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VOLUME XXXIII. 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE PLANKTON OF 

 VALENTIA HARBOUR. 



1906-1923. 



BY MAUD J. DELAP. 



For a number of years tow-netting for pelagic animals 

 has been carried on in Valentia Harbour, which is a very 

 suitable place for such work at almost any time of the 

 year. 



The results of past work have been already published, 

 notably those of Mr. E. T. Browne and his colleagues, in 

 the " Proceedings " of the Royal Irish Academy, Ser. HI., 

 vol. v., for the years 1895 — 1898. 



The work was continued through the following 3^ears, 

 and results published in the " Scientific Investigations '* 

 ol the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture 

 and Technical Instruction in 1905 and 1906 (Ann. Rep. 

 Fish., Ireland, 1902-03, pt. u., app. i. (1905), and Fisheries, 

 Ireland, Sci. Invest., 1905, vii. (1906.) 



The following notes are fairly complete for the years 

 1906-1910 ; but after that date, regular tow-netting was 

 discontinued and only odd appearances recorded ; for 

 instance large shoals or drifts of ocean animals being stranded 

 on the shores of the Plarbour or neighbouring creeks, such 

 as Cooscroum on Dingle Bay, and the shore between 

 Murragh Point and Trawiganaun pier in Dohilla. This 



