122 TRANSACTIONS LIVBEPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Whiting {Gadus merlangus) . 



Burbo Channel. 



Crosby Channel. 



Back of N Bank. 



Deposit Buoy. 



Burbo Bank. 



Heysham Lake. 



Ulverstone Chan. 



Between Dingle 

 and.Garston. 



June 21 



4 fish. 



June 23 



13 „ 



Aug. 21 



7 ,, 



Sept. 18 



13 „ 



Oct. 4 



11 „ 



Oct. 15 



5 „ 



Oct. 23 



4 ,, 



Dec. 14 



8 „ 



Dec. 17 



2 „ 



10J inch. 



4^-8 



3|-5 



4-6| 



44-54 



34-4| 



4-5 



34-8 



2 Empty, 2 Orangon. 

 13 Crangon. 



6 Empty, 1 Crangon. 



13 Crangon. 



1 Empty, 1 Fish. 



3 Fish( Sprats), 2 Empty. 

 2 Fish(Sprats),2 Empty. 

 8 Empty. 



Barrow Channel. Dec. 17 2 „ 4 — 34 »> 1 Isopoda,l Amphipoda 



Of the 261 stomachs examined 143 were empty, 2 

 contained matter that could not be distinguished, leaving 

 116 containing recognisable food; these are accounted for 

 in the following notes : — 



Crustacea were found in 85 stomachs, or fully 73 % and 

 consisted of the following: — Crangon, My sis, Gammarus, 

 Pagurus, Idotea and Corophium. 



Fish were found in 27 stomachs, or fully 24 %, these 

 consisted of sprats {Clupea spratta) sand-eels (Ammodytes). 



Annelida were found in 7 stomachs, or nearly 7 %. 



Echinoderms were found in 3 stomachs, being fully 2 % 

 and consisted chiefly of Ophioglypha. 



In last year's report the same order prevails with the 

 exception that the Echinoderms are replaced by Mollusca. 



In the Firth of Forth district, the whiting appear to 

 feed largely on Fish, Crustacea being next in point of 

 importance, then Mollusca and Annelida. 



Haddock {Gadus aeglefinus). 



Isle of Man. 

 The Hole. 



Mar. 14 



13 



16 inch. 



64-114 



2 Empty, 2 Ophioglypha, 



10 Empty, 2 Scrobicu- 

 laria. 1 Solen. 



