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Skua-: t'..ur nests \\itli two eggs ami one with oue egg on mossy r- L I.. all 



;..-, , __. 



Cull-: one egg 1 tliink tin- second laid <>m in a n-t un the rocky i-let (Sliag 

 Kocksl. commcncini: t<> liat.-li (.-een .Inn.- 7th). Th an im ukiti..n |MTI.! ,!' 'J7 



('up,- pi-jei.ns' eggs Dot yet liat.-ln-<l. 



\\ Is: caught one. a female, in >aiiie m-st where n liird and egg IM 



a I read v Keen L r 't. Tin. of |>eii!_'uiii-. ncllie>, -nowic- ami shags alxuit. 



Seals: 98 Weddcll -eal- lyini: "" tin- l>ea,-h at 1'oint Martin. Aliout 50 nmrc in tin- 



nriLililininlicMMl of tin- large rookery and --vrnil <in tin- Nnrtli Ii<-a-li. N.. ntlin- >-aU -.n-n. 



: a liiiliithurian ami a !ir\\ -|M'. ;- c,|" , -nistacmn HtMttin^ fiitan^lrd in wrnl <m tin- 



surface. 



Dei. _".//(. Three species of penguins, sknns. ^ulls, m-llir-. ti-rn- ami -m>\\\ pi-tn-U. 

 In a pool of melted snow mi tin- Nm-tli llrarli ^-vi-ral tape-worms won- found. If tlicy 

 lia\- nut come from tin- dn: Kn in- most pmluililc that they an- fnuii the skuas, 



as they bathe very fivi|iu-ntly in that |Kol. 



// .(\t), (J,,t thrt-f votuiL' L'nlN at I'uint Davi>. [\\ ( which \\viv killed a<i<l 

 mu- was picked up dead. The one we kept ali\. i~ well and lively, and lih-ssed with a 

 huge ever-present. mini \nrous apjx'tite. N. y>ung tern> -een ; I think they mu-t 

 hide themselves. 



Birds: three sjM-eie-. ..1 ]M-ni;iiin>. jmddie-. -.kua-. -_ f ulU. nellic-. \\iK.in-and -imwy 

 petrels, shagH and one Cape pi-re'.n. , 



t a small ehaeto|M>d wmni -wimmin^ near the surface of the water by the shore : 

 vcein- t<> have ej^gs attached ventrally. 



Kxainiiied -crapings of nx-ks and mud from jKMils on mossy rocks for diat<mi-. 

 and found insect larvae (proKahly eollenilolids) and also small thread -worms. 



Di-i. Ml.--/. Hirds : tl; of jH-ii^uins, skuas, gulls, nellies, shags, Wilson's 



and MIOWV |x-trel-. 



\\i--ldi-ll -eal> on ice in I'ruguay (.' 



/in. ]nt, 1904. Birds: three -pe. ies of penguin-, .-hags, nellies, ^iills ami snowii--. 



./"/.. _'//. In shore pools got small neinertean- with eg^s in <'apsules atta<'hed to 

 them, -mall Hat >ea -anemone- attaclu-d to rocks, a new species of holothnrian and -onie 

 -mall inolhiscs. 



Went down to small rookery and got phonograph records; good of black-throated 

 penguin-, hut poor one of gentooe as the birds would not stay on their nests; morc<>\, i 

 this record got cracked afterwards. All other twelve species of bin Is except Cape pigeons. 



Numerous Weddell seals on The Beach. 



Dredge. 10 to 5 fathoms between spit and cairn, gravel, weed and mud. Temp, 

 tnre of surface 31 '5. Contained one small fish, probably of same species as the second 

 most common one we have got, several small isopods. a new species of heart-urchin, 

 numerous pycnogons, some small crustaceans and molluscs. 



Trap. Numerous buckies, a 1- tish, and three fish of the common species. 



