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(4) ABERDEEN BANK. 



Forty-two " spawning " plaice were recaptured from the experiments at Aber- 

 deen Bank, 24 males, 17 females, and 1 whose sex was not recorded. Thirty-eight 

 of these fish had migrated to the north and west, towards the coast of Aberdeen 

 and the Moray Firth ; 11 were recaptured at short distances to the north and 

 west, off the coast of Aberdeen, at from 8 to 15 miles ; 2 were taken off Buchan- 

 ness, 1 at a distance of 26 miles, and the other at 35 miles ; 1, 7 miles south-east 

 of Aberdeen, at a distance of 26 miles, and 1 off Aberdeen Bay, at a distance of 

 30 miles ; no less than 16 were got in the Moray Firth, 10 at or near Banff, at a 

 distance of 77 miles, 4 on the north coast at from 104 to 110 miles, 1 in the Dornoch 

 Firth, at a distance of 119 miles, and 1 off Burghead (on the south shore) at 106 miles 

 distant ; 3 were recaptured at the mouth of the Moray Firth, at 71, 88, and 103 miles 

 distant ; 2 on the north coast of Scotland, at 148 and 150 miles ; 1 to the north- 

 east of the Orkne3's, at a distance of 140 miles ; and 1 on the west coast of Scot- 

 land, 11| miles W.S.W. of Cape Wrath, at a distance of 197 miles. Four were 

 recovered to the south and west, at distances of from 20 to 45 miles. 



(5) ABERDEENSHIRE COAST. 



We may include under this heading 6 " spawning " fish, 3 males and 3 females, 

 recaptured from the experiment at Cruden Scaurs, off the coast of Aberdeen. Of 

 these, 1 was taken 49 miles to the south aiid west, oft" the Bell Rock, a distance of 

 49 miles ; 2 in the Moray Firth, 1 near Banff, at 61 miles distant, and the other 

 in the Dornoch Firth, at a distance of 104 miles ; 1 was found south-west from 

 Rackwick Bay, on the west of the Orkneys, at a distance of 129 miles ; 1, off 

 Auskerry, to the east of the Orkneys, at a distance of 117 miles; and the sixth, 

 14 miles S.S.E. of Fair Isle, at a distance of 133 miles to the north and east. 



One " spawning " male was recaptured from the experiment off Rattray 

 Head ; it was taken 6 miles off Clythness, in the Moray Firth, at a distance of 

 64 miles. 



A " spawning " male was also recaptured from the experiment off Kinuaird 

 Head : it was taken near Smith Bank, in the Moray Firth, at a distance of 33 miles. 



(6) MORAY FIRTH. 



Nineteen fish, namely, 16 males and 3 females, were taken in a " spawning " 

 condition from the experiments made at Smith Bank. Of these, 15 were recaptured 

 within the Moray Firth itself ; 9 were taken in the Dornoch Firth and near Tarbet 

 Ness, at distances of from 27 to 44 miles ; 7 were found on the north coast of the 

 Firth, at distances of from 9 to 24 miles ; of the remaining 3 fish, 2 were taken 

 on the north coast of Scotland, at distances of 57 and 69 miles respectively, and the 

 third 18 miles N.N.E. of Kinnaird Head, at a distance of 24 miles from the place 

 of liberation. 



From the experiment at Burghead Bay, on 12th December 1913, 9 " spawning" 

 plaice, 7 males and 2 females, were recaptured ; one of these was taken on the 

 north coast of Scotland, at a distance of 105 miles, and all the others in the Moray 

 Firth, 5 near Tarbet Ness, at distances of from 11 to 16 miles, 3 on the north coast, 

 at 6, 17, and 28 miles. 



From the experiment at Dornoch Firth, on 23rd April 1910, a male and a 

 female in the " spasming ' condition were recovered, both at a distance of 8 miles 

 to the south-east of Tarbet Ness. 



From the experiment off Covesea Light, on 27th July 1910, 1 " spawning " 

 fish, a male, was recaptured, on the west coast, in the North Minch, at a distance 

 of 152 miles. 



From the experiments off Tarbet Ness, in April and September 1911, 5 " spawn- 

 ing " fish, 3 males and 2 females, were got ; 3 were taken in the Moray Firth, 2 off 

 Tarbet Ness, at 7 and 15 miles, and 1 off Clyth Ness, at a distance of 17 miles ; of 

 the other 2, 1 was recaptured on the north coast of Scotland, at a distance of 66 miles, 

 and the other on the west coast, 16 miles W^.S.W. of Cape Wrath, at a distance of 

 124 miles. 



