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XXYIII. 



SUEVEY OF FISHING GKOUNDS, WEST COAST OF IRE- 

 LAND, 1890-1891. REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE 

 FISHING OPERATIONS. By ERNEST W. L. HOLT, 



Assistant Naturalist to the Survey. 



(communicated by PEOrESSOE A. C. HADDON, M.A., E.Z.S.) 



[Bead November 18, 1891.] 



This Eeport consists (p. 227) of a list of the different kinds of fish 

 captured during the Survey, with the scientific and vernacular 

 names. In the case of each fish the vernacular name, which is first 

 given, will be that used throughout this and other reports. The 

 short list of alternative names has been mainly compiled from 

 Day's "British Fishes," and the scientific nomenclature and 

 classificatory order of that author has been followed throughout, 

 on account of his work being the only reliable book of reference 

 which is accessible to the public. The list of Irish names now in 

 use by the fishermen of Connemara was kindly furnished by the 

 Eev. Father Conway, p.p., of Carraroe. Other local names are 

 inserted from our own observations. 



A list follows (p 230) of the stations, with locality, date, sound- 

 ings, &c., and nature of fishing implements, together with a list of 

 the fishes, and a preliminary list of such invertebrates as have been 

 identified. The number of mature and immature fish in each 

 haul is shown, and a table, fully explained elsewhere, indicates 

 the limits of size between the immature and mature forms of each 

 species, upon which the distinction is based. Schedules follow 

 (p. 293), showing the exact numbers, size, weight, condition of 

 reproductive organs, and contents of stomach of all the more 

 important kinds of fish, and the stations at which they were 

 captured. 



The Eeport concludes (p. 382) with a brief account of the 

 effectiveness of different kinds of bait in line fishing. 



