RtTNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 40. N:0 5. 71 



Andersson (5) says that they usually were situated on the northern sides of the 

 rocks and cliffs where the snow melted more quickly, and he thinks that the nests 

 are used year after year. They were placed about half a metre from each other and 

 built of algse, colonies of bryozoa etc. On the Paulet Island the young cormorants 

 were fully fledged the last Febr. 1903, but they were not developed so early on 

 South Georgia. This difference is due to the fact that the cormorants lay their 

 eggs about a month earlier in the true Antarctic region than in South Georgia. K. 

 A. Andersson (8) collected the first eggs on the Paulet Island the 2d of Nov., and 

 the same date J. G. Andersson found the first eggs on the Cockburn Island; on the 

 South Orkneys the Scottish Expedition stated that the Shags had commenced laying 

 eggs the 8th of Nov. (21), while Sörling found fresh and new laid eggs in the first 

 part of Dec. There is still another difference with regard to the propagation of this 

 bird in the true Antarctic region and in South Georgia, as it in the latter place 

 usually has 3 eggs in the former as a rule »only 2 eggs, sometimes, however, 3» (5). 

 This may stånd in connection with the need to raise the youngs quicker in the Ant- 

 arctic and this may be done more easily, if the parents only have to provide two 

 youngs with food. 



Phoebetria fuliginosa (Gmelin) 1788 cornicoides Hutton 1867. 



Syn. : Diomedea fuliginosa Gmelin 1788. 

 Phoebetria » Reich. 1852. 



1 J 1 Moraine Fjord, Cumberland Bay, the 30th of Jan. 1905. »Iris brown». 



This specimen has the abdomen and the back so light that it can be regarded 

 as belonging to cornicoides Hutton, and the general distribution of the colours is 

 certainly like that of a crow. This species breeds on rather narrow ledges on steep 

 rocks rising directly from the water. The shelves, on which they nested, had a ve- 

 getation of grass so high that only the heads of the breeding birds could be seen 

 above the grass from below. The ledges were quite unaccessible with the steep 

 mountain rising above and the water beneath. The height above the sea was so 

 great that it was a lucky incident that a gunshot killed the specimen recorded above. 

 Several other shots had no result, and no eggs or youngs could be reached. About 

 8—9 pairs were observed, partly on the eastern side of Mount Duse, and partly on 

 the eastern side of the Moraine Fjord. At the latter place the rocks rose above 

 small fresh water lakes, on the former above the sea. Each pair had its own place 

 far from others. 



Their sound was a »wee» with a long-drawn and sharp »ee». This sound was 

 emitted when somebody approached the nest. The birds remained in the riést till 

 shot at. Only one bird at a time was seen in the nest. During the winter they 

 were not seen in the fjords, nor were they seen attacking carcasses. Över the open 

 sea they were rather more common than the other albatrosses. 



