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and had set Again in a eimou- fa-hion, \\itli tin- n-ele foot turned lower -ide upin< 

 attached to tlif -i'l- <>t" tin- ley. A -lia-j \\a~ al-u cauyht at tin- o|>en water near 



1'i'int Martin, anil it di-joi-yed - -mall ti-li when -truck. Macken/.ic killed a skua, 



with a .-tick in tin- afternoon. 



\ \ .outherly i;ale. Skua-, paddie- ami |>.-ii'_:iiin- seen. Three |mddie-< 



-hut. (lull- and -iinwy pctivl- wheel ince ant ly alum! t he cliff-, the latter, us u rule, 

 hJL;li up. Bodic- nt' penguin-, both alelin and gcntoo. pa lietwcen the rookeries and 

 their feeding roimd- in .le ie Bay, ami nellie- ami skua- pa-s by occasionally, 

 the nellie- -till attraeted l>y liliililier and carrion, Imt the skuas more intent on hovering' 

 n\er |M-n^uin rookcrie- in -eaivh of ci:.-. Al>out :i()(o c^- (actual total Ml 45) l>rought 

 in tn-dav tiniii the hirye rmikery by all hands. Several nests with two eggs in eucli. 

 A shav and a tern -eeii n\ei .le ie Bay in the ai'trnioon. One gen too egg \va.s found 

 at the lart.'' 1 riM.keiy, I. ut -n near ill apiH-araiice dn they approach to the adelia eggs, 

 tliat, U-inii put in the -aim- Ka-ket. it wa- ini]Hi ilile to definitely pick it out when the 

 eggs came alxiard. 



.l>hnnie Snntli -aw a ringed penguin (PygotCtKt <tntnr<-ti>-a) at the big r<xkery 

 to-day. 



\ The |H-n^niii- appear to leave the nmkeiie- in the early morning and 



move !> the I>IH-H water, returning alnnit noon and all through the afternoon. A great 

 many gent""- pa ed the Imn-e. travelling south this morning; by their numbers they 

 would appear to he new arrivals. 



Snow v petrels are circling alniut high up on the face of the cliffs. Skuas and 

 black-harked jrull- are to I.e -een anmnd the ship and the house whenever there is any 

 carrion. There wa- al-o a white nelly this morning by the house. A large flock 

 ot -everal hundred shags Hew northward. At Point Davis I saw many gulls either 

 wheelmi; overhead or -ettlinir in pair- on the snow. Terns were also pairing, but 

 I found no ne-t-. 



\ Weddell -eal in I'ruguay Cove. 



\ I//*.- The l>ird- -ecu were adelia and gentoo penguins, but fewer, since 

 Jessie Bay and Uruguay Cove are very full of ice. Nellie-, skuas, terns, gulls, paddies 

 and -nowies. Skuas are becoming very nunierou-. 



.Yr .">//,. .Ie ie Bay and I'ruguay Cove ojx-n again, and several Ixidies of penguins 

 ei-o ed oxer from the rookeries in the morning, and returned in the aftenicxni. 



I went to the small rookery ' in the afternoon and marked several eggs, which 

 appeared new-laid, with the date. More jjentoos have arrived there, and occupied 

 some of the low-lying ground. A- u-ual. they ran when I came near them, but 

 returned as soon as I had | Missed ; in the meantime I had put an adelia egg in a gentoo 

 nest. The oxvner of the ne-t returned, and looked at the egg .-ii-piciou-ly. -nitfed it 



1 ThU small rookery, the nearest to the ship, is on a rocky islet, off the " Half -moon " glacier, named 

 Theodolite Point. On NOT. 8th all eggs were cleared away, and, after that date, eggs were marked daily, 

 and embryo* taken with a view to obtaining a complete series for a study of the development of the 

 gentoo penguin. 



