CONTENTS. 
GENERAL STATEMENT, . “ 
Investigations on board TEARLEES, 
The relative Abundance, Distribution, and Migrations of the 
Food Fishes, . 
The Hatching and annie of Fishes, 
The Development and Life-History of the Shore Cimb., 
The Invertebrate Fauna, ‘ 
The Distribution, &c., of the Midler 
The Food of Fishes, S 
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 
I. Investigations on the Abundance, Distribution and Migrations 
of the Food Fishes. By Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., 
Scientific Superintendent (Plate I.), 
I. Investigations on Board Steam Trawlers— 
1. The Moray Firth and Aberdeen Bay in May, . 
2. The Deep-water Grounds in May, 
3. The Great Fisher Bank and North-Eastern Gry © 
in June, 
4. The Moray Firth and Abeniven Bae in Ocha: 
The Relative Efficiency of the Beam and Otter Trawl, 
II. The Special Statistics of North Sea Fisheries, 
Ill. The Distribution, Migrations, &c., of the Food Fishes— 
Plaice (Plewronectes platessa), ; 
Flounder (P. flesus), : 
Common Dab (P. limanda), 
Lemon Dab (P. microcephalus), 
Witch (P. cynoglossus), 
Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiff), 
Scald-fish (Platophrys laterna), 
Turbot (Bothus maximus), 
Brill (B. rhombus), : 
Halibut (Hippoglossus vulgaris), 
Little Sole (Solea lutea), 
Sole (Solea vulgaris), 
Cod (Gadus callarias), 
Coal-fish (G. virens), 
- Pollack (G. pollachius), 
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