SCOTIA BAY. SOtTH oKKNKYS, 1903 



three more Cape pigeons' eggB. There \\>-r<- -i\ lord- -mini: ..i i, that |Nirti< ular 



ledire luit milv three have laid. The 6gg8 when blown proved to IK* all .|inl.- Irv-li. l.ut 

 ih. .-i- of the -no\\\ pctrd linil been Mt upon several ila 



i four mote -kua-' c ::. (two dutches nf toi. Their iiesU* are on moBB-co\,-i.-d 

 rock- alum! a height of -Jon feet, where they fashion hollow-, -moot bed otf \\nli U,-,. 

 ],;,,,- .,' ].)..-- l'.M.i- -:' \'!\ do* "li' "H thl Mt( '!' ''.: : b \\ !. 



a||ir<Miclir<l. tlu-y s. n-aui <l.-tiaiirt> and lia\<- tn In- l'<.r<-il.ly rjf.-ird IV tin- m--I : imt 



alt>'_'i-tlicr a -Jil'i- |iM-iTdiiiL' -inri- tin- ntli'T liird vvlu-ds round i-|. ln-ail in 



a tliivatriiini; tashimi, tlimi^li oin- nr\ t-r artually toiirlicl u>. 



Cull's in-st on nearer nM'ky isl.-t now ha- two i-^s ; dated th.-iu. N.-st well luiilt of 

 -.M \\i-nl, IratliiT-. moss and lichens. 



Took two hauls of the <\ he tir-t in 2j to 3 fathoms l.ottom gravel, the 



s'eoinl in 4 to 5 fathom-. Lottom gravel with clumps of weed. Surface temperature 

 29'l. First dre<lge : limpets, same as the Hhore form; lamclliliranchs of .-e\eral 

 species, ineludini: dead -liells ; two other species of gasteropo<l>. the first of which is 

 certainly a form we have not got before and prolmhly the second also; three small 

 i-o|x,d-. all one species. Second dredge: several species of small amphijXMls ; 

 ehaetopods, two or three -|M-eje- ; chitons ; small lamellil.nuichs. numerous s|mwning 

 limpets and two other gasteropods of one species. Spawn attached U> pebbles, pnibably 

 of some mollusc, yellowish rounded faced tetrahcdra with C^LT in-ide. 



Trap in 4^ fathoms contained two fish, one cushion-star and a very few amphipods. 

 Shifted it to 6 fathoms on a lx>ttom of gravel with abundant weed clumps. 



/)<<-. 4tli. Was at a big rookery at north-west end of I^aurie Island beside Nigg 

 Rock : entirely occupied l>y ringed penguins, some with two eggs, but the majority 

 with one and some with none, so evidently they have only just commenced laying. 

 <'c.miiiL r back along the west side of Jessie Bay I got about two do/en Cape pigeons' 

 eggs and 18 snowy petrels'. Some Cape pigeons have not laid yet but all snowies 

 seem to have done so. Got ten of the latter's eggs in one cave, about 35 feet above 

 sea level, in holes in the dung-covered Hoor. These nests, unlike all others, were made 

 either of pieces of dung or with feather-. Some were rijdit at the l>ack of cave, which 

 was about 40 feet long and almost dark. Temperature in cave 35 a . Got four more 

 in a similar but smaller ca\ 



All other usual birds seen about and no unusual ones. Weddell seal- observed. 



Dec. sth. Took two dredgings in Uruguay Cove. Temperature of surface between 

 29 and 30. First dredge 2 to 8 fathoms, bottom gravel with dumps of weed- 

 contained small crustaceans ; limpets, one lamellibranch and several other small gastero- 

 pods; a few pycnogons ; several small worms, one like the common large nemertean, 

 and one small . huetopod. Second dredge 5 to 15 fathoms, gravel and mud. mainly 

 the latter contained a considerable number of pycnogons, two cushion -stars, several 

 small isopods, several amphipods, and some limpets. 



t about 50 Cape pigeons' eggs on the east side of Uruguay Cove where that bay 



