64 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



only animals seen to-day. Whilst the " Scotia " lay to for sounding, Johnnie Smith 

 noticed some penguins. 



Jan. 29th, 47 47' S. 56 08' W. Mist all day. One petrel, probably a prion, and 

 some penguins were seen. 



Jan. 30th, 50 03' S. 57 58' W. Six molliemauks, a skua, seven albatroses, and 

 penguins were seen during the day. Brown secured a ricli haul of copepods in his 

 tow-net to-day. 



Jan. 31st to 9th Februat-y, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. During our stay 

 in Port Stanley traps were lowered, and some interesting specimens were secured. We 

 all made an excursion to Cape Pembroke Lighthouse, and shot several specimens of 

 birds, rock geese, 1 a young king-qua wk, 2 and three or four different species of small 

 birds. 



Another excursion was made to the Tussoc Islands in Port William, and more birds 

 secured ; jackass penguins, 3 shags and the pink-breasted and pink - footed gull. 4 

 External parasites were found on the penguins. 



Several turkey buzzards, a nelly, skuas, steamer-ducks, terns and numerous black- 

 backed gulls were seen. A sea-lion' 1 was shot on the lower Tussoc Island ; skin and 

 skeleton preserved ; stones and some fragments of shells were found in its stomach. It 

 measured 10 ft. 8 ins. in length and scaled over 1200 Ibs. 



The large trap which we lowered in Port William on 2nd December last was picked 

 up ; the netting was torn to a great extent, thus losing, no doubt, a valuable catch ; 

 only two crabs were found in it. 



Several rock-cod and another species of fish were found in the trap, besides some 

 three or four species of molluscs. Several specimens of Clnpea sagax, a kind of 

 herring, extraordinary shoals of which visited the Falkland Islands about. this time, 

 were also secured. 



Feb. \0th, 53 22' S. 56 05' W. Seven albatroses and some Wilson's petrels were 

 the only birds seen to-day. 



Feb. llth, 55' 47' S. 54 19' W. Mist almost all day, except for a break about 

 5 P.M. Saw a blue petrel and some other petrels of two different species. One was 

 about the same size as the blue petrel, with white on its under surface ; the rest was 

 dark, including the under surface of the wing. (Mr Bruce thinks this bird was a skua.) 

 The other species was about the size of Lams dominicanus, or a little larger, and 

 completely dark. Davidson saw a school of porpoises in the evening. 



Feb. \2th, 57" 47' S. 51 40' W. A good many Wilson's petrels and blue petrels 

 were following the ship all day. A few albatroses, molliemauks and the two new petrels 

 (see yesterday's note) were also observed. Sea phosphorescent last night. A Cape 

 pigeon was seen after tea. 



1 Chloephaga hybrida. 3 Nycticorax obscurus. 



1 Spheniscus magellanicus. ' Larus glaucodes. 



s Otai'ia jubata. Now in the Royal Scottisli Museum, Edinburgh. 



