Birds and penguins

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After developing his photographs, William Speirs Bruce collected together those of a similar theme. This series includes: a set of photographs of giant petrels or "nellies" who had been feeding on a seal carcass at Scotia Bay (Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands), oestrellata photographed between Gough Island and Capetown on the SY Scotia's return journey and adeliae penguins in a rookery at Graptolite Island off Laurie Island (South Orkney Islands).

The Birds and Penguins series consists of photographs of:

• Giant petrels in Scotia Bay (Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands) (4 stereo glass-plate negatives)
• Oestrellata between Gough Island and Capetown (2 stereo glass-plate negatives)
• Adeliae penguins, mostly in a rookery on Graptolite Island (Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands) (9 stereo glass-plate negatives)

• Adeliae Penguin
• Antarctica, Discovery and Exploration
• Penguins
• Petrels
• Scientific Expeditions
• Southern Giant Petrels

• Bruce | William Speirs | 1867-1921 | polar explorer and oceanographer

• Scottish National Antarctic Expedition | 1902-1904 | scientific expedition

• Capetown (South Africa)
• Gough Island (Tristan da Cunha)
• South Orkney Islands