SUMMARY OF BIOLOGICAL WORK CARRIED OUT 
ON BOARD THE TERRA NOVA, 1910-1913 
By D. G. Lillie 
Captain Scott, with his characteristic thoroughness, made 
it possible for scientific work to be carried out by the ship's 
party not only on their three summer visits to the Ant- 
arctic, but also during the two winters spent in New 
Zealand and on the outward and homeward voyages. As 
the early publication of this book makes it impossible to 
give any adequate account of the various biological results 
which may have been achieved, it is proposed to give here 
a brief summary of the collections brought home, together 
with a few notes concerning them, in order to help the 
general reader to form some idea of what he will find in the 
Biological Reports of this Expedition when they appear. 
The Outward and Homeward Voyages 
Whenever opportunities occurred on the outward and 
homeward voyages between England and New Zealand, 
tow-nets of fine mesh and of various sizes were put over- 
board to catch the small animals and plants which drift 
about in the sea and form the staple food of the whalebone 
whales and of many birds and fishes. 
