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couple of |N-ni:mns. too far off to .li-tinum-h tin- -)>. i,. v Wlntc-licllicd \Vil-. 

 petreN. tli- divin |>cticl. urcy-lMMli.-d p.-n.-U. Mack-U. led p,-tirk t,-rn~ and -me 

 Cape pigeon comprise the list "t birds -fi-ii Mr Bruce -hot t\\n yellow lulled *<,' 



S. a \ i-i \ phiisphiirc.scclit. 



.ly.i-iV !)//,. .>! 07 - :;i \V. Him- an.l yellow hilled allmtn.-es HII<| also 

 /' ; :i>oiit tin- ship i Miitiniiully : v lv . x bodied |n-tivl-. new |x-trels, 



t\\' kind- } Wi|s,m'- |ictivls. ,,ne lillli- |M-trrl. nllf Cn|H- |iiv"ll. tiTH-. t\\n -|x-rn-s of 



|><-n<_'uiii-. 'in- a ja.-ka>^ ( Sf>/,, /.<.. iiniifi-lliiiiirus) ami tin- other pmlmlilv /.''/ li//>te* 

 <-/i, . ami tin- ilivin^ (x-tii'l (/'/.,/(,././. x). Mr Bruce saw a new nlluitros of the 



-i/i- ami slinjx' nf I >i>,,, ,.11,-d iiif/iiiio/tlu'i/n and of the same rolour except the lack of 

 it- iif.-k wliirh \va- ilark with a dark riny rmnpli-t*', or almost complete, round alx>ut it, 

 and a Mark U-ak. Mr Hruci- -ln>t a blue- and al-- a ydlow-liilUil all.aii.- The 

 M..iia-ai|iir trawl \va> lowrivd in -J|(i:{ tat hums with 3100 fathoms of wir-ro|x?. On 

 haulini; it up -nmr wire ^'ut twisted round the trawl and it came \ the surface Ixittom 

 up. DjnonOBMtof registered a -train of :ii to 4 tons. Some diatom oo/e was got in 

 tlie trawl and one star-fish. t\\<> nphiuroid-. a -p<>n;:r. a t nistacean and an unremuuiH- 

 alile jelly-liNikin^ BubfltMIM. 1'rolmlilv the tmttom was rm-ky. Sea phosphorescent. 



.//./-// !<//,. 4H -J - -Jl' \\. SH.ty allwtnises, In.th him- and yellow-billed, 

 large allmt rases, grey-lxxlied petrels, and lx>th kinds of Wilson's petrels were alxmt the 

 ship all day long also one blue petrel and one Cape pigeon. A new petrel, alx>ut the 

 six.e and shape of the grey-bodied petrel, white below except the throat which, with the 

 whole of the dorsal surface of the bird, was light greyish-brown. 1 A new albatros wa 

 seen to-day, similar in si/e and shape to the one described yesterday and also similar 

 in colouration, except that the whole of the head and throat were of the same greyish- 

 linixMi colouration a* the dorsal surface. The whole of the under surface of the wings 

 was white except round the ed^es which were of the same greyish-brown : the top 

 nf the lieak wa- yellow. 



Sea phosphore.scent to-night. 



.!/// llfA, 48 53' 8. 9 25' W. Several nellies, yellow- and blue-billed sooty 

 albatroses, large albatrose.s, new alliatro> M-.-H yesterday, two blue petrels, two Cape 

 pigeons, jackass and macaroni |)eiiguins, grey-lxidied petrels, new petrels and both 

 kinds of Wilson's petrels. The emperor- we have on board are getting very thin and 

 appear to be very dejected. 



Sea phosphorescent at nL'ht. 



.I/./-// \-2tfi, 48 00' S. 9 50' W. Blue- and yellow-billed albatroses, the new 

 alhatros (see description of the loth inst. ; we now call it the Burdwood Bank albatros), 

 Diomedea /.//,>,...//.///.(. a t>hie jx-ti-el, numemus grey-bodied jjetrels, black-back 

 |H-trels and Ixith kiinN of Wil-..n - petrels were almut the -hip. Mr Bruce caught a 

 yellow-billel s^M.ty alhatio- by means of a fi-hin<_' line. 



The deep-sea trawl was let down to the Wtom (rocky) at 1332 fathoms: 2300 of 



1 Oettrtlata molli. ' Priolinvt cincrrut. 



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