28 Fart III. — Twenty-seventh Annual Report 



great quantity; 1 S. Spr. ?, 25 cm. : eggs, -4 mm. : o, 10 mm. : fat, great 

 quantity ; 3 Unclassified, 24 cm. : o, 7 mm. : fat, great quantity. 



Clyde.— 4 miles W.N.W. of Girvan, 1st June 1906:— 48 Imm., 19 to 

 27 cm, : eggs, •1-2 mm. : o, 2-5-6 mm. : t, 2-8 mm. : fat, great quantity, 

 some; 20 W. Spt., 23 to 25 cm. : eggs, -1, -15 mm. : o, skin-like, 7-10 mm. : 

 t, skin-like, 5-9 mm. : fat, great quantity, a little ; 1 S. Spr. $, 23 cm. : 

 eggs, '35 mm. . o, 8 mm. : fat, great quantity; 16 Unclassified, 21 to 26 

 cm. : eggs, -1, -15 mm. : o, 5-8 mm. : t, 5 mm. : fat, great quantity, some. 

 The stomachs were full of copepods. 



OiiYDE. — Rothesay Bay, 1st June 1906 : — 89 Imm., 15 to 21 cm. : eggs, 

 •1 mm. : o, 4 mm. : fat, much. Most of the fishes had stomachs full of 

 copepods. 



Clyde. — Loch Fyne, between Laggan and Tarbert, 23rd June 1908 : — 

 70 W. Spt., 24 to 29 cm. : eggs, •1--25 mm. : o, 7-15 mm. : t, 6-10 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity. 



Clyde. — Loch Fyne, south of Tarbert, 13th June 1906 : — 56 Imm., 18 

 to 23 cm. : eggs, •l-'25 mm. : o, 2-5 mm. : t, 2-5 mm. : fat, great quan- 

 tity, some ; 16 W. Spt., 19 to 25 cm. ; eggs, •1--2 mm. , o, 2-7 mm. : t, 

 5 mm.: fat, large quantity; 17 Unclassified, 19 to 24 cm.: eggs, -1, '2 mm.: 

 o, 3-5 mm. ; t, 5 mm. : fat, large quantity. The stomach contained cope- 

 pods in many cases ; about half the total number were empty. 



Clyde.— Loch Fyne, Otter, 20th June 1907:— 1 S. Spr. $, 24 cm. : eggs, 

 5 mm. : o, 5 mm. : fat, great quantity ; 11 W. Spt., 21 to 25 cm. : o, 3-10 

 mm. : t, 3-6 mm. : fat, great quantity. Stomachs empty. 



Clyde. — Loch Fyne, Lochgair, 1st June 1906: — 38 Imm., 18 to 23 cm.: 

 eggs, •l-'2 mm. : o, 3, 4 mm.: t, 2-6 mm.: fat, great quantity; 15 W, Spt., 

 20 to 25 cm. : eggs, •!, "15 mm. : o, 5 and 6 mm. : t, 5 mm. : fat, great 

 quantity ; 20 Unclassified, 19 to 23 cm.: t, 5 mm.: fat, great quantity; 

 1 S. Spr. 5, 23 cm. : eggs, "3 mm. : o, 5 mm. ; fat, great quantity. The 

 stomachs, with a few exceptions, contained copepods ; a small proportion 

 were empty. 



Clyde. — Upper Loch Fyne, 9tli June 1906 : — 64 Imm., 16 to 21 cm. : 

 eggs, •l-'25 mm.: o, 2-4 mm.: t, 1*5-4 mm.: fat, great quantity; 4 

 S. Spr., 18 to 20 cm. : eggs, "35 and "4 mm. : o, 4 and 5 mm. : t, 6 and 7 

 mm. : fat, great quantity; 3 W. Spt., 21, 22 cm. : eggs, "1, •15 mm. : o, 

 4, 6 mm. : fat, great quantity. The stomachs were, with three exceptions, 

 empty ; three contained copepods. 



West Coast. — Off Lochboisdale, | mile from shor-e, 19th June 1906:— 

 68 Imm., 22 to 28 cm. : eggs, •l-"25 mm. : o, 2*5-5 mm. : t, 3-7 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity, some ; 25 W. Spt., 23 to 29 cm. : eggs, '2, '25 mm. : 

 o, 5-8 mm. : t, 8 mm. : fat, large quantity ; 8 S. Spr., 23 to 27 cm. : eggs, 

 •3-'4, I'l mm. : o, 5-15 mm. : t, 13, 14 mm. : fat, large quantity; 6 Un- 

 classified, 24 to 27 cm. : eggs, '15 mm. : o, 5 mm. : t, 6 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity. One of the S. Spr., viz., a 5, 25 cm., was full. The stomachs 

 contained copepods, in some cases in large quantity ; a few stomachs were 

 empty. 



West Coast.— ^ mile off Knock, Lewis, 28th June 1906 :— 8 Imm., 23 

 to 26 cm. : eggs, "15, '25 mm. : o, 4 mm. broad ; t, 3-4 mm. : fat, great 

 quantity ; 7 W. Spt., 25 to 27 cm. : eggs, •l-"3 mm. : o, 5-9 mm. : t, 5-7 

 mm.: fat, great quantity ; 12 S. Spr., 22-27 cm.: eggs, •3-"6 mm.: o, 5-12 

 mm. : t, 8-15 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little ; 6 Unclassified, 25 and 26 

 cm. : t, 6-12 mm. : fat, great quantity. The food found in the stomachs 

 was copepods, larvse of decapod Crustacea, sand-eels (ammodytes sp.). 



West Coast. — Stornoway, 1-3 miles off Tiumpan Head, 21st June 1907 : 

 — 41 W. Spt., 24 to 31 cm. : eggs, •15--25 mm.: o, 3-8 mm. : t, 5, 7 mm.: 

 fat, great quantity ; 1 S Spr. 5, 26 cm. : eggs, -45 mm. : o, 11 mm. : fat 

 great quantity ; 2 Full herrings, c?, half-spawned, 26, 27 cm. : fat, none, a 



