32 Part III. — Twenty-s&v&ivth Annual Report 



July. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Brown Head, Arran, 5th July 1907 :— 74 W. 

 Spt., 22 to :^8 cm. : eggs, -IS-SS mm. : o, 3-5-12 mm. : t, 3-12 mm. : fat, 

 great quantity ; 6 W. Spr., 24 to 26 cm. : eggs, -25, '3 mm. : o, 6-9 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity. . In most herrings the stomach was empty ; there were 

 traces of food in some. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, 9th July 1908 :— 47 W. Spt., 21 to 28 cm. : 

 egg.-;, -IS-'SS : o, 4-10 mm. : t, 3-15 mm. : fat, large quantity, one had 

 "a little" ; 9 S. Spr., 22 to 26 cm.: eggs, •45--75 mm.: o, 9-13 mm.: t, 16, 

 18 mm. : fat, large c^uantity, " none." 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, Arran Shore, 26th July 1907 :-36 W. Spt., 22 

 to 27 cm. : eggs, -lb--?, mm. : o, 4-10 mm. : t, 2-5-15 mm. : fat, great 

 quantity ; 2 S. Spr., 24, 25 cm. (of these, one is a full male) : eggs, '5 mm. : 

 o, 9 mm. : t, 20 mm. : fat, lai'ge quantity, " practically none " ; 17 W. Spr., 

 21 to 26 cm. : eggs, -IS-'SS mm. : o, 3 -7 mm. : t, 25, 3 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity. Some had a large amount of food (copepods) ; others had empty 

 stomachs. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, 29th July 1908 :— 48 V/. Spt., 21 to 27 cm.: 

 eggs, -12 mm. : o, 2-6 mm. : t, 2-10 mm. ; 3 S. Spr. J., 23, 24 cm. : t, 14 

 mm. All have a great quantity of fat. 



Clyde. — Kilbrennan Sound, July 1905 : — 170 W. Spr. (including W. 

 Spt.), 20 to 26 cm. : eggs, -l-'SS mm. ; o, 2-10 mm. : t, 2-9 mm. : fat, 

 great quantity, some ; 25 S. Spr., 23 to 26 cm. : eggs, '4, "7 mm. : o, 5-15 

 mm. : t, 10-19 mm. : fat, great quantity. Some had large stomachs full 

 of copepods and schizopods ; others had their stomachs empty, in some 

 cases shrunken. 



Clyde.— Kilbrennan Sound, Pirnmlll, 30th July 1908 :— 72 W. Spt., 

 23 to 28 cm. : o, 3 mm. : t, 3, 4 mm. : fat, great quantity. Some had 

 copepoda in the stomach ; others had none, 



Clyde.— Off Sannox, Arran, 25th July 1905 :— 49 W. Spr., 19-25 cm. : 

 eggs, "l-'S mm. : o, 3-6 mm. : t, 2-8 mm. : fat, lai'ge quantity ; 4 S. Spr., 

 22-23 cm. : eggs, •4--6 mm. : o, 8-20 mm. : t, 10 mm. There were traces 

 of food in the alimentary canal. 



Clyde.— Rothesay, Ascog Bay, 8th July 1907 :— 31 W. Spt., 18 to 22 

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

 21 W. Spr., 18 to 21 cm. : eggs, •12--25 mm. : o, 2-4 mm. : t, 2-3 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity. Most of these herrings had stomachs filled with 

 Crustacea ; some had empty stomachs. 



Clyde.— Upper Loch Fyne, July 1905 :— 8 W. Spt., 24 to 30 cm. : 

 eggs, "35, "4 mm. : o, 4-15 mm. : t, 4-15 mm. : fat, great quantity; 54 

 W. Spr., 20 to 31 cm. : eggs, •25--35 mm. : o, 4-11 mm, : t, 3-10 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity; 103 S. Spr., 26 to 33 cm. : eggs, •4--8, V2 mm. : o, 

 8-25 mm.: t, 10-30 mm.: fat, much. Of the summer spawners, 

 37, viz., 1 $ and 36 S, are full herrings. As a rule there were only traces 

 of feeding. 



Clyde.— Upper Loch Fyne, 28th July 1906 :— 18 W. Spt., 20 to 24 

 cm. : eggs, •15--3 mm. : o, 5-10 mm. : t, 4, 5 mm. : fat, great quantity ; 

 35 W. Spr., 20 to 25 cm. : eggs, •l-"25 mm. : o, 4-6 mm. : t, 2-5 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity; 1 S. Spr. §, 23 cm.: eggs, -55 mm.: o, 11 mm.: 

 fat, great quantity. The stomachs contained no food, but the herrings 

 had been feeding recently. 



East Coast.— Eyemouth, 20 miles E.N.E., Uth July 1906 :— 4 Imm. 6, 

 21-23 cm.: t, 3, 4 mm. : fat, large quantity, some; 2 Spents (S. Spt. of 

 previous year) S, 22, 23 cm. : t, 18 mm. : fat, large quantity, some ; 45 S. 

 Spr., 21 to 26 cm. : eggs, •25--7, I'O mm. : o, 4-20 mm. : t, 5-26 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity to practically none. Of the summer spawners 6 were 



