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These particulars are set fortli in the following table : — ^ 



Five of the remaining fishes were recaptured in 1912. Tw^o were taken in 

 September, 1, a female, of 40-42*7 cm., and " nearly ripe," after 376 days, on the 

 station, without having apparently migrated at all ; the other was a male, of 36*5- 

 39-2 cm., also taken after 376 days, offshore, to the south and east of Buchanness, 

 at a distance of 59 miles. 



Two females were recaptured in October, 1, of 42-46-6 cm., after 391 days, to 

 the east of the Bell Rock, at a distance of 15 miles ; the other, measuring 40-44-3 

 cm., was caught, after 402 days, far offshore, to the east of the Berwickshire coast, 

 at a distance of 50 miles to the south and east. 



A female, of 36-5-48-4 cm., was caught in November, after 431 days, 26 miles 

 farther to the east, at a depth of 40 fathoms. 



Five were taken in 1913. In March, 2 females and 1 male were got ; 1 of the 

 females, measuring 43-46 cm., and "spent," was caught, after 561 days, in the 

 Firth of Forth, near Klie, at 46 miles distant to the westwards ; the other female, 

 of 41'5-44-5 cm., was taken 26 miles E. ^ S. of Scarborough, 132 miles to the south 

 and east ; the condition of the ovaries was not recorded ; the male, of 33-5-37-9 

 cm., and described as " spent," was caught, after 555 days, ofi Noss Head, at a 

 distance of 131 miles to the north and east. 



