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Cephalopoda. 



From Herring Nets. Todarodes {Ommatostre]ihes) 



sagittatus (Delle Chiaje). Station 2. 



From Stomach of a Cod. Eledone cirrosa (Lamk.). „ 2. 



Examination of Sea Bottom. 



Specimens of the deposits from thirteen localities have 

 been examined and the Foraminifera determined. 



Particulars as to locality, physical conditions, etc., are 

 given in the description of each sounding, No. 1 to 11 and 

 stations 1 to 5 corresponding to the headings of the columns 

 in the distribution table. 



Station 1. Flogger Light, W. J N. 25 miles. Depth, 125 

 fathoms. 

 Surface temperature, 53°'5; bottom temperature, 49°-3. 



A bluish sandy ooze, with fragments of Mollusca and 

 Echinoderms; Foraminifera abundant, both pelagic and bottom 

 living species, notably Glohigerina, the Arctic variety, G. 

 pachyderma, G. hdloides, also Discorlina and Trimcatulina. 



Station 5. Fair Island, S. J E. 18 miles. 



SuMBURGH Head, E. by S. J S. 18 miles. Depth, 

 70 fathoms. 



A brown shell sand made up chiefly of fragments of Gas- 

 teropod and Lamellibranch shells, Serpulce tubes, Polyzoa, 

 and a few Otoliths of fish, with a good quantity of quartz 

 sand; the Foraminifera were not common in quantity in this 

 deposit, although twenty-two species were obtained. 



Sounding 1. 27th June. Off Noss Head, W. J S. 27 miles. 

 Depth, 70 fathoms. 

 Surface temperature, 50°-2; bottom temperature, 49°-2. 



A gray sandy mud, containing many fragments of Gastero- 

 pod, Lamellibranch, and Echinoderm shells, with the follow- 

 ing types of Foraminifera : — Miliolina, Textularia, Uvigerina, 



