and one undetermined. Two or three 

 paddies about the ship. A black-backed gull or a skua was seen flying about in the 

 afternoon. 



June 30th. Two or three pycnogons, a star-fish, and some weed were the contents 

 of the dredge. Trap No. 1 yielded a fish and a buckie ; No 2, two fish. Numerous 

 amphipods were in both traps. The three fish weighed 1 Ib. 14 ozs. ; all were preserved. 

 The fish caught on 28th, 29th, and 30th inst. are all the ordinary Notothenia 

 common to this place. There is a great variety of colour about them, of which a 

 careful study has been made. 



The usual paddies about the ship. 



July 1st. No dredging or trapping. Four paddies about the ship. 



July 2nd. A new fish like the pipe-fish 1 was caught on the surface of the dredge- 

 hole by Davidson ; its colour was recorded. A green fish, like the new one caught on 



1 Notolepis Coatsi a . nov. 



