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./',_':(//. Sainr hirdsasyeMcidax the penguins, In have nearly all left Th 



Beach iiixl nut a <\\\>\<- of dozen ri'inain. Latterly Mos-man lias hecn noiin^ a haliit 



of their- during tin- night time. I'p till '..'.in A.M. they lie -Ici-pim.; peaceably; then 



-.MI,- <!' ilicni wake, and. stretchim: up their in-.-k-. -tart a i-lmrn- \\hidi i- kept up 



intermittently till alum! A.M. hy which time tln-y an- all mme or less awake ami on 



tin- IIIMVI-. But all do not ki'i-p awake and moving (either mi land or -ca) all day 



\! any gi\cn tinir during tin- day .-mm- may In- found asleep, n-nally mi the 



-niiw. \i-ry ran-ly mi tin- Krarli. SIIUNVV |n-tivU and .-liau- lia\i- nut IH-I-II - -n t..r -mm- 



now. \Vrddi-ll seals seen in tin- water, and \vhalr- lilu\\in-j tu tin- nm-ili v. 



'\'h. Tlm-i- -prrir- ut ]M-iiL. r nin- hark attain in considcralilf nuiiiln-rs t<> Tin- 



i. NYllirs. >kna-. ti-rn-. \\il-mi'- pi-tn-1- and '_'iill-. Smith iv|x>rti-d .-i-i-iny t\\u 



i-ntin-lv \vliit- liirds about the >i/<- ut" -,'nlls. ('apt- pim-mi- >.-.-ii tlvini; UM-I- \\'ilt<m 



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.//.. Ibth. Three species of penguin.-, m-lln--. '_'iill-. skuas, UTIJS, and \\il-mi~ 



petrels, one shag and mr -nu\\ y. <iui mmv ta|n--wmnis mit ut' Lutli rin^i-d and 

 _'"'ntiM) peugnin-. tin- lauriT in tin- <:i-ntu<., hut huth similar in ap|M-araiu-r and .situation, 

 '.. cysts mostly near tin- upper -nd <>f ijut. No tape-worms in lilm-k-tlinmti-d |M-n 

 L'uin- killi-d to-day. 



I in. '2Mli. Tlnvi- -|H-rii- uf |N-n^uiiis, m-llii's, ijulls, .-kna>. tTii- and \\'il.-mi's 



IM-U.-I-. \Vi-ddi-ll -<-al- swiuuniii<; in Srotia BJIV. Amongst nxits ut \\ 1 thrown up 



mi shore of t'ruguay Cove, got numnmis "worms" of various kinds, also holothnrian- 

 and uphiuroids. 



-~t/i. Black-throated and ringed penguins, nellies, skuas, gulls, terns, 

 Wil-mi'- pftrels and one shag. Seals in Inith Si-otia Bay and .Jessie liay. 



Jo J-'/i. Got two young snowv j)etrels on east side of .lessic Bay, hut tin- 

 jian-nt hird- \\viv not at home in either case. The birds emitted a harsh whistling 

 note like tho old mu- and ejei-ted red fluid from their stomachs just as the pan-nt- do ; 

 stomachs ammnad full of red crustaceans. A Wilson's petrel egg also found. Ahoiit 

 half-a-dozen young adelia penguins appeared on The Beach to-day, and smne got as 

 far across as the North Beach. 



The note of the young bird is very like the " maa maa" of a very young lamb. 

 Some had not entirely lost their down, and the white ring round the eye is in none 

 of them showing more than a trace of white. 



Others birds about: three species of penguins, gulls, skuas, nellies, tern-. \\ il-mi - 

 petrels and snowy petrels. 



Jaii. -Jit///. Visited the large penguin rookery : the great majority of the young 

 adelias have not yet taken to the water since the casting of the down is not completed. 

 Tin- process commences on the breast and under parts of the body, neck and Hippers, 

 and then on the dorsal aspects, the last parts to cast being generally above tin 

 of the tail ami at the base of the Hippers, and finally the crown of the head. 



The young gentoo penguins have not yet tagun to lose their down. 



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