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



Dec. 5th. We started early with our boat and pulled around the island and picked 

 up 28 young seal outside of the rookeries. Xot many seal in the 

 rookeries at present. 



" 6th. Got 6 sea hens. Used the last of the penguin eggs. 



" 7th. This morning we got 2 seal that had hauled up on this beach. Got a 

 number of crawfish and half a bushel of potatoes. 



" 15th. Caught a number of crawfish off the rocks. Caught 15 sea heos. 

 . " 21st. Caught some fish and crawfish (these are very much the same as lob- 

 sters). 



" 23rd. Mr. Moore pulled around the island and picked up 14 seal. Got one 

 small pup the first we have seen this season. If the weather holds 

 good, intend to commence killing in the rookeries to-morrow. 

 [AYeather was not favorable until the 26th]. 



" 26th. • "Walked over the mountain with 4 men, Mr. Moore going around with 

 the boat. "Went into the first rookery. There were 10 seal there. 

 Got 9. "We walked up the mountain and then down into the- next 

 rookery. There were IB in that. Got 11. Judging by the pups we 

 must have got all the clapmatches in both rookeries. In the first we 

 got 3 clapmatches and 6 wigs, in the second 10 clapmatches and 1 

 wig. The albatrosses [Z>. exulans\ have commenced to lay. Got 1 egg. 

 27th. Got 2 Albatross eggs, 



" 28th. Mr. Moore came back with 34 skins he had got up at the X.W. endclo&e 

 to the big rookery. Got 4 Albatross eggs. 

 1889. 

 Jan. 1st. Started early this morning and walked up to the further rookery. Got 

 there about noon. Killed the seal, 46. 12 of them were wigs. 



" 2d. In the morning went over the beach again and got 4 more clapmatches 

 which makes 50 altogether in this rookery. Then we went down to 

 the rookery to the south of us where we killed 51 seal, 12 of them 

 being wigs. Then had to come up the mountain again to get to 

 another beach. Got one seal here (clapmatch). 



" 3d. "We have plenty of albatross eggs now. 



" 4th. Mr. Moore went up to the north end of the island and got 2 wigs. 



" 8th. Got 1 wig and 1 clapmatch. 



" 9th. Three of the men went to the other small rookery. They got 4 seal, 

 3 of them wigs. 



" 15th. Seven of the seal we killed to-day, we got in the upper rookery. Two 

 of them were wigs. 



'• 18th. If we get any more seal we will have to have a very smooth chance, 

 and even then cannot expect to get more than 10 or 15. It is doubt- 

 ful if there is that many on the island. 



" 22d. "We got 4 wigs. 



" 23d. Came back across the mountain, and when we got on top could see the 

 schooner close to the landing place, so, by the time we got down, they 

 had taken off the skins, we then packed up our things and came off. 

 The schooner has not been very successful. She has 300 bbls. of 

 elephant oil. They also got 4 seal. 



Note — "While at Gough Island they took 311 seal, 276 after Mr. Comer landed. 



