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Thirty-one of the reiuaiiiiiig fishes which were recaptured were caught in the 

 remainder of 1911. 



In June, 4 females and 2 males were taken, the position of 1 of the 

 males not being ascertained. The other male and 3 of the females were found 

 to the north and west, at distances of from 6 to 35 miles ; the remaining female was 

 taken 1| miles to the south-east of the place of liberation. 



Three males and 6 females were recovered in July. Two of the males and 3 of the 

 females were taken to the north-west, at distances of from 6 to 35 miles ; 1 male 

 and 2 females were captured at distances from 10 to 54 miles to the south-west, 

 off the Isle of May ; the remaining female was found at a distance of 16 miles to 

 the north-east. 



Two males and 5 females were recaptured in August, 1 of the males and 2 

 of the females at distances of from 5 to 28 miles to the north and west, and the 

 remaining 4 fishes to the south and west, at distances of from 15 to 72 miles ; 1 of 

 these, a female, was taken near the Bell Rock, and another female south-east of St. 

 Abb's Head, in the offshore waters, both being under adult size. 



In September. 3 females were recovered, one 24 miles to the south and west, 

 another 27 miles directly west, and the remaining fish 52 miles to the south-east, 

 offshore. 



In October, 1 male and 2 females were taken, the male and one of the females, 

 to the north-west, at 36 and 11 miles distant respectively, and the other female at 

 a distance of 85 miles to the south and east, far offshore. 



A male was taken in November, in the Moray Firth, at a distance of 97 miles to 

 the north and west. 



In December, 2 males were recovered, one 14| miles to the north-west, and the 

 other 21 miles to the north-east. 



Twenty of the marked plaice were recaptured in 1912. A female was taken in 

 the Moray Firth, off Clyth Ness, at a distance of 88 miles, after 597 days, and it was 

 " spawning." Three females were taken in February, 2 to the south-west, at 

 distances of 60 and 75 miles respectively, the latter, which measured 28-38-2 cm., 

 in the Firth of Forth, near EHe, and the former, of 25-34-7 cm., near the Isle of May, 

 both being " immature " ; the third female, of 32-42-3 cm., and " nearly ripe," 

 was taken to the east of Orkney, at a distance of 126 miles to the north and west. 



In Maich, 2 males and a female were taken, all to the north and west. One of 

 the males was got in the Moray Firth, at a distance of 117 miles, and was " ripe " ; 

 the other was also recovered in the Moray Firth, at 90 miles distant, but the con- 

 dition of the testes was not recorded ; the female, which measured 27-35-4 cm., 

 was recaptured 12 miles distant. 



Two females were caught in April, one 46 miles to the south and west, east of 

 the Isle of May. the other at a distance of 11 miles to the north and west. 



Three females were recaptured in May, the position of 1 not being recorded ; 

 1 was taken 35 miles to the north and west, and the other 8 miles to the south and 

 east. 



A male and a female were got in June, the male 23 miles to the north and west, 

 and the female 46 miles to the south and west, east of the Isle of May. 



A female was recaptured in Julv, 103 miles to the south and east, offshore, in 

 Lat. 57° 10' N. ; Long. 2° E. 



A male was recovered in August, but the place of capture was not recorded. 



In September, 1 male and 2 females were taken, the male 73 miles to the 

 north, off Kinnaird Head, and both the females to the south and west, at distances 

 of 10 and 24 miles respectively. 



A female was taken in December 13 miles to the north and east. 



Three of the marked plaice were recaptured in 1913. In February, a female, 

 which was " spawning," was caught 9 miles to the north and west. 



In May, a male and a female were recovered, the male at a distance of 22 miles 

 to the north and east, and the female offshore, at a distance of 65 miles to the 

 eastward. 



The 2 remaining fishes from this experiment were taken as follows : — A male 

 in the Moray Firth, north-east of Clyth Ness, at a distance of 106 miles in April, and 

 a female 18 miles to the north and west in May ; the former was " ripe," and the 

 latter " spent." 



