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stomach of the present sample in which the remains of Starfishes were 

 observed. 



Of the sixty specimens from the Firth of Forth collected during May, 

 1901, thirty-four measured from 7^ to 9^ centimetres and twenty-six 

 from 101 to 19^ centimetres in length. Crustacea formed the principal 

 part of the food of all the specimens, the only difference was that 

 Ostracoda and Copepoda, which were frequent in the stomachs of the 

 smaller fishes, were seldom observed in those of the larger. The remains 

 of Annelids were not very commoa, and Starfish remains were rarely 

 noticed. The shells of small univalve Molluscs containing Hermits were 

 met with in one or two of the stomachs. The variety of the Crustacean 

 species was considerable, but none of the larger Decapods were obtained, 

 Crangon (1) allmcmni, which was not observed very often and was usually 

 in a more or less fragmentary condition, was the largest of the Crustacea 

 noticed. Eri/fJirops goesii, Schistomysis ornata, 'and Leucon nasica 

 occurred very frequently ; Pseudocuma cercaria, Diadylis lucifera, and 

 one or two other species of Sympoda were also observed. No Isopod 

 species was obtained in the stomachs of this sample. The Amphipoda 

 were represented by a number of species, some of them being rare forms ; 

 their names are all entered in the tabulated list, but a few may be given 

 here : — Ampelisca macrocephaJa, Ampelisca hrevicornis, Haploops 

 tuMcola, AmpMloclms tenuiraanus, Cheirocrates sundewalli, Protomedeia 

 fasciata, Didicliia mo7iacantha (not previously noticed in the Firth of 

 Forth), and others. Bytliocytliere simplex and Oythere dunelmensis. 

 belonging to the Ostracoda, were occasionally noticed, so also were the 

 two species of Copepoda — Longipedia coronata and Rohertsonia tenuis. 

 Other things observed included larval Balani (cypris stage) and several 

 Anemones. The sample of Long Rough Dabs from the Firth of Forth 

 collected at Station V. on July 13th, which were all under 10 centimetres 

 in length, did not have very much food in their stomachs, and what 

 was of it consisted chiefly of Crustacea. Ampelisca assimilis and 

 Erichthonius deformis were observed in these stomachs and were the 

 only species satisfactorily identified. 



Six specimens from the deep water off Aberdeen collected on September 

 3rd, 1901, had an average length of about 13 centimetres. The food 

 contained in their stomachs was very similar to that observed in the 

 specimens from the Firth of Forth. 



The following list contains the names of the various organisms referred 

 to in the preceding notes : — 



List of Species Found in the Stomachs of Long Rough Dabs. 



