OCEAN NOTES. O 



W., strong, v. c. ; about nine or ten in all flying singly, generally 

 against the wind. Lat. 34° N., long. 16° W. Also one " white- 

 breasted " Petrel, at 7 a.m., same lat. and long., fluttering on 

 surface. One Black Tern (in full black plumage) ; and on April 

 29th, Sooty Terns and Common Terns ; a large flock at 9 a.m., 

 wind light S., including with these species a dark species of 

 Gull. Lat. 1° S., long. 13° W. 



Remarks. — Oct. 19th, off Cape Point (Cape of Good Hope). 

 Passed through numbers of Great Shearwaters, and continued 

 seeing them up to Algoa Bay. This is the first time I have seen 

 them on this coast, and they are not included among the birds of 

 S. Africa. On our return, on November 2nd, we passed smaller 

 numbers of them, chiefly flying to the S.W. Nov. 16th, off 

 Bejouga Islands, observed a Skua in uniform brown plumage 

 chasing two grey and white birds, apparently some kind of 

 pigeon. While one bird was being attacked, the other would 

 rise in the air and attack the Skua in turn, and this continued 

 till I lost sight of them. The same day, at 1 p.m., saw what 

 looked like land ; on approach turned out to be enormous flocks 

 of sea-birds feeding and moving to the N.E. Those we saw 

 afterwards were nearly all Greater Shearwaters. 



* Or Falcon (?).— J. A. H. B. 



Migratory Birds seen at Sea. — Dec. 18th, 1884, to Feb. 17th, 1885. 



Date. 



Lat. 



Long. 



Wind. 



Weather. 



Birds. 



Kemarks. 



Dec. 19 



Plymouth 



Sound. 











,, 29 



6° 45' N. 



15° 16' W. 



N.E., 2 



b. c. 



1 Hoopoe. 



Flying about ship ; alighted. 



„ 30 



2° 31' N. 



12° 16' W. 



Vble. 



b. c. 



1 Black Tern. 



Close to ship. 



.. 31 



.1° 43' S. 



9° 30' W. 



S.E., 2 



b. 



Sooty Terns. 



A large flock. 



> j >> 



1° 43' S. 



9° 30' W. 



S.E., 2 



b. 



Black Terns. 



Several. 



1885. 















Feb. 3 



9° 23' S. 



3° 22' W. 



S.E., 1, 2 



b. c. 



Sooty Tern. 



1. 



» 4 



4° 54' S. 



6° 44' W. 



S.S.E.,2 



b. 



Black Tern. 



1. 



„ 6 



3° 54' N. 



13° 18' W. 



S.S.E.,2 



b. c. 



Black Tern. 



1. 



,. 9 



18° 03' N. 



17° 36' W. 



N.E., 4 



b. 



Grey Phalarope. 



Small flock flying N. 



„ io 



22° 56' N. 



16° 56' W. 



N.E.,3,4 



b. 



2 Terns (Common 

 Arctic) . 



[swimming. 



5J >> 



22° 56' N. 



16° 56' W. 



N.E.,3,4 



b. 



Grey Phalarope. 



A flock flying N. ; some 



(Signed) S. Swinburne. 



