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THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Date. 



No. of 

 Fish. 



July 



1! 



Aug. 

 Sept. 

 July 

 Aug. 



II 



Aug. 

 Sept. 

 July 



Oct. 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



1911 

 1911 

 1911 

 1911 

 191 1 

 1911 

 191 1 

 1911 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1912 

 1913 

 1913 

 1913 

 1913 

 1914 

 1914 

 1914 

 1914 

 1914 

 1914 

 1915 

 1915 



26 m. 

 90 m. 

 20 m. 



40 m. 



36 m. 



45 m- 



Locality. 



N. by W. from Rona (hooked) 

 N. i W. from Hoy (hooked) 

 N.N.W. from St Kilda (hooked) . 

 W.N.W. from Butt of Lewis (hooked) 



50 m. N.N.W. from Sule Skerry (hooked) 



40 m. S.S.W. from St Kilda (hooked) . 

 N.W. by N. of Foula (hcoked) . 

 W.N.W. of Butt of Lewis . 



190 m. E. 5 N. of Aberdeen (hooked) . 



85 m. N. by W. from Hoy 



55 m. W.N.W. from Butt of Lewis (hooked) 



to m. N. I W. from Hoy (hooked) 



80 m. N. by W. from Hoy 



17 m. N.W. of Rockall . 



60 m. N. h E. from Noup Head . 



40 m. N. by W. from Foula 



40 m. N.W. by W. from Butt of Lewis, 62 f. 



50 m. N.N.W. from Butt of Lewis (hooked) 



60 m. N. of Noup Head . 



60 m. N. I E. from Noup Head . 



43 m. N.W. by N. from Barra Head 

 45 m. W.N.W. from Barra Head 



44 m. W. by N. from Barra Head 



18 m. N.W. of Flannan Islands (hooked) 



45 m. S.W. by S. of Rockall 



Statistical 

 Area. 



J 



B 



S 



K 



C 



T 

 IX 



K 

 XX 



B 



K 



B 



C 



IX 



IX 



K 



K 



IX 



IX 



s 



T 



T 

 K 



Let us rearrange these records according to place and 

 season : 



Stations or Areas. 



VI 



IX, C, K, Rockall 



IX, XI, XX, B. C, J, K, S, T, Rockall 



IX, XX, XXVI, B, C, K, T, Rockall 

 C, K, T, U 



X, K 

 XXVIII 



We see, then, so far as these records go, that in our waters 

 the fish has a period of maximal abundance in July and 

 August ; that all the captures without exception lie between 

 the months of May and November ; and that the occurrences 

 in May, October, and November are few and even excep- 

 tional. As regards locality, we see that our recorded 

 captures of the King-fish lie, somewhat as those of Chimaera 

 did, in a sort of belt along the edge of the deep water from 

 the eastern side of the North Sea round the Shetlands to 

 the outer side of the Hebrides (Fig. 1). But the belt is in 

 this case neater and narrower than in the case of Chimaera ; 

 there is much less tendency to overflow (as it were) on to 

 the shallower plateau of the North Sea ; and in the north- 



