184 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke on the 



fly ; indeed, some of them would not take wing when pushed 

 with a stick, and most allowed an approach to within striking 

 distance ere they walked leisurely away. 



In the Penguin-rookeries they were to he seen perched in 

 prominent places, on the look-out for dead birds or broken 

 eggs. They are very bold, and one was observed to abstract 

 an egg from under a sitting Shag, which was some- 

 what disconcerted at having its photograph taken for the 

 first time. Sheathbills were seen to revel in garbage of 

 every description, including the excrement and placentae 

 of seals. Crustacea were found in the stomachs of some of 

 those dissected. 



The young bird figured (Plate III. fig. 2) is about one- 

 third grown. The wings, scapulars, and flanks have white 

 feathers with a little down. The head, sides and back of 

 the neck, lower part of the back, and abdomen are clad in 

 grey down mottled with brown. 



The temperature of an adult bird, taken on March 26th, 

 1903, was found to be 107°-3 F. 



The collection contains a few skins of adults and the 

 young bird described, also a small number of eggs. The 

 latter are elongate-ovate in shape, and in colour white 

 boldly blotched with greyish black or dark brown and 

 liberally freckled with the same tints. They do not vary 

 much in size, and measure from 54 to 58 mm. in length by 

 37 to 39 mm. in breadth. 



Phalacrocorax atriceps King. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



Phalacrocorax atriceps Cat. B. xxvi. p. 390. 



It had long been known that a species of Phalacrocorax 

 nested in the icy regions of the Antarctic, for Ross found a 

 " Cormorant " breeding at Louis Philippe Land, and saw 

 innumerable examples at Coekburn Island on January 6th, 

 1844. The specific identity of these Antarctic Shags 

 remained somewhat uncertain until the Scottish expedition 

 finally settled the matter at the South Orkneys in 1903. 



The Blue-eyed Shag, as our explorers termed this species, 

 was present all the year round in the Archipelago. 



