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Report, has been practised by all the specimens. A small 

 conger captured in March is still alive and healthy. For 

 some weeks after capture it refused food, but it has since 

 taken the PolychaBte worms, Nephthys and Nerine, with 

 avidity. The hermit crab {Exipagurus, bernhardus), which 

 it attacks and drags from its shell with great persistence 

 appears to be a favourite food, and its latest gastronomic 

 feat was to swallow a small specimen of its own species, 

 about one-third its own size. When not at once seen 

 by the conger, the worms dropped into the tank begin to 

 burrow in the gravel at the bottom. In preference to 

 seizure of the projecting tail end of the worm, the hsh 

 drives its snout into the gravel in search of the head with 

 such force that the impact can be distinctly heard when 

 standing some feet from the front of the tank. 



" We are indebted to the Rev. T. S. Lea and Mr. Or. J. 

 Warner (of Widnes) for their kindness in repairing the 

 Tangye pump, and to the latter gentleman for rubber 

 unions and tools with which to connect the hose with 

 the pump. 



" The meteorological observations have been recorded 

 with regularity, but call for no special comment. 



" Shore collecting and dredging has been carried on 

 by myself and other workers throughout the spring and 

 summer, and amongst the more interesting captures may 

 be mentioned the J^udibranchs Doris diaphana and 

 Hero formosa, the former taken by Mr. Cole during the 

 low spring tides at the beginning of April, and the latter 

 in autumn by dredging in Bay Fine and also S.E. of the 

 Calf in 20 faths. Both are additions to our local Fauna. 

 Tow-netting has been carried on throughout the year, 

 and the sequence of organisms observed has corresponded 

 closely with that stated in the Summary published in last 

 year's Report. A remarkable diminution in the quantity 



