WINTKK gr\i: n.!>. s< <m \ HAY. i-..n: M 



When tin- |(cni:iiiii- Ui '' beini; put inM a nte, 'hey ili-tiintly -an^ht li--M <if tin- 

 bars with their tlip|cr-. whieh they entwined half mund tliein 1m -..me mmm-nt- ; -nine 



of tllelll tlltl- lielil <i|i. -llp|M>rtini: llie W Imle Weight nf thell l>n.|le-nn their Hip|M-|-. I 



saw a -kua. the tir-t ...... . I l>elie\e. ~.-i-n tin- -ea-nn in S-ntia Bay. I'm.- -aw a black - 



Iwiekcd null'- ne-t. e.in-i-tini: eliieth "f earthy matter. built within ca-y ili-tanee of 

 the elitl-. 



Simwv petrel-, nellie- ami ]Mt<lilie- were al-n okserved. A seal was seen in Uruguay 



Co\e liy Ml Hill, e 



Oct. _'!'///. l'-ual hinl- alxmt. Nothing fresh zoologically. 



Ort. -2 l*t. Mr Bruce niul Kerr paid a visit to the penguin rookery to take a 

 cinematograph view of the liinls. Brown came back from a walk with a <leal Wilson's 

 petrel, and Pirie with a baby seal's skull, whk-li he found near DeltH Island. He reports 

 having seen the white gull, and also terns, which he thought he heard two or three days 

 ago fur the tir-t time thi- -ea-<>n. The captain saw a skua. Several snowies, nellies, 

 including a white nnc. and lihiek-bac-ked gulls almiit. Two Wcddell si-als are reported 

 tn have lii-eii -een <>ii the Hoe near Delta Island, a male and female together, court- 

 ing; the male a p| tea red tn IK- bitten in several places. Many seals were also seen by 

 1'nie nil heha 1-hnnl. al-n -nine black -I nicked gulls' nests near Point Davis which were 

 made of earthy matter, lichens and mosses, penguin feathers and limpet shells. 



Oct. 22nd. Davidson went with a party to serure two seals for museum specimens. 

 They got a eouple of Weddell seals off Delta Island, a male ami a female, and saw- 

 many others. The male was of no use for a skin, as it was Imdly scarred, Ix-sides having 

 it- lower jaw broken. The males are evidently fighting amongst themselves, and this 

 appear- ti IK> their rutting season. A female with its young was also secured in 

 I'ruguay COM-. A tern, snowies, black-tacked gulls, nellies and penguins were 



also -cell. 



Oct. _':{/-/. Cape pigeon-, -imwie-. black-backed gulls, a skua and nellies were 



alxiut the -hip. The latter Hew quite close to the ship, and alighted on the 



midden-heap, where then- i- -nine -eal - hluhlier and meat. They also damaged a very 



handsomely marked skin of a young Weddell seal, which Pirie had shot in Uruguay 



Cove, by picking ofl' the skin almut the ey. 



Oct. 24th. Brown went t> the near jH-nguin rookery to look for eggs; he did 

 not find any, however, though a careful search was made. The young seal which was 

 captured two days ago has escaped. Paddie-. skuas, black-booked gulls and nellies have 

 been reported to-day. 



<>'. -25th. \ skua and two paddie- were -Imt M-day. Blaek-hai-kcd gulls and 

 nellie- have also been seen. Murray said that he -aw Cape pi^enn-' ne-t- mi the rlirl- 

 on the North lica. h. 



Oct. -HMh. Two tern- were shot by Pirie <>H 1'nint Davi-. Ab-mt -ix -kuas, as 

 well nil <:ull- and nellie-. wen- -een. Paddie- ha\ e retnrneil t" the -hip: they 



are also pre-ent ainon<.'-t the |H-n.<.'uin- nil the rinkerie-. Nn pi-ni:iiin- e^'-j- yet. 



