of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
Lumpsucker, Paternal guardianship of 
the eggs of, 169. 
—— Rivalry of males, 172. 
—— Spawning of, 169. 
MAcKEREL (Scomber scombrus) : Otoliths 
of, 57. 
Marine fish-hatching : Report on, 108. 
Masterman, Dr. A. T., on growth of 
Herring, 298, 308. 
Maturity of fishes: Remarks on, 24. 
Maturity: Size of Herring at, 299. 
Maximum size attained by Herring, 301. 
Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiff) : Otoliths 
of, 71. 
Meyer, Dr. H. A., on growth of Herring, 
295. 
Migrations of Grey Gurnard: Relation 
of, to temperature, 236. 
Milroy, Professor T. H., on the food 
value of the Herring, 83. 
Moray Firth: Trawling investigations 
in, 18, 27, 31, 34. 
Muller’s Top-knot (Zeugopterus puncia- 
tus): Otoliths of, 71. 
Nannopus palustris, 278. 
Norway Haddock (Sebastes norvegicus) : 
Otoliths of, 54. 
Norway Pout (Gadus esmarkiz) ; Otoliths 
of, 64. 
—— Maturity of, 131. 
Specific characters of, 116, 134. 
Notes on natural history of Herring, 165. 
Notes on natural history of Sprat, 165. 
Notes on new and rare copepoda, 275. 
Nutritive value of spent Herring, 103. 
Orotitus of Angler, 77. 
—— of Argentine, 76. 
—- of Ballan Wrasse, 61. 
~ —— of Black Goby, 58. 
—— of Black Sole, 75. 
of Blue-mouth, 55, 
of Brassy, 63. 
—— of Brown Trout, 76. 
—— of Cat-fish, 59. 
= of ©od, GL: 
— of Coal-fish, 65. 
— of Common Dab, 74. 
— of Common Sea-bream, 54. 
—— of Conger, 79. 
— of Couch’s Whiting, 64. 
—— of Dragonet, 58. 
of fishes: Observations on, 48. 
—— of Flounder, 73. 
of Greater Fork-beard, 66. 
—— of Greater Weaver, 57. 
— of Grey Gurnard, 55. 
—— of Halibut, 69. 
-—— of Haddock, 62. 
—— of Herring, 77. 
—— of Jago’s Goldsinny, 61. 
—— of Lemon Dab, 73. 
— of Lesser Fork-beard, 68. 
— of Lesser Weaver, 57. 
—— of Ling, 67. 
—— of Lumpsucker, 59. 
—— of Mackerel, 57. 
~ — of Megrim, 71. 
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Otoliths of Muller’s Top-knot, 71. 
of Norway Haddock, 54, 
of Pike, 77. 
of Pilchard, 78. 
of Plaice, 72, 
of Pollack, 66. 
ot Poor-cod, 64. 
of Red Gurnard, 56. 
of Red Mullet, 54. 
of Roach, 77. 
of Salmon, 76. 
of Sand Smelt, 60. 
of Sapphirine Gurnard, 56. 
of Scald-fish, 72. 
of Sharp-tailed Lumpenus, 60. 
of Solenette, 75. 
of Speckled Goby, 58. 
of Spotted Dragonet, 58. 
of Sprat, 78. 
of Streaked Gurnard, 56. 
of Striped Wrasse, 61. 
of Thick-lipped Grey Mullet, 60, 
of Three-bearded Rockling, 67. 
of Turbot, 70. 
of Variegated Sole, 75. 
of Viviparous Blenny, 60. 
of Whiting, 65. 
of Witch, 74. 
of Worm Pipe-fish, 79. 
Parathelestris hibernica, 278. 
Paternal guardianship of the eggs of the 
Lumpsucker, 169. 
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) : Otoliths of, 53. 
Pike (Hsoa luctus): Otoliths of, 77. 
Pilchard (Clupea pilchardus): Otoliths 
of, 78. 
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa): Artificial 
propagation of, 110. 
Duration of spawning of female, 281. 
—— Eggs of, 288. 
—— Fecundity of, 281. 
— Growth of, 184, 
— Otoliths of, 72. 
—— Spawning of, 281. 
—— Spawning period of, 111, 281. 
—— Variation of growth with locality, 
184. 
Platychelipus littoralis, 278. 
Pogge (Agonus cataphractus) ; Otoliths of, 
56 
Pollack (Gadus pollachius) : Otoliths 1, 
66. 
Pontopolites typicus, 278 
Poor-cod (Gadus minutus): Otoliths of, 
64. 
— Reproduction of, 130. 
—— Ripe eggs of, 131. 
Specific characters of, 116, 133. 
Powan (Coregonus /avaretus): Otoliths of, 
Proportion of marketable and unmarket- 
able fishes, 17. 
Proportion of sexes in Herring, 332. 
Pseudodiosaccus propinquus, 278. 
Pseudothalestris major, 278. 
Rate of growth of fishes, 179. 
Red Gurnard (7vrigla pint): Otoliths of, 
56. 
