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Ammodytes tobianus, Lin, 
Several immature specimens of the lesser Sand-launce, captured in the 
North Sea and measuring from 5 to 7 inches in length, were examined, 
but the only organisms observed in their stomachs were one or two small 
fragments of Zoophytes. 
Drepanopsetta plattessoides (Fabr.). 
The examination of twenty-two Long Rough Dabs, chiefly of small 
size, yielded the following results :—Four contained nothing that could be 
identified ; Boreophausia sp. was found in one; Leptomysis gracilis (two 
specimens) occurred in one; and the remains of a Schizopod, the genus 
and species of which were doubtful, were observed in one. The remains 
of small Echinoderms, including a minute Echinus, the plates, pedicel- 
larie, and fragments of the arms of Brittle Star-fishes were obtained in the 
stomach of twelve of the fishes examined, while the remains of small 
Annelid tubes were observed in nine. A few specimens of Foraminifera, 
such as Globigerina, Discorbina, etc., probably derived from the worm- 
tubes, were also observed, but these only occurred in three stomachs. 
One of the fishes measured about seven inches, but the others ranged 
from three-and-a-half to about four-and-a-quarter inches in length. 
Pleuronectes cynoglossus, Linn, 
The stomachs of two Pole-dabs or Witches captured on the Fisher 
Bank were examined, and found to contain a considerable quantity of 
food; the contents of both were much alike and consisted almost 
entirely of small Crustaceans, and the following are the species identi- 
fied :—Diastylis resima, Lamprops rosea, Maera loveni (fragments), 
Ampelisca sp., and the remains of one or two other Cumaceans and 
Amphipods. Fragments of one or two small Annelids were the only 
other organisms observed. 
Argentina sphyrena, Lin. 
A number of Argentines were captured to the eastward of the Shetland 
Islands in December 1901, and the subsequent examination of their 
stomachs showed that they had been living chiefly on small Crustacea, 
Star-fish, and Annelids, but the contents of a considerable proportion of the 
stomachs were indistincuishable. The following tabulated results will 
show the nature and amount of the food observed. The lengths of tue 
fishes are in centimetres :-— 
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