460 M. V. LEBOUR. 
in addition to green food remains. On October 3rd a cPeenee of 27 mm. 
contained 2 De elongatus. 
It thus appears that green vegetable food is taken ae although 
at 8mm. small Crustacea may be eaten. An examination of preserved 
material showed poor results, although Pseudocalanus was present in a 
few specimens and also larval Mollusks. A. Scott (1906) records Pseudo- 
calanus elongatus from 2 Sprats of 15 mm., so it 1s evidently a favourite 
food of the larval Sprat. 
The tow-nettings were taken with ordinary coarse and medium nets, 
and sometimes with a bigger net, which although not giving much better 
results, caught the fish from the Zostera, which evidently were feeding 
there. These included Rhamphistoma belone, various pipe fish and 
Cyclopterus lumpus. A small plan is given showing the various localities 
from which the tow-nettings were taken. (Fig. 7.) 
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