of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Table III. — continued. 



Name of Organisms. 



Number of 

 Stomachs 

 in which 

 observed. 



Remarks. 



Mollusca — 



Pecten similis, Laskey, 



,, tigrinum, Mull., 

 Cardium sp., . 

 Psammobia tellinella, Lam., 

 Mactra stultorum, Lin. , 

 Saxicava rugosa, Lin., 

 Chiton sp. , 



Trochus tumidus, Mont., 

 Velutina laevigata, Pess., 

 Natica sp., . 

 Nassa incrassata, Strom., 



t 





6 



1 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 



Mostly in stomachs from 

 Lybster. A good many 

 specimens. 



Young. 

 Young. 

 Young. 



Young. 



A few specimens in which 

 hermit crabs had been liv- 

 ing. 



There is nothing brought out by Tables II. nnd III. that seems to call 

 for special remark, unless it be the occurrence of a considerable number 

 of the rather uncommon Bivalve Mollusc Pecten similis in some of the 

 stomachs sent from Lybster. This species of Pecten, which is a very 

 small one, though not very commonly met with, is gregarious in its 

 habits and therefore likely to occur in considerable numbers in places 

 frequented by it. Echinoderms, especially the Ophiuroids, are shown 

 here, as in previous statistics, to form the largest part of the haddock's 

 food. Crustacea and Mollusca rank next in importance. Among the 

 Annelids, the ' Sea Mouse ' seems to be specially relished by the haddock. 

 It will also be observed that all the Molluscs were either young or, if 

 adult, were small species. 



In previous Reports there are several extensive accounts given of the 

 nature of the food of rishes, which was a subject that early called for 

 attention. In the Fourth Annual Report l there is a special paper on the 

 food of the haddock, to which this may be regarded in some respects as 

 supplementary. The tables given in the paper referred to are extensive 

 but the results of these later investigations are in general accord with the 



conclusions given. 



1 Report of Fishery Board, p. 128, 1885. 



