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Note on the Pelagic Fauna observed off the West 

 Coast of Arran during- the Months of Augnst and 

 September, 1905. 



By J. Graham Kerr. 



[Read 30th January, 1906.] 



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The Pelagic Fauna of the Firth of Clyde has probably attracted 

 the attention of a greater number of distinguished investigators 

 than that of any other portion of the seas adjoining the British 

 Islands. Yet it is remarkable how small is the volume of 

 published records as compared with the volume of research 

 which has been done. When the working zoologist seeks for 

 information, say, as to the particular localities and the particular 

 times of year at which he may expect to be able to obtain larval 

 or other developmental stages of even the most important forms, 

 he finds his task in great part a fruitless one. It is greatly 

 to be hoped that the authorities of the Millport Marine Station 

 may be able before long to undertake and publish the results 

 of a systematic faunistic survey of the Firth of Clyde, giving 

 accurate details as regards localities and dates. In the mean- 

 time it is of importance that individual observers of the Clyde 



