Excerpt from Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S. Y. "Scotia" During the Years 1902, 1903 and 1904, Under the Leadership of William S. Bruce, Vol. 4: Zoology, Part 1. Zoological LogFrom the start of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition to its finish the open-air observations of the naturalists on board were recorded daily in this log. The log makes no pretensions to being anything more than a field note-book of the natural history of the voyage. It was, naturally, impossible to identify all birds seen on the wing, and all marine animals passed by when the ship was making passages from one point to another. In consequence, especially during the passage of the Scotia through the tropics, the records on many days are slight, and if the entries occasionally have little scientific value, they can at least claim to be a faithful record of life observed. During the Scotia's cruises in antarctic seas, and more particularly during her wintering in Scotia Bay, South Orkneys, the daily entries will be found to be fuller and more precise, and it is from those regions that the observations will have most value. Everyone on board was conversant with the names of the antarctic birds and seals, the attention of all the naturalists was concentrated on the work and since the Scotia was then in her special field of operations, there was seldom, if ever, any attempt made at quick passages. The log, therefore, expanded from a few cursory observations into a detailed naturalists' diary.The log has been prepared for publication with no material alterations, the names of the animals referred to have been added in footnotes wherever possible and desirable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.