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between two groups is about 13cm. to 14cm., the fish being aggregated 
at about 12cm. and 16cm. to 17cm. respectively. The figures of the total 
measurements arranged in centimetres are as follows :— 
tage 8) AO 0) LL A See I i) lO mei Spe ae Oe 
Del Or pe22 ee Ai eO4* 0 pemoiee 6711625 G2 Beas 9 2 - 
The corresponding figures for the individual collections are :— 
CminG as ao VOhel0! M2 13 also 5 Ghee Seal See 20a 
2 
Sepik B Wee SS0ae ig homme os 2 3 Qt See 
gee Oi ual WBS aA OT 89 19 44 ON 08 00+ akin ae 
Vibe Lad sail ao oimey “gattagiiah? gi og Uy eee 
er door Bb 2B. 1 Uae Age Oe alee cle hae a 
Small lemon dabs, though not quite so small, were also obtained in 
various hauls in the Firth of Forth and in the Clyde, the particulars of 
the measurements of which, arranged in ‘5cm. groups, are given in 
Tables XIV., XV. In May, in the Forth, a collection of 68 ranged in 
length from 10cm. to 30cm., four groups being probably, but unequally, 
represented. In the most outstanding the majority of the fishes are 
grouped around 15cm. to 17cm., and they are thus a little larger than the 
corresponding May collection from the Solway, where, as was previously 
shown, plaice and dabs at all events grow more slowly than on the east 
coast. It would appear that these fish are entering their third year, 
the two-year-old fish being represented by the few of a smaller size. 
There is a second aggregation of lemon dabs between 23cm. and 30cm., 
but they not improbably represent at least two series. The figures, 
as arranged in centimetre groups, are these :— 
LOWS WAS ab 1G 7s AS 5 9 20" 2M 22" 23 24 200 2Or 27 o one 
Ge 8 Die Ts eh odd ea O's Ate AS pa oe nee 
A small collection was also obtained in August, but the number was 
scarcely sufficient to give a reliable clue to the growth. Arranged in 
centimetres, the measurements are these :— 
9.10 Ut 420482 14D 15 16s i 1819) 720 2225 23) 24 25 2 eee 
VB a 2 a 2 PO tec GS 0 1D. o Be sO ae Te ees el 
The collections in the Clyde (Table XV.) were obtained in somewhat 
deep water in the neighbourhood of Ailsa Craig. In September, those 
taken numbered 79, and a curve of the measurements shows them mainly 
agcregated between 12cm. and 18cm., with a deeply-indented apex, the 
maxima being at 13cm. and 16cm., thus corresponding fairly closely to the 
collection from the Solway in the same month of the year. On the 5th 
October a number measured from 8cm. to 25cm., the mass _ being 
aggregated between 13cm. and 19cm., there also being an indentation in 
the curve at 15cm. The figures grouped in centimetres are these :— 
SOTO as 213 ielae 150 16h 7 Ie 920) 222 23 ee oD come 
1 Walk evens Sma’ omni irs eet oahu Seagal Ce: Wi lao Rael > Teak a peer Ye ce 
The collections from Aberdeen Bay were more numerous (Tables XIII, 
XIV). The largest was obtained on 21st August at the “ Doghole,” a 
