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Part 111. — Tiveidy-seventh Annual Hejjort 

 Herrings from Clyde and East Coast. 



October. 



Clyde.— 5 miles off Davaar I., 16th October 1907 :— 26 Aut. Spr., 23 to 

 32 cm. : eggs, -9 inm. : o, 20, 26 cm. : t, 20-28 mm. : fat, large quantity, 

 a little ; 1 S. Spt. c?, 27 cm. : fat, none ; 39 W. Spr., 24 to 29 cm, : eggs, 

 '4- -8 mm. : o, 8-20 mm, : t, 10-19 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little. 

 Some of the herrings, both autumn and winter spawners, had copepods in 

 their stomachs ; others of both lots had empty stomachs. The summer 

 spents had food in their stomachs. 



Clyde — Lower Loch Fyne, north of Ardlamont, 2nd October, 1906 : — 

 14 imm., 19 to 24 cm. : eggs, -15 mm. : o, 2, 3 mm. : t, 2 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, some; 35 Imm. dev., 19 to 24 cm. : eggs, •2--4, -7 mm. ; 

 o, 3-10 mm. : t, 3-15 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little ; 47 W. Spr., 2(i 

 to 26 cm. : eggs, ^35 - ^75 mm. : o, 5 - 18 mm. : t, 10- 17 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, practically none : 2 Aut. Spr. ^, 24, 25 cm. : t, 20, 23 cm. : fat, 

 large quantity. Two herrings had some food in the stomach ; the rest had 

 empty stomachs. 



Clyde. — Upper Loch Fyne, near Inveraray, 8th October, 1906 : — 

 19 Aut. Spr. F., 30 to 32 cm. : eggs, LO, L35 mm. ; o, 26, 27 mm. ; 

 t, 24-33 mm. : fat, some, practically none; 23 W. Spr., 28 to 32 cm. : 

 eggs, ^4-^9 mm. : o, 16-26 mm. : t, 20, 24 mm. ; fat, lai-ge quantity, 

 none. All the stomachs were empty. A white paste containing remains 

 of Crustacea was found in the pylorus in sevei'al cases. One stomach was 

 in an apparently resting condition ; it did not seem to have contained 

 food for some little time. 



West Coast. — 35 miles N.W. of Inishtrahull Light, Ireland, landed at 

 Aberdeen by steam trawler, 29th October, 1907 :— 8 Aut. Spr. F , 30 to 35 

 cm. : eggs, 1-0 mm. : o, 25, 29 mm. : t, 30, 35 mm. : fat, a little. In the 

 stomach of one there were a few copepods. The others had empty stomachs. 



