. Scottish geographical magazine. ework commenced by Mr. Bruce will be continued in the near xxi. 0 34 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. SUMMER WORK IX THE SOUTH J. H. Harvey Pirie, , During the absence of the Scotia the hourly meteorological observationsand magnetic work were carried on without intermission. Tow-netting,boat-dredging, and trapping were done whenever opportunity offered,but no great additions were made to the fauna collected during: thewinter. Bird life was very abundant, and, the nesting season being in fullswing, extremely interesting. Two new b
. Scottish geographical magazine. ework commenced by Mr. Bruce will be continued in the near xxi. 0 34 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE. SUMMER WORK IX THE SOUTH J. H. Harvey Pirie, , During the absence of the Scotia the hourly meteorological observationsand magnetic work were carried on without intermission. Tow-netting,boat-dredging, and trapping were done whenever opportunity offered,but no great additions were made to the fauna collected during: thewinter. Bird life was very abundant, and, the nesting season being in fullswing, extremely interesting. Two new birds were recorded for thelocality:—(1) A yellow-crested penguin, probably (Macaroni penguin), of which four specimens were got. Two wereimmature birds, got on January 29 and February 6, so it is possible thatthe species occasionally breeds in the South Orkneys, but on the otherhand the bird may have come from the Falkland Islands or SouthGeorgia. In the latter locality this bird is known to be an early. Fig. 9.—Giant Petrel, South Orkneys. breeder, laying commencing in the last days of October, but evengranting this, 500 miles of rough open sea would be a long journey forsuch a young bird to make. (2) A small petrel (Oceaniies sp.) of whichone specimen only was caught. The eggs of the well-known Cape Pigeon (Daption capensis) were gotfor the first time. Although known to breed on South Georgia andKerguelen, the eggs had never hitherto been got. The nest consists ofa few small angular fragments of stone on bare ledges of the cliffs. Asingle egg is laid, pure white, and large in size compared with the is rather a disagreeable business, as the birds, instead offlying off when approached, remain on the egg and try to warn off theintruder by ejecting at him a noxious, evil-smelling reddish fluid, thepartially digested Euphausiae on which they feed. Several of theother petrels have a similar nasty habit—Snowy petrels, Wilsons stormp
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