MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 291 



as reported by Mr. Thomas Scott, it has, I believe, been 

 hitherto unknown on our northerly coasts. 



" During an inspection cruise of the spawning grounds 

 off the west of the Isle of Man, on the fishery steamer 

 "John Fell," in January last, when, by the kindness of 

 Mr. Dawson, the Superintendent of the Lancashire Fishery 

 District, some of the L.M.B.C. were invited to be present, 

 some interesting observations were made as to the quantity 

 and comparative character of the plankton collected under 

 similar conditions at the surface and at the sea bottom. 

 I have already recorded the results in a paper ' Notes 

 on Mid-Winter Surface and Deep Tow-Nettings in the 

 Irish Sea,' see L.B.S. Trans., vol. XIII. , pp. 156 — 62. It 

 is hoped that we may be able at other seasons of the 

 year to continue observations on a similar plan. 



"In addition to the forms noted above, Mr. Andrew Scott 

 has found several other species of Copepoda new to our 

 district and one, at least, new to science, during the past 

 year in his work at the Piel Hatchery, on the Lancashire 

 coast. These will be described in a joint paper by Mr. 

 Scott and myself, which will be laid before the Biological 

 Society, and published in the ' Transactions.' " 



The Fish of Port Erin. 



Mr. J. T. Jenkins, as the result of one part of his work 

 at the Biological Station, has drawn up the following 

 report upon : — " The Distribution of Fish in and around 

 Port Erin Bay during August and September, 1899." 



"The total number of species captured during these two 

 months was 32. Taking the families in order, we get : — 



Sparil\e. — Pagellus centrodo?itus (Sea Bream) was 

 abundant outside the Bay, more especially to the north of 

 Fleshwick. It was taken with mackerel bait, a short 

 distance off the ground. 



