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List of Species Found in the Stomachs of Gadns esmarkii. 



Whiting. Gadus merlangus, L. 



About two hundred and thirty-five specimens of Whitings have been 

 specially examined. A sample consisting of eight Whitings measuring 

 from 9 to 11^ centimetres, collected 65 miles south-east of Sumburgh 

 Head, had in their stomachs nothing that could be distinguished 

 except a small Crangon allrnanni ; a number of others from the same 

 locality were also examined, but with no better result. 



The stomachs of twenty-eight specimens ranging from Sf to H-g- 

 centimetres in length and captured in the vicinity of Aberdeen on 

 September 20th, 1900, nearly all contained food which consisted to a 

 large extent of small Crustacea; a considerable proportion of these belonged 

 to the Amphipoda, and included such well-known forme as Hippomedon 

 denticulatus, Bathyporeia sp., Pontocrates arenarms, Paratylus swammer- 

 dami, and others. Remains of small Schizopods (Mysidse) occurred in 

 several of the stomachs. Pseudocuma cercaria was also of frequent 

 occurrence, but the only species observed belonging to the Copepoda was 

 Temora longicornis, and it was only obtained in the stomachs of the 

 smaller fishes. The remains of Annelids occurred in several stomachs, 

 but Starfish remains were rare. Another sample of five specimens from 

 near the same locality as the last, but collected five days later, had nearly 

 the same kind of food in their stomachs. 



A number of Whitings — about forty-one in all — collected off Aberdeen, 

 between the 17th and 19th December, 1900, were also examined. The 

 lengths of these specimens ranged from 12 to 17| centimetres, and nearly 

 all of them had food in their stomachs ; the food, so far as it could be 

 identified, consisted mainly of Crustacea and Annelids. Crangon 

 allrnanni was moderately frequent, Pandalina hrenirostris was observed 

 once, Gasfrosaccus spinifer and the remains of other ^fysidae were obtained 

 in several stomachs, and specimens of Parathemisto were also not uncom- 

 mon. A small Sepiola occurred in one stomach, a small Long Rough 

 Dab about 3^ centimetres long was found in another, and the remains 

 of a small flat-fish (sp. 1) in a third. 



A sample collected ofi" Aberdeen in 65 fathoms on May 17th, 1900, is 



