36 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



July BOth. Heavy snow squalls from S.S.W. with driving snow. No dredge 

 or traps. A solitary shag was observed flying westward. No other birds were 

 seen. 



July 31st. There was nothing in the dredge. No. 1 trap had nine fish and one 

 star-fish. No. 2 trap had four fish. All the fish were of medium or small size. Total 

 weight of fish 13 Ibs. 3 ozs., average length 12' 14 ins. One paddy was seen, and a 

 doubtful bird either a black-backed gull or a nelly. " Charlie " appeared restless and 

 discontented this morning when he was sitting for his portrait. He seemed to be in 

 want of a swim. After lunch he was taken to the dredge-hole and enticed to take a 

 dive, but he persistently refused, and even when he was forced into the water, he 

 scrambled out at once : again and again he declined to stay in the water. Possibly 

 the water appeared too dark to him owing to its being surrounded by thick ice. Perhaps 

 he simply did not feel in the mood for a swim. Now he is peacefully re-established on 

 the monkey poop. 



Aug. 1st. The dredge contained one star-fish and three pycnogons. A paddy and 

 a shag were seen, the latter flying southward. A flock of shags, several thousands in 

 number were seen by Mr Bruce nellies, snowy petrels and paddies as well. A black- 

 throated penguin was captured alive on the beach on its way north, and brought aboard. 

 It is now tied up on the poop, but seems very much to resent its captivity and continually 

 struggles to free itself. "Charlie" seemed to regard "Pathrick's" excitement with 

 contempt and himself retains his composure as of old, only forgetting himself for a 

 moment when " Pathrick " appeared. 



A young white seal was found about a quarter of a mile to the south-west. We 

 drove it over to the ship and shot it. It is probably a young Lobodon carcinophaga of 

 last year (September). Its side is marked with several deep gashes only very slightly 

 healed. It was noticeable how much quieter and more agile this seal was in its move- 

 ments than the Weddell seal. The small trap in 51 fathoms was lifted, but had nothing 

 in it but amphipods, mostly of the smaller or younger kind. 



Aug. 2nd. Snowy petrels, paddies and shags seen. 



Aug. 3rd. No dredging or trapping done to-day. To-day snowy petrels have been 

 seen and heard in the cliffs ; no other birds. 



Aug. kih. The dredge contained one star-fish and a few of the common pycnogons. 

 No. 1 trap contained fifty-one fish and one buckie. No. 2 trap contained twenty-two 

 fish and several cushion-stars. All the fish were of the ordinary Notoihenia type. 

 Average weight was 1 Ib. 2'2 ozs., average length 12'8 ins. There were 29 males, 29 

 females and 15 undetermined. Three of the males were very ripe. Thirty-nine had 

 five first dorsal fin rays, thirty-one had four and two had six, while one was deformed, 

 ^o. 2 trap was lifted and contained not only numerous cushion-stars, but also hundreds 

 of amphipods. The birds reported to-day are two nellies, numerous snowy petrels and 

 one black -backed gull. No sheathbills were seen. An adelia penguin was caught this 

 forenoon near the ship. 



