﻿THE 
  ZOOLOGIST 
  

  

  No. 
  761.— 
  November. 
  1904. 
  

  

  OBSERVATIONS 
  IN 
  NATURAL 
  HISTORY 
  MADE 
  DURING 
  

   THE 
  VOYAGE 
  ROUND 
  THE 
  WORLD 
  OF 
  THE 
  R.Y.S. 
  

   'VALHALLA,' 
  1902-3. 
  

  

  By 
  Michael 
  J. 
  Nicoll, 
  M.B.O.U., 
  Naturalist 
  to 
  the 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  autumn 
  of 
  1902 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Crawford, 
  F.R.S., 
  most 
  

   kindly 
  invited 
  me 
  to 
  accompany 
  him, 
  as 
  naturalist, 
  during 
  his' 
  

   winter 
  cruise 
  round 
  the 
  w 
  r 
  orld 
  in 
  his 
  yacht 
  ' 
  Valhalla.' 
  The 
  

   collections 
  made 
  in 
  various 
  branches 
  of 
  natural 
  history 
  were 
  all 
  

   presented 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  An 
  account 
  which 
  I 
  

   wrote 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  collected 
  during 
  this 
  trip 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Ibis 
  ' 
  (January, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  32). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  I 
  intend 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  short 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  visited, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  "field 
  notes" 
  on 
  

   the 
  birds, 
  mammals, 
  insects, 
  &c. 
  

  

  We 
  left 
  Cowes 
  on 
  Nov. 
  19th, 
  1902, 
  for 
  Lisbon. 
  Numbers 
  of 
  

   birds 
  were 
  of 
  course 
  seen, 
  Shearwaters 
  (Puffinus 
  gravis) 
  being 
  

   especially 
  numerous, 
  while 
  frequently 
  a 
  Skua 
  {Stercorarius 
  

   pomatorhinus) 
  would 
  dash 
  amongst 
  the 
  Kittiwakes, 
  which 
  were 
  

   following 
  the 
  ship, 
  and 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  disgorge 
  the 
  morsels 
  of 
  

   food 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  picked 
  up. 
  When 
  we 
  nearecl 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Portugal, 
  Gannets 
  (Sula 
  bassana) 
  and 
  Little 
  Auks 
  (Mergulus 
  alle) 
  

   became 
  abundant. 
  

  

  After 
  spending 
  two 
  days 
  at 
  Lisbon, 
  we 
  sailed 
  for 
  Madeira 
  on 
  

   Nov. 
  26th. 
  On 
  landing 
  at 
  Madeira, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  noticeable 
  

   Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  November, 
  J 
  904. 
  2 
  i 
  

  

  