﻿OBSERVATIONS 
  IN 
  NATURAL 
  HISTORY, 
  dc. 
  405 
  

  

  its 
  sides, 
  and 
  made 
  no 
  use 
  at 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  fins. 
  It 
  also 
  seemed 
  

   unable 
  to 
  turn 
  quickly, 
  but 
  could 
  only 
  do 
  so 
  by 
  taking 
  a 
  fairly 
  

   large 
  circle. 
  Flying 
  Fish 
  seem 
  able 
  to 
  alter 
  their 
  course 
  while 
  

   in 
  the 
  air. 
  I 
  watched 
  many 
  taking 
  long 
  flights, 
  and 
  turning 
  in 
  

   several 
  directions 
  without 
  touching 
  the 
  water 
  ; 
  I 
  presume 
  this 
  is 
  

   done 
  by 
  bending 
  the 
  tail 
  to 
  one 
  side. 
  

  

  On 
  Jan. 
  14th 
  we 
  anchored 
  at 
  Monte 
  Video, 
  where 
  we 
  stayed 
  

   a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  to 
  "coal." 
  I 
  spent 
  some 
  time 
  fishing 
  from 
  the 
  ship. 
  

   Two 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  only 
  were 
  caught 
  — 
  one 
  a 
  common 
  Catfish, 
  

   but 
  the 
  other 
  (a 
  Corvina) 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  undescribed 
  species. 
  

   It 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  named 
  Corvina 
  crawfordi, 
  after 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  

   Crawford. 
  The 
  largest 
  fish 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  caught 
  was 
  

   about 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  pound 
  in 
  weight 
  the 
  bait 
  used 
  being 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  raw 
  veal. 
  In 
  the 
  harbour 
  at 
  Monte 
  Video 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  

   view 
  one 
  evening 
  of 
  Cygnus 
  nigricollis, 
  the 
  Black-necked 
  Swan, 
  

   two 
  of 
  which 
  flew 
  over 
  the 
  harbour. 
  

  

  On 
  Jan. 
  20th 
  we 
  took 
  on 
  our 
  pilot 
  for 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Magellan, 
  

   and 
  left 
  Monte 
  Video 
  for 
  Punta 
  Arenas. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  Albatross 
  (Diomedea 
  exidans) 
  was 
  seen 
  the 
  day 
  

   before 
  we 
  got 
  to 
  Monte 
  Video. 
  After 
  we 
  left 
  there 
  for 
  the 
  Straits 
  

   of 
  Magellan 
  we 
  saw 
  some 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   D. 
  chlororynchus. 
  

  

  On 
  Jan. 
  27th 
  I 
  saw 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  special 
  

   interest 
  to 
  me, 
  i. 
  e. 
  Diving 
  Petrels 
  (Pelecanoides 
  urinatrix) 
  and 
  

   Penguins 
  (Spheniscua 
  mage 
  Hani 
  cits). 
  The 
  Diving 
  Petrels 
  were 
  

   seen 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  day 
  rising 
  from 
  under 
  the 
  ship's 
  bows, 
  

   flying 
  away 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  fluttering 
  flight, 
  and 
  dropping 
  with 
  

   a 
  splash 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  fifty 
  yards 
  or 
  so 
  from 
  the 
  ship, 
  when 
  they 
  

   immediately 
  dived. 
  Later 
  on, 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  Straits, 
  and 
  

   I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  shoot 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  curious 
  little 
  birds, 
  I 
  noticed 
  

   that 
  they 
  rarely 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  wing 
  when 
  pursued, 
  but 
  sought 
  

   safety 
  by 
  diving. 
  The 
  Penguins 
  have 
  a 
  curious 
  habit 
  of 
  lying 
  

   on 
  their 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  with 
  one 
  leg 
  out, 
  and 
  drifting 
  with 
  the 
  

   wind 
  or 
  current. 
  I 
  shall 
  never 
  forget 
  skinning 
  the 
  first 
  Penguin. 
  

   The 
  inner 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  quite 
  an 
  inch 
  of 
  

   oily 
  fat, 
  and 
  the 
  quills 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  extend 
  backward 
  through 
  

   this 
  coating 
  of 
  fat, 
  consequently 
  making 
  it 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   remove. 
  

  

  On 
  Jan. 
  29th 
  we 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  narrows. 
  

  

  