14 



Spotted Skate (Raia metadata) . 



Thomback {Raia clavata). 



6i 



64 



Jnly I New Brighton. 



Aug. 



4-10i 



5f-6g Oct. Rock Channel. 



Horse Channel. 



Crangon and Carcinus. 



Crangon, Carcinus, Portunus, Pa- 

 gurus, Pandalus, Mysis, Gadus 

 merlangus, Molluscs. 



Mysis and Crangon. 



I submitted a number of the smaller Crustaceans taken 

 from the fishes' stomachs, and preserved in the laboratory, 

 to the critical examination of my friend Mr. A. 0. Walker 

 who is an authority upon these animals and he has kindly 

 indentified them all as follows : — 



Fish. 



Solenette (July, Blackpool) 

 Sole (July, New Brighton) 

 Sole ( ,, ,, ) 



Plaice (Sept., Morecambe) 



Plaice (Nov., Garston) 

 Dab (Sept., Morecambe) 

 Herring (Sept.) 

 Cod (Oct., Garston) 



Food. 

 Diastylis rathkei. 

 Diastylis rathkei. 

 Diastylis rathkei, Ampelisca 



laevigata. 

 Pseicdocuma cercaria, Bathy- 



poreia pilosa, Microprotopus 



maculatus. 

 Diastylis rathkei. 

 Atylus swammerclamii. 

 Corophium grossipes. 

 Gammarus locusta, Atylus 



swammerclamii. 



