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Ommatostrephes todarus, Delle Chiaje. 



A small fragment of a cuttlefish shell, apparently belonging to 

 this species, was obtained in a halibut stomach examined 

 in March. 

 Loligo vulgaris, Lamarck. 



Several specimens of Loligo have been met with, and though they 

 may not all belong to the species named, one or two 

 certainly do so. 

 Eledone cirrosa, Lamarck. 



Specimens of Eledone were met with on several occasions, but 

 other specimens were obtained which were scarcely perfect 

 enough to determine the species. Cuttlefish jaws were also 

 not uncommon, representing both large and small specimens. 



Echinodermata . 



Spatangus purpureus, O. F. Miiller. 



Fragments of the test of a Spatangus occurred in the intestine 

 of one of the halibuts examined in September. 

 Gidarus papillata, Leske. 



A partly-crushed test was obtained in a halibut's stomach 

 examined in June. 

 Ophiura sp. 



Several discs and fragments of arms were observed from time to 

 time, but not identified. 



Cetera. 



Annelida were met with on one or two occasions, but appeared to be 

 exceedingly rare in the stomachs of the halibut examined. Fragments of 

 Zoophytes were also occasionally observed, and so also were small bits of 

 stone. One piece of stone measured in millimetres 27 by 21 by 13, and its 

 weight just under half an ounce avoirdupois. 



Notes on the Food of Scorpcena dactyloptera, Belone vulgaris, Phycis 

 blennoides, and Chimcera monstrosa. 



Scorpcena dactyloptera, De la Roche. 



A considerable number of Scorpcena dactyloptera were examined in 

 February and March 1910, but the stomachs of about two-thirds of them 

 contained nothing that could be satisfactorily determined. In one of the 

 stomachs of the remainder was found a nearly perfect specimen of Sepiola 

 rondeleti, Leach, and in another a small individual somewhat imperfect, 

 which appeared to belong to the same species. Cuttlefish remains were 

 found in other four, but were too imperfect to be satisfactorily identified, 

 though from their appearance they were probably also Sepiolas. In the 

 stomach of another of the same lot of Scorpcenas were fragments of Crangon, 

 apparently G allmanni. 



The Garfish or Sea Pike {Belone vulgaris, Cuvier). 



A number of garfish captured in the North Sea, off the Aberdeenshire 

 coast, in April and May, were found to have been feeding more or less 

 expensively on small Crustacea ; both the stomach and intestine were in some 

 instances filled with them. Eight tolerably large garfish, about 18 to 20 



