of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



222 



Length of 

 Fish. 



inches 



5| 

 6 



H 



Contents of Stomach. 



Numerous small Schizopods, genus and species doubtful, 

 Temora longicornis, few. 



Numerous small Crustaceans, which look like Temora longi- 

 cornis, but too imperfect to be satisfactorily determined. 



Several Parathemisto oblivia. 



This contained nothing that could be identified. 



Remains of small Schizopoda and a number of Temora longi- 

 cornis. 



Numerous examples of Parathemisto and a minute Isopod — the 

 male of a species belonging to the Chelifera. 



Molua molva, Lin. 



A number of Ling were examined, the food of which consisted chiefly 

 of small fishes. It has been observed that the Liug, more than any other 

 gadoid, is in the habit, when captured, of ejecting not only its food but 

 also its stomach, turning it inside out just as one turns the finger of a glove, 

 so that when visiting the market it is not uncommon to see Ling with 

 their stomachs protruding from their mouths. 



Onus cimbrius, Lin. 



Twenty specimens of the Four-Bearded Rockling captured on the 

 Bressay Shoal at a depth of 75 fathoms, on December 11th, 1901, were 

 examined, and the contents of their stomachs recorded. As this species 

 was not included amongst those in my previous paper on fish food, I give 

 a more detailed account of the food observed in this sample from Bressay 

 Shoal. Their sizes ranged from 6| to llf inches, and their food, as 

 shown in the appended tabular account, consisted chiefly of small 

 Crustacea : — 



Size 



OF THE 



Fish. 



6| 



inches. 



n 



>> 



n 



>» 



n 



j> 



7ft 



>> 



8 



55 



8* 



55 



9 



55 



9 



55 



9* 



55 



9* 



55 



Q5 



55 



10£ 



5 J 



101 



55 



10| 



55 



iii 



55 



1H 



Hi 



llf 



Contents of the Stomach. 



Pseudocuma cercaria, Metopa nasuta, and some other 



Crustacean remains. 

 Metopa nasuta and remains of some other Crustacea. 

 Remains of Amphipods, but the species doubtful. 

 Metopa nasuta and remains of other Crustacea, 

 Crustacean remains, but too imperfect for identification. 

 Contents of stomach similar to the last. 

 Erythrops sp., Eudorella sp., Halimedon parvimanus ; Aceros 



phyllonyx ; Cylichna sp. 

 Lexicon nasica (male) and some mucus. 

 Fragments of Calocaris macandrece ; Erythrops sp., Leucon 



nasica; Aceros phyllonyx; Phystisica marina; a young 



Dragonet, 15 mm. long. 

 Metopa nasuta and a small lamellibranch shell. 

 This stomach contained only a little mucus. 

 Remains of two small flat fishes, and fragments of small 



Crustaceans. 

 Metopa nasuta, and remains of some other Crustaceans. 

 The food of this stomach consisted of fragments of Crustacea, 



but too imperfect for identification. 

 Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx, Eudorella sp., and Annelids. 

 The only food observed in this stomach consisted of the 



remains of Chsetopod Annelids. 

 Gampylaspis sp. (male) ; Halimedon parvimanus ; Metopa 



rubrovittata and A ceros phyllonyx. 

 Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx and the remains of some other 



Crustaceans. 

 This stomach contained nothing that could be identified. 

 Remains of Cheetopod Annelids only. 



