•24() TRANSACTIONS 1.1 VKH POOL MOLOGlCAL SOCIETY. 



In this last haul, nearly all the stomachs of the dabs 

 examined were half empty. 



16th December, 1905. -Oft' Patches Buoy, Aberyst- 

 with : — 



8 plaice. 8 dabs. 



1. Solen and poly- 1. Ophiura albida. 



chaetes. 2 to 4. do. do. 



2. Amphipod and Solni. 5. Nereids. 



3 to 8. Empty. 0. Solen, Serpida, Eupa- 



gurus bernhardvs. 



7. Eupagurus bernhardus 



8. Ophiwra albida, 



Philine apoia. crabs 

 One cod, caught oft' Blackpool on 8th December, 

 1905. The fish was a female 37*-in. long, was in bad con- 

 dition when received, and the contents of the stomach had 

 undergone considerable post-mortem digestion. They 

 were : — 



3 dabs, Gin. to 8in. long ; 

 7 other pleuronectid fishes; 

 3 herrings (or sprats), 3in. to 5in. long; 

 9 other round fishes not herrings; 

 13 shrimps. 



There was, in addition, a large mass of semi-digested 

 food mailer in the stomach, most of which consisted of 

 the disarticulated bones of fishes. 



4. Reproductive condition of Herring in Cardigan and 

 Carnarvon Bays in Winter. 



Three lots of herring caught in these areas were sent 

 to me by the bailiffs on Dr. Jenkins 9 instructions. They 

 were examined lor the condition of the iocs, and tor the 

 food contents ol the stomachs. The details are: — 



