24 Part III. — Twenty- seventh Annual Report 



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Herrings from the Clyde. 



Length. 



xtange oi 



VV eiglll/. 



Weight of 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Breadth of 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Diameter ol 

 Eggs. 



cm. 



grammes. 



grammes. 



mm. 



mm. 



1 L 



1 9 9H 



±z, 









1 o 







1 0 



uo 



1 o 



1 A. 98 

 14fc— Zo 







uo 



1 7 



91 9Q 



zi— zy 



^ «i 



9 3 

 z, o 



uo 



1 ft 



lO 



99 37 

 ZZ— o i 



< l, i 



l—o 



•n^ -9 



UJ - z 



1 y 



9Q zlQ 



zy— 4ty 



< i, i 



1 O— O 



1, It) 



90 



ZU 



OI- 04t 



^ .i .i 



1 *>— o 



•n^ •! i** 



UO, lO 



91 

 Z 1 



9Q 



zy— oy 



< l, l 



i in 



1— 1U 



.AK .OK 



uo— zo 



99 

 ZZ 



Qfi 7/1 



.1 £>.Q 



< l—o O 



z o— y 



•n^ «9p» 1*4. 

 uo— ZO, 1 * 



23 . 



45-88 



<-l-M 



1-12 



•05--25 



24 



49-96 



*2-*8 



4-13 



•05--35 



25 



62-107 



1 *5 



4-13 



•05--25 



26 



58-107 



•4 



7-14 



•1 



27 



76-137 





12, 20 



•17 



28 



67 









29 



88 









30 



78 









Helpings from the neighbourhood of Ardrishaig (including Inverneil Bay, 

 Casfleton Bay), between March 30th and May 5th 1905. — They were 

 as follows : — 



66 1mm., 16-32 cm. : eggs, *15 mm. : o, 3, 4 mm. : t, 1*5-4 mm. : fat, 

 large quantity, none; 6 W. Spr. F., 28, 29 cm. : o, 21 mm, : t, 20-27 mm.: 

 fat, none; 19 W. Spt., 20-30 cm.: eggs, -15 mm.: o, 3*5-9 mm.: t, 

 2-11 mm.: fat, much, practically none; 3 S. Spr. <$, 22, 27 cm.: t, 

 7-12 mm. : fat, none. 



Only one full female was obtained ; it was partly spent. Five full males 

 were obtained ; one was partly spent. 



Of the full herrings five had empty stomachs. In three the stomach 

 was shrunken. Some immature herrings had stomachs full of copepods ; 

 one or two had empty stomachs, while in the case of four the stomach was 

 shrunken. 



May. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, off Brown Head, 15th May 1907 :— 52 W. Spt., 

 24 to 28 cm. : eggs, *12-*2 mm. : o, 5-8 mm. : t, 4-7 mm. : fat, a little, 

 none ; 1 S. Spr. 24 cm. : eggs, *75 mm. : o, 11 mm. : fat, none. Some 

 of the stomachs were full of copepods : others were empty. Some pelagic 

 fish- eggs were seen in one stomach. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Machrie Bay, Arran : — 73 W. Spt., 23 to 27 

 cm. : eggs, *2 mm. The stomachs contained copepods. 



Clyde.— ? 30th May 1908 :— 96 W. Spt., 22 to 29 cm. : eggs, 

 •1 and "15 mm. : o, 5 mm.: t, 4 mm. : fat, some, much. The stomachs 

 were full of copepods and schizopods. 



Clyde. — Loch Fyne, between Skipness and Laggan. 11th May 1909 : — 

 17 Imm., 19 to 25 cm. : eggs, *17-*2 mm. : o, 3 and 4 mm. : t, 2-4 mm. : 

 fat, much, none ; 1 S. Spr. 21 cm. : eggs, *5 mm. : o, 4 mm. : fat, 



