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tin- :ird ult., throe chitons, three small py-nogODS and a large one. an isopod, a 



jH.Keha.-te. a \oimi: laruc in- rtean. tour opliiuroids and a -tar-Ji-h comprise the 



eatch of the dredge. Trap No. 1 contained ainplii|HMls alone. Trap No. 2 contained 

 eiulit tisli. weiu'liini: altogether 7 11)8. 6 OZS., three eii-hion Mar-, decide-, -tai ti>li, a 

 luiekie and tlu- n-nal ipiantity of aniphipods. The eiglit fish caught to-day in trap No. 

 _' u.iv all pr--.-i\. .1. One lish had three dorsal fins, one had five, ami tin- rest 



had four. 



Whilst out at traps we saw two or three flocks of birds flying over sonic open water 



t<> tin- west of Ailsa Craig, evidently shags. Three nellies were seen by Mr Bruce and 

 the mate during the course of the day. The usual two or three paddies about 

 the ship. Three snowy petrels and a paddy were seen at trap-hole No. 1. They 

 evidently go there to pick up the amphipods brought up by the trap. 



July ">//. The dredge contained two isopods, a few pycnogons, one limpet, two 

 lamellihranc -hs and two or three gastcropods, one chiton, two or three " worms " and a 

 few crustaceans. Trap No. 1 contained a fish and a few aniphipods. Trap No. 2, 

 five fish and three cushion -stars, but no amphipods. All the fish were of tin- ordinary 

 Nototheiiia type. Three have Ix-rn piv-n-vrd. The largest one (female) weighed 

 15 ozs., and measured 12J ins.; the smallest one (preserved sex undetermined), 9 

 .i/v. was In ins. in l.-n-j'ii. >n-- u.-iuli.-.l li DM, .'in. I MM 111 iflA m I'-n-jili i|u-' 

 sen'ed), three weighed a total of 2 Ibs. 4 ozs., and were each 11 J ins. in length, one 

 of which was preserved. Three females, three undetermined, the others male. Two of 

 the fish had five dorsal rays, the rest four. 



A number of snowy petrels about the cliffs, one nelly and a black-l>uckcd gull, 

 besides the usual paddies were seen. A seal was seen in Jessie Bay. 



July -\tli. The first haul of the dredge brought up a large stone with some 

 (?) laminaria 1 "roots" attached to it and a large isopod. On breaking up these roote 

 we found five or six worms, three or four brittle-stars, rather damaged and a small 

 star-fish. On the stone itself a nudibranch with a small pyt-nogon on it was di.s- 

 red. The second haul brought up a few blades of sea-weed with nothing 

 on them. 



Davidson saw a shag Hying northwards past the ship's bows, and the usual jinddies 

 were seen. 



Jnly 6th. The dredge brought up a small fish, a large nudibranch, one 

 pycnogon and a star-fish. No. 1 trap contained a fish. No. 2 five fishes and four 

 star-fishes. All the fish were of the ordinary ^<>t,,tl,< nia type, and weighed altogether 

 5 Ibs. 9 ozs. Two of them, a male and a female, had five dorsal fins, the remaining 

 four (one male, three females) had four dorsal fins. Only two or three paddies were 

 seen. 



July 7th. The dredge contained some pycnogons and a few pieces of sponge ; rather 

 a poor cau-h. Nothing in trap No. 1 ; No. 2 trap contained 54 fish (Notothenia), 



'Lruonia timulant, op. nov. 



