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former offshore, east of Noss Head ; the third male was taken 7 miles to the south 

 and east ; 5 of the females were found to the south and west, at 7, 7, 31, 38, and 

 80 miles ; another was taken 15 miles to the south and east, 1, 64 miles to the 

 north and east, near Fetlar, Shetland, and another 31 miles to the north and east 

 and 2 to the north and west, at 14 and 27 miles ; the fish taken at Fetlar had 

 moved rapidly, at the rate of 4 miles per day ; the mean rate of movement of the 

 other plaice recaptured this month varied from 2-2 to 40 miles per 10 days. 



In November, 5 males, 4 females, and 1 of unknown sex were recaptured. Four 

 of the females were taken to the south and west, at distances of 24, 62, 67, and 

 150 miles, the first E.S.E. off Sumburgh Head, the second off Koseness, Orkney, 

 the third N.N.E. oft" Buchanness, and the fourth to the south-east of Aberdeen ; 



1 of the males was found 69 miles to the south and west, at the entrance to the 

 Pentland Firth ; another, 16 miles to the north and west ; a third, 27 miles to the 

 north and east, east of Sumburgh Head, and the other 2, 20 and 37 miles to the 

 south and east ; the fish of unknown sex was taken 13 miles to the north and 

 west. 



Altogether, in this quarter, 31, or 23-7 per cent., were recovered, of which 15 

 (48-4 per cent.) were found to the south and west, at an average distance of 51 

 miles in the mean direction S. 45° W. ; 6 (19-3 per cent.) were taken to the south 

 and east, 5 to the north and west, and 5 to the north and east. 



Second Quarter. ^"rhTue males were recaptured in December, 1 near land, 

 north of Sumburgh Head, Shetland, 28 miles to the north and east, another north 

 and east of Kinnaird Head, offshore, 60 miles to the south and west, and the 

 third 7 miles E.N.E. of Aberdeen, 142 miles to the south and west ; the mean 

 rate of movement of this fish was 15-1 miles per 10 days. 



Six males and 5 females were taken in January 1911, all but 1 to the south 

 and west ; the exception was a male, captured 5 miles N.E. of Noup Head, 

 Orkneys, 61 miles to the north and west ; another male was taken at an unspecified 

 place in the Moray Firth ; of those which migrated to the south and west, 1 female 

 was taken 18 miles distant, another 50 miles, east of the Orkneys ; 2 females and 

 a male were recaptured near the Pentland Skerries, at the entrance to the Pentland 

 Firth, at 70 and 72 miles ; a male was captured in Sinclair Bay, near Wick, Moray 

 Firth, 89 miles distant, and a female and a male south-east of Noss Head, Moray 

 Firth, at 88 and 89 miles ; the remaining male was taken 1^ miles off Knock Head, 

 Banff, Moray Firth, at a distance of 116 miles. 



Six females were taken in February 1911, 1, 26 miles to the east and north, 



2 to the north and west, at 7 and 38 miles, the fourth 46 miles to the south and 

 west, the fifth 1 mile off Keiss, Wick, in the Moray Firth, 90 miles to the south 

 and west, and the remaining female at Banff, Moray Firth, 116 miles to the south 

 and west. 



In this quarter, 20, or 15-3 per cent., were got, of which 15, or 75 per cent., 

 were found to the south and west, 1 at an unknown place in the Moray Firth, 

 and the other 14, or 73-7 per cent., at an average distance of 80 miles in the mean 

 direction S. 56° W. ; 3 (15-8 per cent.) were caught to the north and west, and 

 2 to the north and east. 



Third Quarter. — In March, 6 males and 3 females were taken ; the position 

 of 1 female, found in a consignment of fish from Granton, was not ascertained ; 

 all the others were found to the westwards and south-west. One, a male, was 

 caught east of the Orkneys, at 44 miles ; another, a female, in the Moray Firth, 

 south-east of Noss Head, at a distance of 98 miles ; 2, a male and a female, were 

 taken off Strathie Point, on the north coast, 110 and 112 miles to the west and 

 south ; and another male a little farther to the west, off Rabbit Islands, at 122 

 miles ; another male was taken on the west coast, south of Cape Wrath, at 158 

 miles ; another male was recaptured IJ miles off Banff, on the south coast of 

 the Moray Firth, at 117 miles, and the last male was taken 8 miles off Buchanness, 

 130 miles distant. 



In April, 5 males and 2 females were got, all to the west and south, a male at 

 21 miles ; 4, 2 males and 2 females, were taken east of the Orknevs at 45 and 

 47 miles ; 2 males were taken to the westwards, one 4 miles S.E. of Stack Skerry, 

 north-east of Cape Wrath, and the other 6 miles north of Loch Erribol near Cape 

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