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BETWEEN THE WAREEN AND COCKWOOD. 



List of Species. Professional Seine. 



April 7th, 1897. From records made by Mr. E. W. L. Holt. 



PISCES. 



Labrax lupiis. One, 15-5 cm. 

 Cottus bubalis. Ten. 

 Agonus cataphractus. Three. 

 Gobius minutus. Tavo. 

 Gasterosteus spinacbia. Two. 

 Rhonibns maximus. One, 14 cm. 

 „ Itevis. One, 14 cm. 



Pleuronectes platessa One hundred 

 and sixty-five. (For details see 

 p. 333.) 



Pleuronectes limanda. One, 9 cm. 



Clupea harengus. Six, 23 -5-32 -5 cm. 

 „ sprattus. Six, 5' 5-7 cm. 



SA'ngnathus acus. Two. 



List of Species. Laboratory Tuck Net. 

 May 29th, 1897. 



PISCES. 



Labrax lupus. Two, 8 and 72 cm. 



Cottus bulmlis. One. 



Agonus cataphractus. Four. 



Callionymus lyra. One. 



Rhombus Itevis. Two, 17 and 21-5 cm. 



Pleuronectes platessa. Seventy-seven. 



(For details see p. 334.) 

 Pleuronectes limanda. Eight, 9-5- 



11-5 cm. [cm. 



Pleuronectes flesus. Two, 13 and 30-5 



Station 12. NORTH SIDE OF WARREN. EAST BANK OF 

 STREAM DRAINING GREENLAND LAKE. 



At the north-eastern end of the Warren the shore is composed of 

 loose gravel, which is practically barren on account of the great force 

 of tide to which it is exposed. Along the bank of the stream which 

 drains Greenland Lake, however, the soil becomes firmer, and consists of 

 muddy sand with a large proportion of gravel mixed with it. As on 

 the grounds higher up the estuary, this mixture of sand and gravel 

 affords specially suitable soil for Lanice conchilcgn, which occurs in very 

 great profusion, whilst in patches near low-water mark the Gephyrean 

 Phascolosoma vulgare is abundant, this being the only spot in the 

 estuary at which it has been found. Ground of this nature is also 

 favourable to Tapes dccussata. 



List of Species. Shore Collecting. 



August 4th, 1901. 



GEPHYREA. 



Phascolosoma vulgare. Common in patch at low-water mark. 



POLYCH^TA. 



Nephthys Hombergii. Several. 

 Arenicola marina. Common in sand. 

 Ophelia bicornis. One in clean sand. 



Lanice conchilega. Extremely com- 

 mon at low-water mark, and in the 

 bed of the stream. 



