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at a distance of 57 miles to the south and west ; and in October, a female was 

 found near Scurd\aiess, Montrose, at a distance of 39 miles to the south and west. 



Thus, there were only 2 fish ('t'5 per cent.) recaptured in the fourth quarter. 



In the 12 months after liberation, 35 of the marked plaice, or 79-5 per cent., 

 were recovered, 18 (51-4 per cent.) to the north and west, 16 (45"7 per cent.) to 

 the south and west, and 1 to the north and east. These particulars are sum- 

 marised, quarterly, in the following table : — 



Of the remaining fish, only 1 was taken in the remainder of 1914, and 7 in 

 1915. 



In November 1914, a male was recaptured 38 miles to the south and west, 

 off-shore, to the north-east of St. Abb's Head. 



A female was caught in January 1915, 32 miles to the north and west, at 

 Aberdeen Bay, In February, a male was got only 4 miles to the north and west. 

 In April, a female went 24 miles to the south and west. In July, a female had 

 gone 30 miles to the north and west, nortJi-east of Aberdeen. In September, 

 2 females, were taken, 1, 2 miles to the south and west, and the other 8 miles to 

 the north and west. And, in November, after 732 days, a male was caught 13 

 miles to the north and west. 



(Table. 



