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ranged in length from 19 cm. to 35 cm., and were not in very good 

 preservation when examined, but it was found that, with the exception 

 of two, the contents of whose stomachs were too imperfect for identifi- 

 cation, they had been living entirely on Gramjon allmanni. Those 

 captured in May — seven in number — were smaller than the others, and 

 though with these Gratvjon still formed a considerable part of their food, 

 there were other things that appeared to be even more highly relished, 

 especially by the smaller Gurnards ; the species which, next to Cramjon, 

 appeared to be most in demand Avas the skeleton-like Amphipod Dulirhia 

 falcata ; the food in two of the stomachs examined consisted very largely 

 of this Dulirhia, both males and females being obtained ; several other 

 species of Araphipods were observed, such as Amphilochm, Ainphilorlwide", 

 Paraiiiphitliui', An)peli.<ra, Prufuniedeia, but these were all more or less 

 rare. 



A common Gurnard, fully 5 cm. in length, from Smith Bank, col- 

 lected in November, 1901, had in its stomach the heads and other parts 

 of ten Erytlirop'^ elegant, besides a number of other fragments ; probably 

 in this case the beautiful eyes of the Eri/throj)s had proved their 

 destruction. 



The following is a full list of the species of Crustacea, etc., observed in 

 the stomachs of Trigla yurnardus referred to in the preceding 

 notes : — 



Crustacea. 



Crangon allmanni, Kinahan. 



Grancjon vulgaris (Linne). 



Nika edulis, Risso. 



Pandalus montagui. Leach. 



Schistomysis ornatus, G. O. Sars. 



ScMstomysis spiritus, Norman. 



Schistomysis, sj). 



Erythwps elegans, G. O. Sars. 



Ergthrops sp. 



Diastylis sp. 



Pseudocuma cercaria (v. Beneduu). 



Bathyporeia sp. 



Harpinia crenulata, G. O. Sars. 



Aynpelisca hrevicurnis (A. Costa). 



Ampelisca sp. 



Amphiluchns tenuiiaanus. Boeck. 



Amphiluchuides .sp. 



Metopa sp. 



Leiicotlioc lilljehurgii, Bouck. 



Monoculodes carinatus, Speiiue Bate. 



Periocnlodes longimanus (Silence Bate). 



Synchelidium brevicatpum (Spence Bate). 



Pontucrates altamarinus (Spence Bate). 



Halimedon parciniunus (Spence Bate). 



Aplierusa hurealis. 



ParamphithvK )n<inocuspis, G. O. Sars. 



Megaluropits ayilis, Norman. 



Protomcdeiafasiiiata. 



Dnlichia falcata. 



Dulichia sp. 



Calanus Jinnmixhicus (Gunner). 



Other Things. 



Small round fish. 

 Small fiat fish (ear- 

 stones). 

 Annelid remains. 



