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fully discussed in a later report* ; (3) the faunistic results of 

 various dredging expeditions leading to the addition of some 

 species new to science or to the British seas. 



One of the most interesting finds in the following year 

 (1890) was the phosphorescent Schizopod Nyctiphanes norvegica 

 obtained in quantity by tow-netting off Puffin Island on an 

 early winter morning before it was light. This organism is 

 found in abundance near the bottom in the deep fjord-like 

 lochs on the west coast of Scotland, and we have since obtained 

 it from deep water in the channel between Ireland and the 

 Isle of Man ; and as it has been supposed to be one of those 

 northern forms which have been left behind in a few deep holes 

 as relics of a former fauna (the boreal outliers of Edward 

 Forbes), it is of special interest to find that it comes to the 

 surface at night. 



During this year (1890) Professor Harvey- Gibson, along 

 with Mr. George Murray, Mr. E. A. Batters and other visiting 

 botanists, collected and identified the Algse of Puffin Island 

 and put on record 275 species, including a number of rare 

 forms and at least 27 new to the district (see 4th Annual Report 

 where further details are given). 



In this same year Mr. Hornell was working on Polychset 

 worms, Dr. Hanitsch on Sponges, Mr. Clubb on the Nudi- 

 branchiata, Mr. F. G. Pearcey on Foraminifera, and Mr. 

 Thompson continued to add new records of Copepoda to our 

 list, including some unusual forms from tow-nettings taken 

 at night or from nets attached to a buoy and left swinging 

 with the tide for 24 hours. As usual, we had several expeditions 

 in the " Hyaena " or other steamers during the Easter or 

 Whitsuntide holidays, which always added largely to the 

 supply of material for distribution to our specialists. 



The following year, 1891, was our last at Puffin Island, 



* See Herdman and Clubb, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., Vol. XXXIII, p. 541, 

 (1892); also Third Report upon the Nudibranchiata, in ' Fauna,' Vol. III. 



