SURFACE LIFE. 



By b. storrow. 



Fish Eggs. 



Fish eggs were taken in the surface net during the months of 

 May, June and July, but by far the greater numbers were found in 

 June. In May the eggs in the catches made at the inshore stations 

 consisted of those of the flounder and dab (P. limanda) ; whilst 

 these, with Gadoid eggs varying in size from 1 03 -115 mm., together 

 with the eggs of the dragonet, were in the catches from stations 7, 

 8 and 9. 



In June the eggs taken were as follows : — 



Owing to the earty stages of development in the Gadoid eggs, 

 and the variation in size which may occur in eggs of the same 

 species, it is impossible to name them with any degree of certainty. 



The rockling eggs varied in size from 0*65 to 0*96 mm., and 

 occasionally the oil globule was pigmented. 



The eggs taken in July were flounder (3), rockling (1), Gadoid 



(1). 



Appendicularians . 



Appendicularians were found in the catches from May to 

 September. In June they were most abundant in the northern 

 part of the district, in the neighbourhood of the Fame Islands. The 

 maximum was reached in July when they were generally distributed. 

 In August and September they were present in small numbers, 

 except at station 9 (September), where they occurred in fairly large 

 numbers. 



