FALKI.AM' l>l.\M's I" I UK SOUTH ORKNEYS, 1904 



Feb. \'Mli. - "' W. WiNon - |H-trels, Cup,- ju- ...... - .n,,| BoQ 



very plentiful. a- well a- -d\n ami lilu.- pctids. A few sooty alliain.sc-.' ami two skua- 

 wen- -fin. tin- latin- rating tin- mutton we have on hoard. Oue of the men saw a 

 large whale. 



/ . /'.. \4'/i. /'/"</"" ' . No'/f/i Orkney*. Land righted boot 8 AJt, Anchored 

 in I'ruuuav <'o\c about u-u. Nellies, Cajxj pigeons, terns, snowy petrels, Wilson'H 

 jM-trel- ami a silver jH-tn-l were seen. 



/'./.. \ :>!!,. S,-ti<i />'"//. Usual South Orkney birds. 



/ '. \~th. S<;,tin liny. In the evening a party lam In I on the west shore and shot 

 two Wecldell seals, male and female. A Unit fifty seals, all Weddells, were lying on the 

 sandy l>each. 



Feb. 18f/, St-otin liny. Mr Bruce, Valette, Kerr and I went to the west shore to 

 get nellies and photographs of seals. Terns, a shag, Cape pigeons, nellies, skuas, snowy 

 and Wilson's petrels and gulls were seen, besides gentoo penguins. A skua, two 

 uellies and a penguin were secured with a view to preserving the brains. Some whale*' 

 bones were got on the west shore, including a zygomatic arch, a mandible and some 

 vertebrae. About seventy seals (Weddells) were lying along the beach when we landed. 

 < >ne of tin-in, a young one, had a wound at the nape of its neck, measuring a I MUM 7 inches 

 in length and alxmt 2 inches in width. 



Feb. 19th, Scotia fifty. Nellies, skuas, shags, penguins (mlelia and ringed), terns, 

 blaek-lwcked gulls, Wilson's petrels and Cape pigeons were seen during the day. 



Feb. 21**, Scotia Bay. Five cushion -stars, two other star-fish, four gasteropods, 

 several pycnogons and three fish ( Notothenin) were found in the trap to-day. One of 

 the fish was given t<> a young Ijoboitou, captured on the North Beach a few days ago ; 

 the ntluT tisli \v'if kept tin his special benefit, but he does not appear to appreciate 

 them. Wi- have had liiiu a week now. and he does not seem any tamer. 



Fi'l>. --ml. Left Scotia Bay at noon. Lamlnl on Killium Isle to slaughter 

 |H-iiL'imi- tor fiMxl and sjHM-iiiiens. Only ringed penguins were found, and we took both 

 voiin.i; ami adult, a No tour adult {Middies ami one young. Saw a great many shags on the 

 water and shot five. Two whales, prolmbly finners, were seen off Saddle Island ; for 

 some time they were on tin- -mface of the water and then disappeared. Nellies, skuas, 

 Cape pigeons and Wilson's petrels were a No MM-M very frequently. 



Feb. 23r>l, 6T 28' 8. 41 55' W. A sooty alhatios , a few snowy, blue and silver 

 petrels, besides many Cape pigeons and Wilson's jx-trels were seen during the day. 

 Mi Bruce and Fitchie saw a large albatros after tea.' Several finners were also ob- 



ved during the <lay. Brown took a tow-netting at noon. 



Feb. -24tli.t'>-2 4!)' S. 38'' 12' W. A skua 4 (same as these in biuric Island) un- 

 seen thi- evening, a No a large allwitros in the afternoon. A -<M.ty allmtro- was hovering 



1 Probably Phoebrtria uirnicvtdrt, Hutton'it sooty alhatroa. 



' This ooty albatros was Photbrtna eornicoidet. Indivi.lualo of the pecie weie ight-<l until 67 8. 

 was reached. ' Dtomrdta txitJant. ' The Bonthern record for Megakitnt antarcitra. 



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