223 Part III. — Twenty-first Annual Meport 



Ammodytes tohianus, Lin. 



Several immature specimens of the lesser Sand-launce, captured in the 

 North Sea and measuring from 5 to 7 inches in length, were examined, 

 but the only organisms observed in their stomachs were one or two small 

 fragments of Zoophytes. 



Drepanopsetta plattessoides (Fabr.). 



The examination of twenty-two Long Rough Dabs, chiefly of small 

 size, yielded the following results : — Four contained nothing that could be 

 identified ; Boreophausia sp. was found in one ; Leptomysis gracilis (two 

 specimens) occurred in one; and the remains of a Schizopod, the genus 

 and species of which were doubtful, were observed in one. The remains 

 of small Echinoderms, including a minute Echinus, the plates, pedicel- 

 larise, and fragments of the arms of Brittle Star-fishes were obtained in the 

 stomach of twelve of the fishes examined, while the remains of small 

 Annelid tubes were observed in nine. A few specimens of Foraminifera, 

 such as Globigerina, Discorbina, etc., probably derived from the worm- 

 tubes, were also observed, but these only occurred in three stomachs. 

 One of the fishes measured about seven inches, but the others ranged 

 from three-and-a-half to about four-and-a-quarter inches in length. 



Pleuroneetes cynoglossus, Linn. 



The stomachs of two Pole-dabs or Witches captured on the Fisher 

 Bank were examined, and found to contain a considerable quantity of 

 food ; the contents of both were much alike and consisted almost 

 entirely of small Crustaceans, and the following are the species identi- 

 fied : — Diastylis resima, Lamprops rosea, Maera loveni (fragments), 

 Ampelisca sp., and the remains of one or two other Cumaceans and 

 Amphipods. Fragments of one or two small Annelids were the only 

 other organisms observed. 



Argentina sphyrcena, Lin. 



A number of Argentines were captured to the eastward of the Shetland 

 Islands in December 1901, and the subsequent examination of their 

 stomachs showed that they had been living chiefly on small Crustacea, 

 Star-fish, and Annelids, but the contents of a considerable proportion of the 

 stomachs were indistinguishable. The following tabulated results will 

 show the nature and amount of the food observed. The lengths of tae 

 fishes are in centimetres : — 



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