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or seen anywhere near Ascension. This record has unfortunately been quoted by 

 Mr God man in his monograph. 



Majaqueus xquinoctialis was seen in small numbers on May 1st to 5th. It was 

 again observed between Cape Town and Saldauha Bay. and also in numbers on May 

 22nd and 25th (about 26 S.), and a single one (the last seen) by one of the sailors 

 on the 27th (about 22 30' S.). 



CEstrelata mollis continued to be met with all the way to South Africa, except on 

 the last day, and was also met with on the voyage to St Helena (but only at a long 

 distance from land) in numbers on the 25th and 26th, and a single bird, the last seen, 

 on the 28th, in about 20 S. 



On April 29th a petrel of a species not hitherto met with was shot, and several 

 others seen. The specimen proves to be CEstrelata macroptera, A.Sm. Others of the 

 same were seen on- the next three days, and also on May 4th and 5th, when the Scotia 

 was approaching land. The description and measurements of the specimen obtained 

 are appended : 



No. 291, killed April 29th, 1904. Wing 11'4 ins.; bill (gape to tip) 2'1 ins.; 



tarsus 1'75 ins. ; mid-toe 2'4 ins. ; inner toe 2'1 ins. Bill black, with a whitish 



mark on the hook and near the tip of the mandible. Legs and feet black. 



Plumage of the upper parts entirely dark blackish brown, with faint paler 



margins to the feathers of mantle and hind-neck ; on scapulars and some of 



lesser wing-coverts a more reddish-brown tinge. The feathers have light greyish 



bases. Forehead and lores greyer than crown. Throat cinereous. Fore-neck and 



chest like the back, rest of under parts rather paler, and with a more brownish 



tinge. Under tail-coverts dark like the upper ones ; longest ones almost as long 



as central tail feathers. Under wing-coverts and axillaries dark like the hack. 



Whale-birds (Prion sp.) were seen in small numbers (many on April 26th) up to 



May 2nd (38 S., 14 30' E.). The only subsequent record is a doubtful one, of a 



single bird on May 22nd in 22 30' S. 



Single examples of Daption capensis were logged on May 22nd, 25th, and 26th, 

 (24 S.). 



Wilson's Petrel (Ooeanites oceanicus) and White-bellied Storm-Petrels (Cymodroma 

 i/rallariii.) were seen daily on the voyage to the Cape, but not in large numbers. Very 

 few Storm-Petrels were observed between the Cape and St Helena, only one or two 

 being noted ou three different days. 



On the last two days before reaching St Helena only a single bird (an CEstrelata 

 mollis) was seen. 



