of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 205 
the beach, do not grow between October and April,* and that this is true 
also of larger plaice kept in tanks and supplied with water from the beach. 
It is probable that the young brill, living on the margin of the sea, does 
not increase in length from November till the latter part of March. 
In a subsequent year Cunningham records having placed some young 
brill in the pelagic transformation stage in tanks in June, On 19th 
October following three measured 80mm., 85mm., and 104mm., and on 
4th April in the next year one was 113mm.T 
Looking to the Table above given, it will be seen that under natural 
conditions the young brill in September may reach a length of 6cm. 
and even 8cem., while those taken in April of the following year may 
measure from 80mm. to 105mm.; in May they may be as small as 
74mm., 96mm., and 98mm., and in June as small as 89mm., that is, 
when fully one year old. 
Some years ago a record was kept at Montrose of small brill and turbot 
taken in May, June, and July in stake-nets, as previously mentioned. 
They were measured to fractions of an inch. ‘The total number of brill 
was 53, and 30 of them were taken in May, 16 in June, and 7 in July. 
The particulars are set forth in the appended Table. 
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t Jour. M.B.A., II., p. 106; III, p. 272. 
