208 Dr. E. Wilson on the 



(2) 18.10.02. Iris hazel \ bill with the upper mandible 

 black, the sides yellowish, the lower mandible 

 yellowish, the gape greenish blue. 

 This Grebe is not plentiful. It is found in still water and 

 on ponds, and is very shy. 



198. Spheniscus demersus (Linn.) ; S. & L. p. 789. 



(1) 24.7.02. Iris dark brown ; bill black, marked with 

 pink ; legs dull black, variegated with pink. 



I kept a specimen of this Penguin alive for some time, and 

 observed that the skin round the eye and at the base of the 

 bill varied very much in colour, being sometimes pink and 

 sometimes almost bright blue. The Penguin is rare at 

 St. Johns, but is occasionally washed up dead after storms. 

 It is said to breed at the mouth of the Kei River. 



XIII. — The Birds of the Island of South Trinidad. From the 

 Journal of Edward Wilson, M.B., Surgeon and Zoologist 

 to the National Antarctic Expedition. 



[This extract from Dr. Wilson's journal, together with 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's report on the specimens of birds 

 obtained during the visit of the * Discovery ' to South 

 Trinidad on Sept. 13th, 1901, was prepared in order to be 

 read at the Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on 

 February 4th, 1902. But neither journal nor report could be 

 read on that occasion, owing to press of time, and they have 

 now been handed over to the Editors of ( The Ibis' for 

 publication. 



A very interesting narrative prepared by Dr. George 

 Murray, F.R.S., of the adventures met with by the landing- 

 party on South Trinidad has already appeared in the 

 ' Geographical Journal' (vol. xix. pp. 423), together with 

 his general remarks on the island ; and we have to thank the 

 President and Council of the R. G. S. for their kind per- 

 mission to use one of the text-figures (text-fig. 1, p. 209) 

 employed on that occasion. — Edd.] 



On September loth, 1901, before there was sufficient light 

 to be certain that the sun was rising, the outline of the 



