i '.II 1-1. \M, 11)04 7ft 



two >kua>. two C.i| IH-.-..II-. many Mm- |x-tn-U, U.tli kind- ,!" \Vil-on '- jM-tn-l*. the 



ji.-\ Ixidied ju-ti-fl (- tlir H'.tli in-t.) ainl Uaek Laeked |M-tivl- \\.-ir >.--n during the 



\ iu-w bird \\ to da\ li\ Mr I'.iu.. about tin- -i/e ami shu|M- of a Cape 



pigeon, tin- head, iMi.-k. neck, tail ami win- IM-IIIL; of a dark brown colour, whil-t the 



t am) abdomen \\civ white : al-o another liinl of aLuii half the -i/.e with a white 

 mark mi it- heek-. White, piebald ami hlaek |H>I|H>I-' - \\. i. al-o seen. 



.//.;// I'.i^A. U , - - l:;'\\ \ . i \ many allmtrovs. a |.'\\ ItunlwiMMl I'.ank ami 

 Ida. k liillol allmtr-.-.^. tlin-r <.r linn /' /' n-ln,,, >f,>, /-i/.x. tu<> or tlin-r m-llii-. t\\u 

 -ktia-. a lr\\ \ViN.in' jn-trrK. _! \ lMli ( -il |n-tn-N ami tin- liylit l>i<>\Mii-li i:n-y i.-u.-ls 

 ami a tr\v lilm- jM-tn-N \vi-n- M-I-II. 



A,n-il -Ji^/,. II :{()' 8. 9 55' \V. V,-ry many sooty allwtr..-.-. i-liii-Hy y.-ll.i\\ -hill.-,l. 

 a tr\\ Mai k liillcd and -nim- vmni" ulliiitrosc.s, a nelly and a -kua, a few \Vil-"H ~ 

 |n-tri'U. \i-r\ many lij.dit-l>n\vni-li ^r--\ |ti !-. ltlark-lm<'kc<l iM-trcN '' and lilm- |M'ti-l> 



-ecu. al-<> a t.-rn wliich \Valkrr caiilit. Tlic fonr-t'cct vi-rti-al m-t \\a-lnv.. 

 and trailed alon^ at a depth <>t alxmt two to tluve lath - ; mil- i-niMan-an \\a- i-an^ht. 



Sea very phophottMoeat 



Afrit -J1W, t in.,,,1, I*/,,,,.!. 411 -jn' S ;i :>C>' \V. !<><> rou^h t. land. Many KmU 

 tlviim alxuit the -hip all daylong. The following \\eiv -|xittel : -Ixith kinds of 

 alliatnises, |mrti<-nlurly the yellnw-liilled, many wandering allmtn.-..-. /ti'.,m, ,1, ,i 

 -;/*.' manv nellii- ami -kuas, a great number >f blue jx-'trels, black-backed 

 petrel-/ 1:1. \ iMnlied |M-trel.s, 3 light -brownish-grey petrels, 4 l>oth kinds of Wilson's 

 jM-treN. e-|K-(ially the white-bellied ones, 1 and terns like the South Orkney species, 

 He. lm\\e\er, with a brownish Imck.* Pirie and Karl caught a quantity of seaweed, on 

 \\lni h were manv amphi|XMls of one -|>ecies, an isojxxl and a stalked -eyed crustacean 

 (-<-lii/u|HHl) and -everal bryn/na. A large trap was lowered in the evening in alxmt 

 70 fathoms, alxtut a mile Ir >hore. Sea very phosphorescent. 



.Ij'i-H _'_'/"/. '/'"//< /.>/'</.'/. A landing was effected this morning on Gough Island. 

 .In-t In-fore leaving, a black petrel* was seen. The following birds were secured : four 

 skuas 7 several tim-hes of two s[M-eies," tour brown-lmcked tenis, 8 two dead penguins, 10 

 one South Orkney tern, "a pair of |x-trels like 1hie jx-trel- '-' (which Piric heard croaking 

 in a deep hole), four water-fowls 13 and an albatros." A Mi, several limpets, a chiton 

 and two or three -jM-eie- of eru-tarean- were collected on the shore, and several milli- 

 pedes, spiders, slaters, flies and a water-beetle were got ashore, the latter in a fresh 

 \\ater (stagnant) pool. A dead numx- r was found. Whil-t we were away, the cooks 

 caught six sootv all*atroses, one of which -jn-wed up a cuttle-fish. The bo'sun caught u 



A doubtful record for Gough IsUnd : no gpecimeiw were secured : it my have been Tkd*toger<,* 

 * Oeitrdata mollu. ' The same as the following ipeciaa (T) 



4 Prio/inu* cinereut. ' Cymodroma grallana. ' Mojaqutut atquinoctialu. 



' Melageitnt aniarctica. Xetotpiza yougkentu sp. nov., and N. jwvae sp. nov. ' Sterna 

 ' EuJyplet ekrytoeome. " Thw record appears to be an error. " PujKnut auimilit. 



" Porplyrtomit corner*. " Tkalattogeron sp. See Mr. W. Eagle Clarke's report on the bird., 

 mujru/uf evidently escaped from a ship on some previous occa*ion. 



