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TABLE III — Continued. 



Although the number of eggs found at stations nos. 4 and 5 was 

 too small to give figures as to proportions which would be in themselves 

 significant, the fact that they correspond with those from station no. 3 

 gives them meaning. Here, again, the young do not appear until 

 September, the warmest month of the season. 



Vertical Distribution of the Eggs. 



Although the adults are restricted during the breeding season to 

 the lower levels of the water, the eggs were found, as expected, near the 

 surface. Reference to Tables II and III will show that there is no 

 considerable or constant difference in their abundance at the surface as 

 compared with a depth of 5 or 7 metres. We have no data as to their 

 presence at greater depths. Although in stages 1 and 2 the eggs seem 

 to be equally abundant at the surface and at 5 or 7 metres depth, there 

 is some indication that in stage 3 some sinking has taken place, for where 

 fairly large numbers were taken, as at station no. 30 on May 31 and at 

 station no. 3 on May 4, July 31, and Sept. 4, the percentage at 5 or 7 

 metres depth was greater than that at the surface. 



Horizontal Distribution of the Eggs. 



Little can be said about the horizontal distribution of the eggs from 

 the insufficient data at hand, except that they are numerous, where the 

 adults are numerous, as at station no. 3, and few where few adults are 

 found, as at station no. 5. 



Horizontal Distribution of the Young. 



The young are comparatively rare, and yet they are more widely 

 distributed in the Bay of Fundy than are the adults. They are to be 



