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tlie more boggy localities a small species of sundew, the Dro- 

 sera unifiora^ was very plentiful, although easily overlooked 

 from its minute size and its occurrence among plants of Gai- 

 mardia, a low herb belonging to the order Desvauxiacece, which 

 forms a large portion of the damp turf alike in the Falkland 

 Islands and western part of the Strait of Magellan, and is 

 readily recognised by the peculiar aspect of its shining some- 

 what triangular-shaped leaves. On the beach of the bay we 

 observed numerous bones of Cetacea lying, and picked up a 

 few sponges and some dried specimens of a very curious large 

 Alga, the D'Urvillcea utilis, the fronds of which are formed 

 of very large cells, transversely arranged so as to present a 

 remarkable resemblance to honeycomb, particularly when in 

 the dry state. On the l7th I walked with two companions 

 to a stream of stones in the neighbourhood of the settlement, 

 and found one or two plants that were not in flower at the 

 time of our former visit — a pretty white-flowered Composite, 

 the Chabrcea suaveolens, among the number. Before going on 

 board we went to see a collection of penguins from various 

 localities in the islands, collected by the Zoological Society's 

 keeper Secante for the gardens. Five species were re- 

 presented — Z.6., the King {Aptenodytes Pennanti), Jackass 

 (Spheniscus Magellanicus), Gentoo (Eudyptes chrysocome), Maca- 

 roni {Pygoscelis Wagleri), and Eock-hopper {Eudyptes nigri- 

 vestis) ; and they formed a most amusing assemblage — some 

 prancing up and down, with their little wings stuck out, with 

 an air of bustle and infinite self-importance, some walking 

 slowly up to us, and gazing at us with solemn curiosity, while 

 others remained stationary and apparently lost in thought. 



Of these species the Eock-hopper {Eudyptes nigrivestis) is 

 perhaps the most common at the Falkland Islands ; and two 

 large " Eookeries," as they are termed, of these birds occur not 



