528 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke on the 
later, it was found that the ‘Scotia * had been driven into a 
bight in the ice-barrier off Coats Land in 74° 1’ S., 22° 0' W. 
No open water was in sight, and with the temperature down 
1o zero the pack soon froze up. For several days there 
was no change, and the lateness of the season, and the 
possibility of not being liberated, made it imperative that 
preparations should be made for wintering. On the 18th, 
however, under the influence of a south-west wind, the pack 
began to break up and the ship was once more afloat. Off 
this newly-discovered land Emperor Penguins were 
abundant, and twenty were captured; while Adélie 
Penguins, Giant Petrels, McCormick’s Skuas, Arctic 
Terns (Sterna macrura), and Snowy and Silver Petrels 
were swarming all around. The birds previously observed 
during the voyage, in addition to the species named, were 
Cape Petrels, Wilson’s Petrels, Blue Petrels (Halobena 
cerulea), Ilutton’s Sooty Albatroses, and Banks’s Whale- 
Birds, the last-mentioned being only observed north of the 
Antarctic Circle. 
The Antarctic summer was now fast drawing to a close, 
and the ‘Scotia’ having narrowly escaped the miseries of 
wintering in the pack, turned her prow towards the north 
on the 17th of March, her immediate goal being the remote 
Gough Island in the middle waters of the South Atlantic 
Ocean. In the run northwards to the Antarctic Circle, the 
birds logged were Emperor and Adélie Penguins, Antarctic, 
Silver, Snowy, Cape, Blue, and Wilson’s Petrels, Hutton’s 
Sooty Albatroses, Arctic Terns, and a new Petrel to the 
fauna of the South Polar Ocean, namely Wstrelata Lrevi- 
rostris. The species noted between the Circle and 60° S. 
lat., which was crossed in about 12° W. long., and between 
March 27th and April 2nd, included most of the species 
named, the absentees being the two Penguins, the Snowy 
and Antarctic Petrels, and the Arctic Tern. On the other 
hand, an additional Petrel, from the description probably 
Majaqueus equinoctialis, was encountered. 
It may be interesting here to notice that the Expedition 
added no Jess than four birds, namely Sterna macrura, 
