14 Part I1T.— Twenty-first Annual Report. 
The examination of the stomach of a small specimen of the 
common porpoise captured in the Bay of Nigg, in the vicinity of the 
Laboratory, showed how destructive these cetaceans may be among 
the food fishes. Besides the partly-digested remains of fishes, 
apparently whitings, it contained the ear-bones of about one hundred 
and forty whitings, as well as those of other gadoids, which had 
been evidently eaten and digested a short time previously. On the 
other hand it was found that the king-fish (Lampris luna) lived 
chiefly on cephalopods, the horny jaws of fifty-four being found in 
the stomach of one specimen. 
We have the honour to be, 
Your Lordship’s most obedient Servants, 
ANGUS SUTHERLAND, Chairman. 
D. CRAWFORD, Deputy-Chairman. 
D’ARCY W. THOMPSON. 
W. R. DUGUID. 
L. MILLOY. 
D. MEARNS. 
WM. C. ROBERTSON, Secretary. 
