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The (•ollcctions i'runi utkcr ureas such as lilackjiuul, 

 North "Wales, and Port Erin have been interrupted from 

 the causes already mentioned, hut the information gained 

 from these, as to distribution, Sn-., vriW be o-ivcn where ii 

 appears useful. A report on the distribution of tlie 

 organisms from year to year may be given at a future date, 

 and will contain further details. The report g-iven last 

 year was only intended as a record of the monthly 

 occurrences of groups of organisms without mentioning 

 the genera an<l spertes, and was primarily ])repare<l for use 

 in the fisheimen's classes. 



The present report is the hrst, so far as we know, that 

 ch-als with the organisms present each month of the year 

 ill tlie waters of Cardigan liay. Sixty-six colh>ctii)ns 

 from this area have been examined. Of that number 

 thirty-one were taken by the steamer in various parts of 

 the bay, tweuty-two by D. Pritchard, Fishery Ofhcer at 

 Pwllheli, and fourteen by E. Williams, Fishery Officer al 

 New Quay. The following lists give the occurrence from 

 month to month of the organisms identified in the 

 Cardigan Bay tow-nettings. 



January. 



Autidytus prolifer, Sagitta bi])unctata, " Mitraria, 

 Meganyctiphaues norvegica, Calanus helgolandicus, 

 Pscudocalanus elongatus, Paracalanus parvus, Centro- 

 pages hamatus, Anomalocera patersoni, Acartia clausi, 

 Oithona similis. Fish eggs (Plaice). 



February. 



liiddulphia, Coscinodiscus, Medusoid gonophores, 

 Autolytus piolifc]', Sagitta bipunctata, " Mitraria,"' 

 " Mysis stage "" of Crangon, Calanus helgolandicus, 

 Pscudocalanus elongatus, Paracalanus paivus, Centrf)- 

 pages hamatus, Temru'a iougicf)rnis, Anomalocera 



