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The annexed list contains the names of all the organisms observed : — 

 List of Organisms from the Stomachs of Greater Sand-eels. 



Crustacea. 



Other Things. 



Calanns finmarchicAis (Gunner). 

 Pseudocalanus elongatns, Boeck. 

 Temora longicornis (O. F. Miiller). 

 Gentropages typicus, KrOyer. 

 Ectinosoma sp. 

 Stenhelia sp. 

 Lichoviolgus sp. 

 Balanus (cypris stage). 



Young Mytilis. 



Long Rough Dab. Drepanopsetta platessoides (Fabr.). 



The stomachs of one hundred and five Long Rough Dabs, chiefly small 

 specimens, have been specially examined ; twenty-eight from the Shetland 

 district were collected on Se"ptember 4th, 1900, and other five on May 

 17th, 1901 ; sixty specimens from the Firth of Forth were collected in 

 May, 1901, and other six on July 13th. Six specimens from deep water 

 about ten miles off Aberdeen were collected on September 3rd, 1901. 



The food observed in the stomachs of the specimens from Shetland, 

 which were collected sixty-five miles south-east of Sumburgh Head on 

 September 4th, 1900, was in some cases largely composed of the remains 

 of Annelids, \while in others it consisted chiefly of Starfish remains. 

 The length of the specimens ranged from 4^'^, cm. to 16 cm., but fully 

 57 per cent, were under 10 cm., and it was the food of the larger 

 specimens that was composed chiefly of Annelids, while that of the smaller 

 consisted for the most part of small Starfishes (Ophiurids). Small Crustacea 

 were also moderatel;^ frequent in the stomachs of both the larger and smaller 

 fisiies, but Mollusca were rarely obtained. The Crustacea included 

 examples of several groups. The Decapoda were represented by small 

 Hermits, the species of which could not be clearly made out ; Erytlirops 

 serrafa represented the Schizopoda, and Hemilamiyrops rosea a.nd Diasfyhs 

 sp. the Sympoda. The Amphipoda comprised several species, such as 

 Hij^pomedondenticidahis^HaHmedoiipan^imanihs^Amiieliscamacrocppliala, 

 the rare DuUchia monacantlui, and others. Cyflipre dunelmemis and 

 liyfhocythere simple.'- represented the Ostracoda, but the only Copepoda 

 observed were Calanus fintnarchicus and "Temora longicornis. The second 

 sample from Shetland was from 8-5 fathoms and collected on May 17th, 

 1901 ; the specimens of this sample measured 71, lOJ, 12^ 14^, and 18| 

 centimetres respectively. In the stomach of the first two, specimens of 

 Leucon nasica and some other Crustacean remains were observed ; in the 

 stomach of the second there were two small specimens of Natica and of 

 two other small univalves (imperfect), all of them containing Hermit Crabs ; 

 the stomach of the third contained two Naticas and a few very young 

 Fusus sp., all with Hermits ; the fourth had in its stomach several small 

 Naticas, one specimen of the somewhat rare Adeorhis subcarinafus and a 

 Trophon (or Difrancia) sp., all of which had small Hermits located in 

 them ; in the stomach of the fifth, a specimen of Anapagurus livvis was 

 found occupying the shell of a small Natica, and there were also one or 

 two small Fusus containing hermits, even the shell of a Ditrupa was 

 observed which had been utilised by a tiny Hermit ; this last was the only 



