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l>i -.1 lo fathom-. ._-raveI ;inil mini. HIII- sea-urchin, one en-hion -tar. and 



one yell. ''.-] i and a few p\ <-\i^i\- 10 to _'(> f'al hom-. mini. ml. Trawl, ml; 



did m it -ink properly. 



Dr,-. If,//,. Cut last batch nl' embryos from littl.- rookery. Sum- half -i|n/i-ii or SO 

 jentoo eggs hatched mi\v. Saw chipped ,... ,,f i;,tli. 14tli. ami l.'ltli N\.-ml-i . ami 

 -<.im- of (In- hatched eggs wen- (if these dates. This gives a miniimim incubation <>f \\\ 

 da\-. Tin- "entoos are a little im-iv courageous m>w. Imt -till some will desert a chick 

 without showing tL'ht, though other- fought fiercely, more with flippers than with licak 

 however: am) decidedly hard smacks they ean ive with Hipp' 



Other liinl- : adelia and a few linked |>cm_ r uins. -knas. ^iills, nellies, terns, jmd'i 

 \Vil-on's and -now y petivk 



Dt'<\ \7f/i. All twelve lomnioii -|M>. -ie- of l>irds seen Hyinj.' alMint t'Xrept C'aj)e 



pi'jeon-. During last week or -o\erv few Cape [Hg8ODfl have I n ,-eeii living near 



The |{<>aeli. lint of course thev can alwav- lie -een on their m-sts on the west -jde of 

 1'ni^uay Co\e. 



Trap in lo fathoms, mud, eoiitaine(l three fish, a few en-himi -tars and many Inicki--. 



Trap No. _ -eem- to have l,eeii earned away liy a piece of ice. 



/>,,-. I-//, I'addy'- ne-t in which m was dated (I 1th) ha- now three eggs; 



left them there for future use. (Jot one egfi in one of the nests in which two were got 

 on the 1 1th. Found i ther nest with two eggs, hut unfortunately both got hroken. 



Adelia iM-nirnins : chicks growing rapidly. Saw mother feeding youngsters. She 

 her head down till her bill is inclined at alnmt 45, with upper nmndilile lotivr- 

 Then the chicks snck up the semi-digested food, brought up from her stomach, 

 out of the hollow between the rami of the upper mandible. 



:I!<MI penguins : dated eggs, 33, 34 and 35 days laid, art- on the point of hatching. 



Skua : the one which we saw sitting on the ixMiguin's egg which we foisted (Dec. 1 1th) 

 on her no longer does so. The egg ha- di-appeared. 



"ther birds about: ringed jx-n^nin-. nellies. Wilson'- and snowy petrels, terns, 

 -ha-- and gulls. Two of the latter, mature birds, shot. 



Seals: numerous Weddell -eal- on shore in south corner of Scotia liny. One Ho 

 seal which we tried to ^'et. but it stood up on its fore -tlipjx-rs like a walrus, then backed 

 in that position and fell down a crack between the ice-foot and a stranded Hoe. whence 

 it could neither get out nor could we budge it. Seemed to be a vei v old one from the 

 worn state of the teeth. Had 5 claws between i ;, and _' in-. Ion;, on each fore-flipper. 



Trawl. Got trawl in good working order. Had a long haul in water of _' to 5 

 fathoms over varied bottom, mostly gnwl and weed, but caught absolutely nothing. 



Hredtre. In water to l fathoms deep (low tide), gravel, sand and mud. 

 I'oiitcnta: numerous limjM-t.s. s ( , Im . buckies and chitons, lamellibrnnchs (all empty 

 shells), fifteen s|, m ll greyish isopods, some with eggs on under surface of thorax, and 

 one red feather\ of holothurian which has also l>cen got floating on the surface. 



Insects : some small red insects on moss (acarinids). 



