362 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
rookeries on some of the barren islands of Western Scot- 
Jand, and so to “introduce a new and delicious food to the 
inhabitants of this country” ! 
Again we read that the “ great event in spring” at the 
winter-quarters of the Expedition was “ the return of the 
Penguins to their rookeries. That signified surroundings full 
of life, a never-failing field to naturalists, and last, though 
almost the most important item, a plentiful supply of eggs 
and fresh meat.” Shags, Petrels, Paddies, and Skuas are 
also often mentioned ; but by far the most prominent feature 
of bird-hfe in Antarctica is evidently the Penguin. 
The ‘ Scotia’ left the Clyde on November 2nd, 1902, and 
went first to Port Stanley, in the Falkland Islands. Leaving 
Port Stanley in January 1903, she made an unsuccessful 
attempt to get through the Polar Pack, and finally returned 
to Laurie Island, in the South Orkneys, on March 25th. 
Here winter-quarters were established for some of the party, 
under the command of Mr. Mossman and Dr. Pirie; while 
the ‘ Scotia’ retired to the Falklands and did not return 
until February 15th, 1904. It was during this period and 
the subsequent stay of Mr. Mossman and Dr. Pirie in the 
South Orkneys that the valuable collection was formed upon 
which Mr. Eagle Clarke based his second paper (‘ Ibis,’ 1906, 
p- 145). On February 22nd, 1904, the ‘ Scotia’ left Laurie 
Island on its second cruise southwards, when Coats Land 
was discovered, though the explorers were unluckily not able 
to land on it. The birds collected in this part of Antarctica 
form the subject of Mr. Eagle Clarke’s third paper (above, 
p- 325); while those obtained on Gough Island, which was 
visited on the way home, form the subject of Mr. Eagle 
Clarke’s first paper (‘ Ibis,’ 1905, p. 247). 
It should be always recollected that, although his name 
does not appear on the titlepage of the present work, 
Mr. W. S. Bruce was the originator and leader of the 
Scottish Antarctic Expedition, which, with the financial 
assistance of two members of the Coats family and other 
patriotic countrymen, he carried to such a _ successful 
termination. 
