66 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



round the ship in the morning. Cape pigeons and Wilson's petrels were constantly 

 about the ship, with an occasional blue petrel. Several finners were also observed 

 during the day. In the afternoon the otter surface trawl was let over the side and 

 dragged for more than two hours ; the catch consisted of one broken Doliolum. The 

 young Lobodon which was captured on the North Beach disappeared this morning ; it 

 is supposed that it went overboard from the fo'c'sle head. A tow-netting was taken 

 to-day. 



Feb. 25th, 64 29' S. 35 29' W. From six to eight terns 1 were seen in the after- 

 noon. Cape pigeons, Wilson's petrels and blue petrels were constantly Hying about 

 the ship during the whole day. Sooty albatroses were also conspicuous ; I saw about 

 six of them at one time around the ship. A few snowy petrels and two or three 

 antarctic petrels were seen during the afternoon and evening. Whilst sounding, a 

 boat was lowered to enable me to shoot birds. I got both species of terns, five blue 

 petrels 2 and one sooty albatros. Several finners were observed during the day. 



Feb. 26th, 65 59' S. 33 06' W. Entered the pack about 7 A.M. Few birds were 

 seen to-day. Cape pigeons, antarctic petrels, snowy, Wilson's and blue petrels were 

 Hying about the ship at different periods of the day. Martin says he saw a nelly. 

 A blue and two antarctic petrels were shot. Pirie shot a male sea-leopard in the 

 afternoon. We all saw a great many specimens of Euphausia and two small fishes 

 in the water whilst the ship was stopped for getting the sea-leopard on board. Brown 

 saw many chains of what are possibly Doliolum, in the evening. Some finners were 

 also observed. Bright phosphorescence observed at intervals during the night. 



Feb. 27th, 66 26' S. 31 25' W. A few snowy petrels, one tern and two or three 

 antarctic petrels were seen. Mr Bruce heard the cry of a penguin early in the 

 morning. Three or four sea-leopards were seen during the day. One tunicate was 

 caught on the sounding wire. Bright flashes of phosphorescence were caused by the 

 propeller at intervals, giving a very beautiful light in the water. 



Feb. 28th, 66 21' S. 28 30' W. Many snowy petrels were seen during the day, 

 and on two or three occasions in Hocks of about fifty each ; blue petrels were also 

 frequently flying about, and a few antarctic and Wilson's petrels. Pirie shot a male 

 Ross seal which had a very good skin, and whilst out shooting he saw a sooty 

 albatros. I shot three snowy petrels and three blue petrels 8 in the evening. Pirie 

 also saw penguin tracks on pieces of ice and some chains of what we think is 

 Doliolum. Phosphorescence not so marked, and the flashes are less frequent than 

 observed on the two previous nights. On dissection, the stomach of the Ross seal was 

 found to contain cuttle-fish beaks, pieces of the mantle of a cuttle-fish and a mass of 

 what appeared to be fish scales. 



1 Sterna macrura, the Arctic tern. All terns seen after this date belonged to this species. 



* Both Prion banski and Halobaena caerulea. The latter species was not caught north of this latitude. 

 On the following day Prion banksi alone was taken. 



5 The most southerly record for Prion banksi. South of this the blue petrels seen were Halobaena 

 caerulea. 



