\\l\ll-.l: MI \K1KI:- - ..il\ BAY. 1903 39 



a MBting-plaee, When attaeked li\ -tin- -Htm- |K -nonius In- ino\ed rapidlx liy nerim 

 of *hnrt i|iin-k jump-. 



I !\ I n< ::.<! tluit tin- jjn-at iiinjiinty nl' IX-IIL-IUH- mi tin- r>.k.-i\ ha\e .i. \.|..JM.| 

 .Therlexs tract n f -kin OM-I tin IM-HV Ivin-j niedianly. It run- :t m 4 im-hc*. up In. in 

 the Iwi-e c.t tin- white emit, iiinl i- alxiiit 1 to li MM In-- lirmul Tin- \ioh-t eolmin-d -kin 

 -li\\- di-tinctl\ . \Vlirn tin- bird i- lyiny mi it- i-ui:-. thcv ni ! liv tli: 



in it- ti-ntln : that above they In- aL'ain-t tin- I win- -kill, anil mi either side are 



-iiiT'iiinded liv tin- feather-. Il<'tli L'eiitoo- ami adclia- -lin\v tlii- adaptation I'm keeping 

 tin- eggs wann. I nutim! a >in^l- i-ast- nf it -mm- t\\u week--* ago, ami other* have 

 occasionally U-i-n imt^l lately, hut in day is tin- first <lay it lias heroine quite generally 

 \ i-ilili- aiiimii; tin- |M'ii'_'iiin-. 



A ""._'!.(/. At tin- small niki-i\ !" tin- IM!I havi- generally a <-i>ni|miiion 



in'\v. hut mi tin- wlioli- ti-\v ryg an- U-ing laid. A |mir of ringnl |>oiguiii- an- t-viilciitly 

 -i-ttli- tln-n- <>n tin- ni"-- ,.,\,.|c.| -ln|)-s of tin- land L-ymid. -kua> are settling 

 in pairs, and rmirt-liip i- pn din-j nu-nily. Tlu-y allnw mu- within a f-w feet 



of tin-in withmit -Ixiwing any i-rn. 



At tin- lii riN.ki-ry tin- nn-fl |i-iiL.'iiiii- liavi- imt y-t laid. On,- t,-in'- ,-^ \\a- got 

 furtlu-r almi tin- Iwiy human and Aiidi-r-mi n-|mt havin;_> -i-m a lar^i- |M-n^uin. thn-r 

 tinir- tin- -!/ nf an adrlia. Imt -imilar in rolmir, cxci-pt for its hhu-k feet and gentoo- 

 liki- -lui|)-d hill. It neaped into the water hefore they could capture it. Its size they 

 mnpan'd with --\i-ral adi-lias near by. Accounts given to me by each of the men 

 Hepaniti-ly an- i|iiit<- rmi-i-lciit. 1 



Skuas, a few -jull-. a m-lly and some snowy petrels also xeeu. One skua found dia<i 

 mi the MIK- U-twccn tin- >hip and the >hore. 



A / RiHiki-rii- imt vi-iti-d tn day. (lulls, -kua-. paddies, a nelly or two, 



and a tern, a- w.-ll a- three Wil-mi'- |H-tn-l- -een. 



A _':i/>/. S-otia Bay Iia> broken up and the ship is free again. Before the iee 

 broke up. three adult Weddell -eal- wen- -ln.t near the nnikery ami brought in for 

 -keletmi- out- female ami two male- - .ml other -eal- \\i-n- seen when the ice went 

 out. The break-up of the Itay was ai-cmnjwnu-il by the arrival of many birds ; (jenguinH 

 were di-jxirtin<: thein-elve- in the water : tern- and -nowy |x-trels were plentiful ; skuas 

 and nelliensetthil mi the rook'- midden, and mi varimi- -< rap- of blubljeras they floated 

 off on the ice-floe-s. \Vil-on'- |M-tn-l- wen- nuinermi-. Paddies also seen. The Cape 

 pigeon- noting at The Beach have lately d.--<-rted their nest-s, but no -gg- have U-en laid. 

 \ . "iu|)ouiid a-4 idian was s--n in the water to-day. The trap off the jxirt Ixiw was 

 raisetl finally thi- afternoiiii. and eontained tueiitv H-h of the u-nal kind, -ixty-eight 

 i u-himi nl two vellow -tar-fish. 



_'4//.* Shags have M-ttled mi the >mall rocky islet we-t of the -hip. and are 



1 There i* little doubt that thu WM an immature emperor penguin which had wandered far north. 

 ' The Scotia left Scotia Bay via Washington Strait (to the weat) for the encampment at Point Tbomaun, 

 Brown'* Bay. She retorned to Scotia Bay at night. 



