III this last liiuil, nearly all the stoiiiaclis of the dalis 

 cxaiuiiu'd were lialt ciuplv. 



Kith December. li»()-). ( )tf Patelies l^ioy. Abeiyst- 

 with : 



8 p 1 a i c e . H d a 1 > s . 



1. Soloi and poly- L Oph'inra alhhJa. 



chaetes. 2 to 4. do. do. 



2. Amphipod and Sohm. 5. Nereids. 



o to 8. Empty. (>. Soh'n, Scrjnda. Eiipa- 



(jiiniii hcniltardiiH. 



7. KiipaiiiiyiiH licrnliardua 



8. ()})Jiiura albida, 



PhUhw apcrta, crabs 

 One cod. caug-lit off Blackpool on (Sth December. 

 1905. The lish was a female ')7|iu. loiijj^, was in bad con- 

 dition when received, and the contents of the stomach had 

 nndei'g'one c(msiderable post-iuorfcm digestion. They 

 were : — 



•"! dabs, (iin. to 8in. long-; 

 7 other pleuronectid fishes ; 

 '] herring's (or sprats), oin. to Oin. long; 

 9 other ronnd fishes — not herring's; 

 1-) shrimps. 



There was, in addition, a larg^e mass of semi-digested 

 food matter in the stomach, most of Avhich consisted of 

 the disarticulated bones of fishes. 



4. Reproductive condition of Herring in Cardigan and 

 Carnarvon Bays in Winter. 



Thice lots of liening' caught in these areas were scut 

 to me by the bailiffs on Dr. -lenkins" instructions. They 

 were examined for the condition of the roes, and for the 

 food contents of the stomachs. The details are : — 



