466 G. E. Verrill— Some Birds and Eggs collected at 



*14. Sterna hirundinacea Less. ? " Mackerel Gull." 



15. Aptenodytes longirostris Scop, " King Penguin." 



16. Pygoscelis tcBniafa (Peale). "Johnny Penguin." 



17. Eydyptes chrysolojihus (Brandt). " Macaroni Penguin." 



Xote: — Mr. Comer adds, "I have no doubt there were also Rock Hopper Penguins 

 [E. cTirysocome (Forst.)] but cannot say positively." 



Extracts from Journals. 



The following extracts are from Mr. Comer's journal on the 

 voyages to South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Gough Island. Here I 

 have only given such passages as relate to the zoology and a few 

 other miscellaneous facts of interest, comprising of course, only a 

 small part of his whole journal, which is mainly made up of notes 

 with regard to the handling of the vessel, the sealing, and the 

 weather. These latter notes, concerning Gough Island, I have 

 given further on, to show the climate, prevailing winds, etc., think- 

 ing they may be of interest from a meteorological point of view. 

 The journal is very full and apparently very accurately kept. 



Voyage to South Georgia. 



1885. 

 Sept. llth. At Sea. Saw the first Cape Horn Pigeons [Daption capensis] to-day 



Lat. 25° 05' S., Long, 39° 51' W. 

 South Georgia, 

 French Bay. 



Oct. 14th. Got 20 raolly moke eggs.f 

 " 15th. Got 10 dozen molly moke eggs and 2 leopards [Ogmorhinus leptx>nyx 



(Blainv.)], 

 " 21st. Killed 5 Leopards, 

 " 25th. Got six buckets of molly moke eggs. 

 Nov. 1st. Got six leopards and 1 elephant [Macrorhinus leoninus (L.)]. 3 of the 

 leopards and the elephant we got in Venture Bay. 

 " 3rd. Got ] 2 Peole eggs [Fhcebetria fuUginosci,]. 



Venture Bay. 



Nov. I4th. Got a few penguin eggs and 2 leopards. 

 " 17th. Got 2 buckets of penguin eggs. 

 " 18th. Got a bucket of penguin eggs. 



" 19th. Got seven leopards and a number of gulls eggs [Lants dominicanus], 

 " 22nd. Killed 6 leopards and one sea dog. 



" 25th. At Sea. At fi p. m., put a bag of leopard oil over the weather bow to 

 prevent the sea from breaking. 



* The identity of the "mackerel gulls" of this island is doubtful. I assign them ^^o 

 this species because of the locality. See notes under S. vittata Gm., p. 45 L 



f Probably either D. melanophrys or T. chlororhynchus, or perhaps both. See 

 remarks under the former, p. 440. 



