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little ; 2 Unclassified, $, 27, 28 cm. : fat, great quantity. The food con- 

 sisted of schizopods; some stomachs were empty. 



East Coast.— Firth of Forth, 5th June 1903:— 23 Imm., 10-14 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity to little or none ; 8 Imm., 17 to 20 cm. : eggs, '15, 2 

 mm. : o, 2 -5, 3 mm. : t, 2, 3 mm. : fat, large quantity to none. 



East Coast. — Aberdeen, 90 miles east of, 5th June 1908: — 23 Spents 

 (previous summer), 23 to 26 cm. : eggs, •25--4 mm.: o, 7-11 mm.: t, 6-10 

 mm. : fat, large quantity, some ; 8 S. Spr., 23 to 26 cm. : eggs, •32-'4 mm. : 

 o, 7-1 1 mm. : t, 6"5-15 mm. : fat, large quantity, some : one of these S. Spr. 

 was a " full " male. In the majority the stomachs were empty ; some con- 

 tained copepod.i. 



East Coast.— Aberdeen, 19th and 23rd June 1908: — 4 Spents (previous 

 summer), $, 24, 25 cm. : eggs, •27-'5 mm.: o, 6-10 mm.: fat, much, some; 

 4 S. Spr., 24 to 26 cm. : eggs, -35, -7 mm. : o, 9, 16 mm. : t, 8, 14 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity, a little. Crustacea were found in one stomach ; the 

 other stomachs were empty. 



East Coast.— Peterhead, 42 miles N. by E., 20th June 1906:— 29 

 Spents, 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, '15 to '3 mm. : o, 5-10 mm. : t, 5 to 10 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity, very little ; 12 S. Spr., 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, •3-"5 mm. : 

 o, 5-9 mm. : t, 6-25 mm. : fat, large quantity, practically none ; 11 Un- 

 classified, 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, -25 mm. : o, 3-7 mm. : t, 4-6 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, some. The majority had empty stomachs; a few had a little food 

 in the stomach. Some of the S. Spr. may be summer spents (of last year), 

 while the Spents probably consist of the same class. 



East Coast. -Wick, 30 miles E. by N. of, 28th June 1906:— 5 Imm, 

 dev., 22 to 24 cm. : eggs, "3 mm. : o, 6 mm. : t, 3, 5 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, .some ; 22 Spents, 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, •2-*5 mm. : o, 5-9 mm. : 

 t, 5-13 mm. : fat, large quantity ; 9 S. Spr., 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, •35-'45 

 mm. : o, 5-7 mm. : t, 16, 20 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little: 5 Unclassi- 

 fied, 21 to 24 cm. : t, 6 mm. : fat, large quantity. Some stomachs were 

 empty ; others contained copepods. These herrings were fat, but not so fat 

 as the Castlebay herrings. As to the exact description of the " Spents," it 

 is difficult to decide to what spawning they belong. They were to all 

 appearance spent fishes, that is, so far as the reproductive organs went ; but 

 all, even those with eggs as small as '2 mm., had a large quantity of 

 abdominal fat. One of these having eggs "2 mm. I had desci'ibed as " ap- 

 parently just spent." It is no doubt a winter spent, or may be a spring 

 spent, while those having larger eggs might be autumn or early winter 

 spents. One of the S. Spr., a male, was a full herring. 



East Coast. — Lerwick, 50-70 miles E. of Bressay, 29th June 1906: — 



I Imm., 27 cm. : fat, large quantity : 9 Spents, 25 to 27 cm : eggs, •2-'5 mm : 

 o, 5-14 mm.: t, 17 mm.: fat, large quantity, some; 31 S. Spr. dev., 24 to 

 27 cm.; eggs, ■3--8 mm.: o, 7-22 mm.: t, 7-17 mm.: fat, large quantity, 

 some; 3 S. Spr. F., 26, 27 cm; t, 20 mm.: fat, large quantity; 5 Unclassi- 

 fied, 26, 27 cm. : eggs, "2 mm. ; o, 2, 5 mm. : t, 4, 7 mm. : fat, large quantity. 

 Most of the stomachs were empty ; a few copepods were found in three 

 stomachs. Some of the spents appeared to be "just spent." One J was 

 paitly spent. 



Immatukb. — 10 to 28 cm. : eggs, l-"25 mm. : o, 2-6 mm. : t, 2-8 mm. : fat, 

 from "a great quantity," to "little or none." 



Imm. Dev. — 22 to 24 cm.: eggs, 3 mm.: o, 6 mm.: t, 3, 5 mm.: fat, 

 large quantity, some. 



W. Spt. — 19 to 31 cm. : eggs, •1--3 mm. : o, 4-15 mm., skin-like : t, 1-5- 



II mm., skin-like : fat, "large quantity" to " very little." 



Spents (previous summer or autumn) — 22 to 27 cm. : eggs, •25-*5 mm.: 

 o, 5-14 mm. : t, 5-17 mm.: fat, "large quantity," "some." 

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