1 pint. 





12 „ . 



l^in. long. 



1 „ • 



.. Sin. 



1 „ • 



.. -tin. 



6 „ 





108 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



II. Shank Net, 12ft. wide, ^-inch mesh ; one haul off 

 Innerwell Point for \ hour and for \ mile ; 10-1-3 to 

 10-30 a. in. 



Shrimps 



Dabs 



Plaice 



Poor-cod 



Grobies .. 



Pipe-fish ... 3 ,, 



During' these hauls the following observations were 

 made : — 



Wind, fresh W.S.W. 

 Weather, fine ; sea smooth ; 

 Barometer, 30"5 ; 

 Air temperature, 8°'6 C. ; 

 Sea temperature at surface, 9°'8 C. ; 

 „ bottom, 10°-0 C. ; 

 Specific gravity at surface, 1'0242 ; 



bottom, 1-024 ; 

 Depth, 4 fathoms ; transparency, 5 feet. 



The common invertebrates taken in the nets during 

 these hauls were : — Oysters (about 12), Turritella (very 

 numerous), Pagurus, Buccinum, Portunus, Polynoe, 

 Ophiura, Serpida (on the oysters), small actinians (on the 

 oysters), Sertvlaria, Asterias, Solastev, and one male lobster 

 11^ inches long. Only one tow-netting was taken, but 

 very few organisms were obtained, the commonest being 

 Pleurobrachia. • 



The object of these hauls was to ascertain whether 

 small plaice (3 to 6 inches long) were present to any great 

 extent in Wigton Bay. It was possible to find time for 

 only two short hauls on the west side of the Bay, and these 

 yielded very few small fish of the size in question. 



