of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



27 



Herrings from Ardrishaig, Loch Fyne, date ? April or May 



204 Iirmi., 16 to 23 cm. : eggs, -05--25 mm. : o, 2-4 mm. : t, 2-5 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity, but in some cases only a little or none ; 1 Full, 

 21 cm. : eggs, 1*0 mm. : fat, little or none; 24 W. Spt., 18 to 23 cm. : 

 eggs, -1, *15 mm. : o, 3-10 mm. : t, 4-7 mm. : fat, as a rule a fair quantity, 

 it varied from " much " to " a little " or "none." The fishes were feeding on 

 copepods ; a certain proportion had empty stomachs. 



Table 



of the Sizes 



of the Herrings. 





Length. 



I mm. 



W. Spt. 



Full 



cm. 



2 



16 



1 







17 



4 







18 



17 



1 





19 



48 







20 



79 



i 





21 



43 



5 



j 



22 



9 



12 





23 



3 



5 





Length. 



Range of 

 Weight, 



Weight of 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Breadth of 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Diameter of 

 Eggs. 



cm. 



grammes. 



grammes. 



mm. 



mm. 



17 



'37, 44 



•1 



3 



•1 



18 



46-54 



<V2 



2-7 



15 



19 



43-61 



<-l--4 



2-4 



•1--2 



20 



49-74 



•1--4 



2-5 



•1--25 



21 



56-81 



•1--5 



2-5 



•1, -15, 1-0 



22 



67-92 



•1--8 



2-10 



•05--15 



23 



68-102 



•2-1-1 



2-5-7 



•1 



June. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, Davaar I., 4th June 1908 :— 46 W. Spt. 23 to 

 29 cm.: eggs, -12--25 mm.: o, 4-15 mm.: t, 3-11 mm.: fat, large 

 quantity, some ; 1 S. Spr. $,27 cm. : eggs, -35 mm. : fat, some. The 

 stomachs contained food ; in some cases they were full. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, Saddel Bay, 6th June 1907 :— 83 W. Spt., 21 to 

 28 cm'. : eggs, -1- 2 mm. : o, 4-6 mm. : t, 2-5 mm. : fat, great quantity ; 

 3 S. Spr., 23, 24 cm. : eggs, *3, *4 mm. : fat, great quantity. These herrings 

 appeared to be spents. They may have been summer (autumn) spents. 

 The stomachs contained copepods. 



Clyde.— Campbeltown, 7 miles S.W. of Sanda, 18th June 1908:— 55 

 W. Spt., 21 to 27 cm. : eggs, -15, -2 mm. : o, 4-10 mm. : t, 3-9 mm. : fat, 

 great quantity ; 4 S. Spr., 26, 27 cm. : eggs, -3-55 mm. : o, 9-16 mm. : 

 t, 12 mm. : fat, great quantity, much. Some had food in the stomach ; 

 others had none. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Brown Head, Arran, 20th June 1907 : — 84 

 W. Spt., 22 to 28 cm. : eggs, 12- 25 mm. : o, 2-6 mm. : t, 2-6 mm. : fat, 



