WKlUiKl.L SEA, 1904 7 



Feb. 2!i'A. 'I- ""' S. J7 lo' \V. Snowy and antaretie petiel-. tern- ami t \vn nellie- 

 wen- -cen. . \l-u nian\ -rampii-cs and a lila-t of another whale. Tin- captain .saw 

 a penguin and heard othei-. V \rrtiral m-t. t-iulit feet in diameter, wa- I-. \\ered t4> a 

 depth of KHHI fathom-. < 'oiitent- were one fi-h. Apptndtculano, a ptero]NH| ami three 

 -]iccimen- of Sinjittn. two jelly ti-li. rallier damaged, and a bright ivd crustacean, I'e-idc- 

 ti\e other erii-tacean-. and what we siippo-e i* S<t/j,it <>\- /Julinlnm. 



PboaphoranOXM imt marked l<> night, only OOOMKNUl Hushes. 



M'1,-,-1, i.< r,s 4:5' S. -24 1:V \V. Snowy and antarctic petrels, u Wilson'H petrel, 

 twc. lu-llifv, -.unr ti-rn-, and also some grampuses were seen during tlie day. 



.!/.// 2nd, 71 04' S. 23 10' W. A nelly, antarctic, snowy and blue petrels, and 

 Mark-headed terns were seen. Also grampuses. 



Mnn'h 3>W, 72 18' S. 17 59' W. Nellies, very many antarctic an<l snowy petrels, 

 and two or three terns were seen, as well as three emperor penguins, which we secured. 

 Kivi- -niiwv jH'tn-ls. two antantir ]n-tri-ls and one tern were shot. Many Lolxxlomt, 

 grani|)ii-r- and whalr- w.-n- -.-.n. Binl life has become much more abundant to-day, HO 

 that it \\a- hardlv a surprisr wh-n land was discovered tj the south. 



Mm; I, 4tli. 7- _'_' S. | ^ |.i' \V. A great many antarctic petrels were Hying about 

 the ship cs]N'cially in tin- cv.-ning. Snowy petrels were also plentiful. In addition, a 

 Wilson's jK-trcl and a tern were seen by Mr Bruce. 



\ meat many seals were seen after dinner, swimming towards the north-west they 

 appeared to be Lobo<loiut. Some whales were seen in the evening ; their blast, accord- 

 ing to the captain, differs from a flutter's blast and resembles that of the northern 

 bow- head whale. A tew grampuses were sighted. 



litl,. l-i :U'S. i!> 00' W. A big Hock of terns was seen in the evening. 

 were plentiful, and one nelly and some antarctic petrels were noticed. A 

 gcxxl inanv eals (Loltodon) were amongM the iee-ti. 



A \ertnal net wa.- lowered down to a hundred fathoms before and after dinner. 

 The content- of the two haul- were two ^peeies of pteropods, amphipods and other 

 crustacean-, one rtenophore. a I><>li,,/inii or >'///, chaet4>]KMls. and three or four long 

 iieniertean worm- or tcntaelcs of jelly-fish. 1 (Jrampiises and whale-. 



Mnrrl, t\t/i. 7M .'in' S. _'! -Jh' W. Tern-, -imwie- and empeioi jjenguins were 

 abundant. The emperor penguin- were all in the water, except one, which wa- found 

 on a piece of ice and captured. A few adelias and alxmt -ix nellie- were al-o - ( -en. A 

 great many Lolxxloim were amongst the pack and swimming in the water. 



Mni-fh 7tli, Off Cwit* Lawl, 74 01' S. -J-J on' \V. A gale and -now-torm raging 

 all dav. Several LolxxloitA were seen in the morning and some CIUJHTOI-S in the evening. 



Mnrcli xt/i. Off Cofits Land. Gale and snowstorm not alwted. < hie -no\vy and 

 alx)iit ten emjxTors were -ecu in the evening. Three emperors were caught. Some 

 seals were also seen. 



1 Thww have since been identified as the tentacles of a Sipkonophore. See .1. Krnnie, Proc. Roy. Phyi. 

 Sec., Edin., XVI., p. 25 (1904). 



