248 
Vaunthompsonia cristata, (14) 158; (15) 
134. 
rosea, (4) 164. 
Vela, Senor R. Gutierran, (8) 21, 353; 
(9) 389, 421; (11) 487; (12) 403. 
Velutella flewilis, (15) 120. 
Velutina levigata, (15) 120. 
Vendace (Coregonus vandesius), spawning 
period of, (6) 252. 
Tenilia gracilis, (6) 253. 
Venus casina, (15) 127. 
—— fasciata, (15) 127 ; (20) 527. 
gallina, (15) 127. 
—— minima, (8) 331. 
ovata, (15) 127. 
Verasper, (18) 352. 
Vermes of Loch Fyne, (15) 157; (16) 273. 
pelagic, of Firth of Forth, (16) 190. 
Vermiculum bicorne, (7) 313. 
oblongum, (7) 312. 
Verneuilina polystropha, (16) : 
Verrucca stromia, (6) 237 ; (15) 
(23) 130. 
Vertebralina striata, (7) 312. 
Vertigo antiveitigo, (14) 168, 169. 
Vesicularia spinosa, (15) 157. 
Virbius fasciger, (6) 260. 
varians, (6) 260. 
Virguaria mirabilis, (15) 163. 
Virgulina schreibersiana, (7) 315; (16) 
276. 
Vitality of eggs of ballan wrasse, (5) 
2 
a 
of fishes caught in trawl-nets, 
of young lobsters, (23) 67. 
Viviparous blenny. See Blenny, vivi- 
parous. 
Volvox globator, (9) 275. 
Volvula acuminata, (15) 115. 
W 
WappineTon, Mr H. T., (22) 125. 
Walker, Mr A. O., (10) 244. 
Wallace, Mr William, (14) 223. 
Walpole, Sir Spencer, (10) 173. 
Wattel, M. Raveret, (7) 384; (8) 21; (11) 
21, 487; (13) 16. 
Weber, Prof. Max, (6) 306. 
Webster, Mr H. A., (7) 384. 
Weever, young stages of, (9) 324. 
greater and lesser, question of 
specific distinction of, (4) 207. 
reater (Tvrachinus draco), (4) 207 ; 
(7) 326; (8) 357. 
— spawning period of, (4) 244; 
(7) 197. 
lesser (Z’rachinus vipera), (4) 207; 
(18) 277 ; (21) 69. 
eggs of, (14) 223; (16) 
(17) 83, 93, 96. 
— — embryo of, (16) 214. 
—— —— fecundity of, (9) 251. 
food of, (20) 486, 493. 
larger on East Coast than on 
West, (21) 71. 
migration of, (21) 70. 
proportion of sexes in, (21) 70. 
114; 
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Weever, lesser, size of males and females, 
(21) 70. 
spawning period of, (4) 244. 
Weirs, destruction of immature fish by, 
(8) 190. 
fishing by means of, (8) 190. 
Weldon, Mr W. F. R., (6) 299; (8) 361. 
West Coast expedition of ‘‘ Garland,” 
(11) 15, 23, 167. 
fishing ground on, (7) 5. 
of Scotland, vertebrate fauna of, (7) 
385. 
Westwoodia carinata, (8) 326. 
nobilis, (4) 152; (6) 240; (15) 152; 
(21) 130. 
Westwoodilla ceecula, (10) 263. 
hyalina, (10) 263. 
Whale, notes on Greenland whalebone, 
(7) 365. 
Whales in Spanish waters, (8) 370. 
Whelks, injuries to hooked fishes by, (4) 
204. 
Whiff. See Megrim. 
Whitch. See Witch. 
White, Dr P., (7) 385. 
Whitebait, (22) 171. 
nature of, (4) 98. 
Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis), com- 
position of, (5) 228. 
digestibility of, (5) 228. 
Whiting (Gadus merlangus), (18) 282. 
age of, at first-maturity, (19) 189; 
(20) 400. 
arrangement of muscles in, (4) 168. 
cross-fertilisation of, with grey 
gurnard, (8) 358. 
distribution of adult and immature, 
(8) 175. 
—— distribution of eggs of, (15) 225. 
eggs of, (7) 306; (8) 284; (16) 91, 
114; (17) 82, 83, 84, 93, 96, 103, 106. 
fecundity of, (9) 256. 
food of, (5) 317; (7) 230, &c. ; (8) 
231, 243, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256 ; 
(9) 230, 235, &e. ; (10) 217, 227, 231; 
(20) 486, 513. 
growth of, (8) 175; (11) 196; 
204; (19) 154, 166; (20) 335, 368. 
-— growth of, comparative, in different 
regions, (20) 399. 
immense shoals of young, in Firth 
of Forth, (8) 175. 
in Loch Fyne, (4) 232; (15) 111. 
—— larva of, (16) 215. 
—— life-history of, (15) 194. 
mature and immature, (8) 175. 
—— parasites of, (18) 178; (19) 121, 146, 
149; (23) 108. 
pelagic habit of young, (20) 387. 
post-larval forms of, (7) 308. 
proportion of immature, landed by 
trawlers, (22) 19. 
proportion of males to females, (8) 
349. 
relation of length to weight, (22) 
144, 148, 224. 
sexual proportions of, (10) 239. 
size, average, at maturity, (22) 150. 
size-limit between mature and im- 
mature, (22) 18. 
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