MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION ON PUFFIN ISLAND. '25 



an afternoon's dredging at the mouth of the Dee, on July 

 5th. Mr. Carter accompanied the vessel from Mostyn, 

 and picked up the party from Liverpool at Hoylake about 

 one p.m. Unfortunately the sea was rough, and although 

 a number of hauls of the dredge were taken, both in 

 Hilbre Swash and in the Welshman Gut, they were rather 

 unproductive. Late in the afternoon the beam trawl was 

 tried with more success, bringing up quantities of Zoo- 

 phytes, Sponges, &c., along with some fish. The dredging 

 party landed on Hilbre Island in the evening for the low 

 tide, and were joined there by some of the otlier members 

 of the Liverpool Biological Society, it being the occasion 

 of the annual field meeting for the presidential election. 



The tow-nets had been w^orked as usual with great success 

 during the afternoon, and Mr. Thompson has furnished 

 me with a hst of Copepoda, &c., from Hilbre Swash, in 

 which the following occur, besides many of the usual com- 

 moner forms : — l)ias discaudatus , Ci/clopina gracilis, Lao- 

 phonte lamelliferd, Licliomolgus (?), and Euterpe grucilis, 

 along with several Cumacea, Appendicuhtria and the 

 Cladoceran Podon intermedins which, although not un- 

 common, appears not to have been before recorded from 

 British seas. Some good Copepoda were taken in the 

 tow-net at Puffin Island on August 27th, including one 

 specimen ol Monstvilla rigida, and a larval Lenuca. 



A most w^elcome grant of <£50 from the Government 

 Grant Committee of the Koyal Society, to be applied to 

 the further exploration of Liverpool Bay, has enabled us 

 to hire seaworthy tugs on a couple of occasions for single 

 day trips to the " central area" of Liverpool Bay. This 

 region, which Hes N.W. and W. of the bar Hghtship and 

 onwards towards the Isle of Man, we regard as being still 

 comparatively virgin ground, and as on each occasion 

 when we have visited any part of it, notwithstanding very 



