NOTES ON THE CONTENTS OF THE STOMACHS OF 

 HERRING AND HADDOCKS. By Thomas Scott. 



In the following tables are given the results of the examination of a 

 number of herring's and haddock's stomachs which had been sent to the 

 Central Laboratory, from various localities, by officers of the Fishery 

 Board. 



A good deal of the material was almost useless, partly from overcrowding 

 of the specimens and partly from bad preservation. Unless the spirit be 

 frequently renewed the more delicate forms become more or less decom- 

 posed, and much more difficult to identify. In many instances, indeed, 

 the whole of the contents, excepting such hard structures as the shells of 

 Molluscs, the plates and tests of Echinoderms, and the limbs and other 

 hard parts of Crustaceans, are destroyed and entirely useless for purposes 

 of identification. 



Herring's Stomachs. 



In the following table the results of the examination of the stomachs 

 of 1 6 i herrings are given : — 



