70 ZOOLOGICAL LOG OF THE SCOTIA 



swallow the tinned fish after it has been put into their mouths. Numerous grampuses 

 and a few finners. Mr Bruce saw a fish something like a mackerel jump out of the 

 water this afternoon. Sea very phosphorescent at night. 



March 2lst, 69 33' S. 15 19' W. Antarctic .and blue petrels fairly abundant. 

 Also terns, two silver and a Wilson's petrel, many Cape pigeons and a number of new 

 petrels 1 were seen, one of which Pirie shot, as well as one Cape pigeon, one antarctic, 

 one silver and four blue petrels. 



The trawl was lowered to 2620 fathoms, bottom blue mud ; 3600 fathoms were paid 

 out, and the dynomometer registered up to five tons. The trawl came up with a great 

 deal of mud and big stones and the following animals : one fish, a worm off the wire about 

 600 fathoms from the end, arenaceous worm tubes, two species of asteroids, one species 

 of ophiuroid, four species of holothurians, broken bits of echinoids, a medusoid, probably 

 from the surface, two species of fixed stalked colonial coelenterates, two species of 

 sponges, some species of foraminifers. 



Some finners were seen. Brown secured some copepods in the tow-net this evening. 

 Sea especially phosphorescent. 



March 22nd, 68 32' S. 10" 52' W. Very few birds about to-day. A nelly, a few 

 antarctic, blue and silver petrels, also a few terns and Cape pigeons. One or two finners 

 sighted. A Cape pigeon, an antarctic petrel and a nelly were shot. Brown got copepods 

 and very many radiolarians in his tow-net. Sea phosphorescent. 



Mr Bruce saw a swimming bell and a jelly-fish. Two examples of DoUolum were 

 caught on the sounding wire. 



March 23rd, 68 32' S. 12 49' W. Very many birds about to-day, blue petrels, 

 antarctic petrels and Cape pigeons being most prominent, but also a few terns, two or 

 three silver petrels, one snowy petrel and a dark nelly like the one shot yesterday. 



The eight-feet vertical net was lowered to 800 fathoms for three hours. The catch 

 included three fish, many examples of DoUolum, a cuttle-fish, two species of crustaceans, 

 many specimens of Sagitta, several specimens of a species of polychaete, and a mangled 

 medusoid. Many grampuses and finners. 



March 24th, 68 41' S. 12 36' W. Two nellies, some antarctic, silver and blue 

 petrels, also Cape pigeons noticed to-day, but the weather was misty so that we did not 

 see a great many birds. Finners were also observed. A DoUolum came up on the 

 Pettersen-Nanseu water-bottle. A good deal of phosphorescence in the sea. 



March 25th, 68 26' S. 11 c 11' W. A nelly, antarctic, blue and silver petrels and 

 Cape pigeons were seen. Martin saw the new petrel, the same species which Pirie shot 

 on the 21st inst. A four-feet vertical net, generally used as a tow-net, was lowered, 

 and secured a rich haul of at least three species of copepods and many specimens of Sagitta 

 and DoUolum. A few finners were seen. Sea very phosphorescent. 



March 26th, 67 36' S. 12 05' W. Not many birds about to-day; a few blue, 

 antarctic and new petrels, also Cape pigeons. The four-feet vertical net was towed at 

 1 Oestrelata brevirostris an addition to the avifauna of the Antarctic regions. 



