SEA FISHERIES LABORATORY. 113 
Spotted Skate (Rava maculata). 
Size in ‘ 
No. inches, Month Locality. Food. 
1 33 June | Crosby Channel. | Crangon. 
3 |) Se || ge Horse Channel,| | Portunus, Crangon, Corystes, 
g "Y | | Ribble. Nereis, Mysis and Pleuronectes. 
4 | 54-9 | Aug.| Horse Channel. | Carcinus, Crangon, Mysis. 
1 74 Oct. - Crangon. 
Thornback (Raia clavata). 
1 64 July New Brighton. | Crangon and Carcinus. 
Crangon, Carcinus, Portunus, Pa- 
64 | 4—105 | Aug. | Horse Channel. gurus, Pandalus, Mysis, Gadus 
merlangus, Molluscs. 
6 | 52-62 | Oct. | Rock Channel. | Mysis and Crangon. 
IT submitted a number of the smaller Crustaceans taken 
from the fishes’ stomachs, and preserved in the laboratory, 
to the critical examination of my friend Mr. A. O. Walker 
who is an authority upon these animals and he has kindly 
indentified them all as follows :— 
Fis. Foop. 
Solenette (July, Blackpool) Diastylis rathket. 
Sole (July, New Brighton) Diastylis rathket. 
Sole ( ,, - ) Diastylis rathket, Ampelisca 
levigata. 
Plaice (Sept., Morecambe) Psewdocwma cercaria, Bathy- 
poreia pilosa, Microprotopus 
maculatus. 
Plaice (Nov., Garston) Diastylis rathket. 
Dab (Sept., Morecambe) Atylus swammerdamit. 
Herring (Sept.) Corophiwm grossupes. 
Cod (Oct., Garston) Gammarus locusta, Atylus 
swammerdami. 
