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Title: Three voyages of a naturalist : being an account of many little-known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla" R.Y.S.
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Nicoll, M. J. (Michael John), 1880-1925 Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
Subjects: Valhalla (Yacht) Scientific expeditions Voyages and travels Voyages around the world Birds West Indies -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: London : Witherby & Co.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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landed again and walkedtowards the gannetry. Our chief object wasto get specimens of some of the land-birds. Inthis we were successful; amongst the number ofsmall birds shot during the morning I obtainedthree specimens of a new species of warbler.*Most of the other land-birds we met with weresimilar to those found on Grand Cayman. The only mammals we saw on the CaymanIslands were rats, which have been introduced,and one bat on Grand Cayman. Reptiles wereequally scarce. A snake f was obtained on GrandCayman, but was not seen on Little Cayman. During the first night I spent some hours fishingfrom the deck of the yacht, and, although I caughtnothing, I never remember seeing so many fishestogether. The sea appeared to be full of them,and as they darted about they left flashingphosphorescent tracks behind them. At midday we steamed away from LittleCayman, and shaped our course for Havana. * Dendrceca crawfordi. Bull. B.O.C., Vol. XIV., p. 95. f Dromicus amgulifer. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.
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CHAPTER XVII. MONTE VIDEO AND THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. During this voyage, on which we started onNovember 19th, 1902, we were unable, for variousreasons, to visit the island of South Trinidad.After a stav at Bahia, we sailed for Monte Videoand the Straits of Magellan. On 9th January, 1903, in Latitude 24° 2339 S., Longitude 40° V W., a number of the twospecies of Trinidad petrels, which I have describedin a previous chapter, followed the ship for threedays. At this time I was extremely anxious toget specimens of these birds, but, owing to therough weather we were experiencing, it wasimpossible to lower a boat. Thus I was in theexasperating position of seeing within a few yardsof the ship a quantity of birds quite unobtainable,of which very few specimens existed in collections,for these two species of petrel had hitherto beenfound only on the island of South Trinidad.* Three days later, in Latitude 33° 29 33 S., * Since the above was written a single specimen of CEstrclataarminjonia

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