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Young Dabs (Pleuronectes limanda). 
W. of Burbo Bk. | Feb. 17 41 fish. | 14-2 inch. | 4 Serobicwlaria, 1 Cope- 
2 poda, 36 Empty. 
1 Mytilus, 1 Copepoda, 
Ribble, Gut Ch. | Feb. 23 | 11 fish. | 13-2 inch. | 1 Campanularia, 8 Em- 
pty. 
15 Scrobicularia, 4 Mac- 
Ribble, Gut Ch. | Aug. 10 | 123 fish. | 2-32 inch. eh ene ee 
Annelida, 85 Empty. 
Of these 175 young Dabs, 29 had Mollusca, 
12 had Crustacea, 
4 had Annelida. 
The great majority, 129, had their stomachs empty, but 
they were from a neighbourhood (Ribble, Gut Channel) 
where we usually find that the adult fish have little or 
nothing in their stomachs. 
EXAMINATION OF FOOD IN STOMACHS. 
During the past twelve months 4326 stomachs of marine 
animals have been examined in order to determine the 
food contents. Of these 4078 will be accounted for in the 
lists which follow, the remainder are of various species 
none of which are numerous enough to make them worth 
recording. Of the 4078 recorded, 3656 are fish proper 
while of the remainder 154 are shrimps and 85 shanks 
(Pandalus annulicornis). 
In addition to the fish of various sizes recorded in the 
following table, over 1000 young plaice and dabs have 
been examined, and these are reported upon separately. 
The plaice, of which we have a considerable number 
recorded, nearly 900, show clearly that at sizes of about 
an inch in length they live mainly on Copepoda, small 
Cumacea and some Crustacean larval forms, while after- 
wards they take to a more mixed diet consisting largely of 
Mollusca and worms. The change of diet, as far as can 
