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 some time, practically . -\<-\\ ne-t ha- i\v.i e^- now : tin- -eem- t.. IK- the normal 



miliiliei lanl. 



Nor. ;///. Ringed |ieirjmii- are !(.. mill" more plentiful, and alxait ten were 

 killed in tin- .\riim- Miman -aw three in tlir morning on the North Beach, who 

 did nut a|>|M-ar in tin- least afraid of him. until -<mic terrified gcntoos panned them, 



winch seemed t<> create a panic ai u the ringed, who at once joined the gentoos in 



then tliLilit. I in. t a ringed mi 'I la- Beach in the forenoon, and lie seemed even more 

 courageous than tin- adrlias, for, not content with facing me defiantly, he charged me, 

 and tagan a determined attack on my legs. This performance he repeated several 

 times, after I had worried him with a stick on each occasion. Ultimately a harder 

 blow sent him scuttling off on his belly. The ringed appear to be far more reluctant 

 to travel in this position than the adelias, and, unlike the adclias, they propel themselves 

 with both flippers simultaneously and not alternately. I visited the small rookeries, 

 and marked with the date these eggs laid since yesterday in the restricted area. 

 An adelia egg which 1 put in a gentoo nest the other day was cold, and the gentoo 

 sat l-i< ! it and refused to sit on it. To-day (Nov. 9th) the gentoo is sitting on it. 



Skuas plentiful, two grey nellies near the house, a small Hock of shags over Jessie 

 Bay, many gulls and snowy petrels. The Cape pigeons have not laid yet. Paddies 

 also seen. 



The small trap on the port bow which has been down about a month was taken up 

 to-day and contained 89 cushion -stars and one fish of the ordinary kind (14 ounces, 

 12 inches). 



.Yr. 10th. Skuas, nellies and gulls seen. Terns at Point Davis. I visited the 

 -mall rookery and marked the new-laid eggs in the reserved area. Some of the 

 gentoos are In-coming <|iiitc courageous, and in several cases I had forcibly to remove 

 th. hird from it- nest before I could get at the egg. One gentoo nest had two eggs. 

 All hand- were at the big rookery collect ing egga 1950 adelia, 134 gentoo. They., 

 saw one jwir of ringed penguins there, but no gentoos. The captain was at Delta 

 l-Iand and saw about 100 ringed penguin- there, but no gentoos. Very few penguins 

 on The Beach or Hoe to-day. North-west wind, and Jessie Bay full of ice. 



Many seals of about two months and a few adults at Delta Island, all of them 

 Weddells. 



Not\ l\th. Very few penguins passed the ship but I saw numbers of them going 

 to the open water to the south. A few ringed on the big rookery. I visited the small 

 rookery and marked eggs; the skuas have been making a raid on the gentoo eggft in 

 me part of the rookery aw there were fewer there than yc-t.-iday. Some of the gentoos 

 an- liccomiiig ,piit<> courageous; one even offered to bite me a most unusual proceed- 

 ing for the gentoo. Skua- plentiful; two shot near the house and a haff-blind one 

 captured alive near the ship. He was tame enough on deck, but his blindm may 

 account for that. Gulls much less common of late they must be nesting. Two 

 nellies and a few ]mddies seen. Snowies circling around high up >n the cliffs, giving 



