54 British Antarctic Expedition. 
as also а lestris. On the 26th we saw some Diomeda 
Chlororhyncha, and a few penguins. Mr. Evans 
reported that he had seen some whales early in his 
morning watch. On the 28th, besides the ordinary 
birds, a giant bird and a small white-bellied petrel 
followed us; a mutton-bird also appeared again ; 
there were also a few sooty albatrosses. The birds 
followed us now all the night. On the 29th some 
few mutton- 
birds were 
seen, some 
Diomeda Me- 
lanophrys, as 
also Prion 
WEEE BEDS 
Phe latter 
were in far 
greater quan- 
tities than I 
had ever seen 
HANSON WITH THE LARGE ALBATROSS them before. 
(Diomeda exulans). On the 30th 
we saw eight 
different kinds of birds, but of seven of these we only 
saw one specimen of each; they were: Diomeda Ful- 
ginosa, Diomeda Melanophrys, Daption Capensis, Astre- 
lata Lessont, Prion Vittatus, Cymodroma Grallaria, 
and Oceanites Oceamzcus. 
The Daption Capensis was in the midst of 
moulting and was flying with some difficulty. The 
specimen of the Oceanites Oceanicus was flying round 
the vessel several times, and sometimes straight into 
the rigging. We passed some drift-ice, and in the 
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