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Part III. — Twenty-seventh Annual Report 



Clyde. — Rothesay, Ascog Bay, 16th August 1907 : — 48 Imm., 17 to 20 

 cm. : eggs, -1, -15 mm. : o, 2-3 mm. : t, 1*5 -2*5 mm. : fat, great quantity, 

 some; 12 Imm. dev., 17 to 21 cm. : eggs, "2 -*35 mm : o, 2-4 mm. : t, 3 

 mm. : fat, great quantity, some. Most of the stomachs were empty : some 

 contained food ; one was large and filled with copepods. 



Clyde. — Rothesay, 29th August 1907 : — 27 Imm., 14 to 20 cm. : eggs, 

 •1, '15 mm. : o, 1*5-3 mm: t, 1-2 mm. : fat, great quantity; 3 Imm. dev., 

 18-20 cm.: eggs, -2 mm.: o, 2*5, 3-5 mm.: t, 3*5 mm: fat, great 

 quantity; 3 Spg. Spt. d\ 18, 21 cm. : eggs, '1, *2 mm. : o, 2*5-6 mm. : fat, 

 great quantity, none. The stomachs were in most cases empty ; in a few 

 there were remains of food. 



Clyde. — Lower Loch Fyne, Laggan, 2nd August 1907:— 54 W. Spt., 

 21 to 25 cm. : eggs, *2-*3 mm.: o, 4-8 mm.: t, 2*5-5 mm.: fat, great 

 quantity ; 1 S. Spt. (recent) d\ 24 cm. : t, 5 mm. : fat, none. The stomachs 

 were empty. 



Clyde. — Lower Loch Fyne, Inverneil Bay, 7th August 1909: — 34 Imm., 

 17 to 20 cm. : o, 1 ~ "2 • 5 mm. : t, 125-3 mm. : they are oily : some food ; 1 

 large Spent (not examined). 



Clyde.— Lower Loch Fyne, Inverneil Bay, 11th August 1909 : — (Taken 

 with a smaller-meshed net than the sample of 7th August 1909) 110 Imm., 



15 to 20 cm.: reproductive organs very small: fat, very much. There 

 were remains of food in the stomachs. 



Clyde.— Upper Loch Fyne, Newton, 8th August 1906 :— 40 W. Spr. 

 (W. Spt.), 26 to 34 cm. : eggs, *25-*7 mm. : o, 9-21 mm. : t, 12-24 mm. : 

 fat, great quantity; 10 S. Spr. F. <$, 31 to 33 cm. : t, 25-30 mm. : fat, 

 great quantity. In one or two cases remains of Crustacea were found in 

 the stomach ; in the majority the stomach was empty. 



Clyde. — Upper Loch Fyne, Strachur, 3rd August 1009 : — 4 Imm. dev., 

 24 to 27 cm. : eggs, *2 mm. : o, 4 mm. : t, 5*5, 6, 10 mm. : fat, great 

 quantity ; 5 S. Spr. F., 24 to 30 cm. : eggs, TO mm. : fat, none ; 3 W. Spr. 

 dev. 5, 23, 24 cm. : eggs, *4, '5, *8 mm. : o, 10 mm. : fat, very much. 



West Coast. — Stornoway, Loch Colobost, 16-18 fms., 13th August 

 1907:— 16 Imm., 19 to 23 cm.: eggs, *1, -12 mm.: o, 2-3 mm.: t, 2-3 

 mm. : fat, great quantity ; 8 W. Spt., 22 to 26 cm. : eggs, *1, '15, *55, "65 

 mm. : o, 6, 10 mm. : t, 9, 10 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little; 7 S. Spr., 

 23, 24 cm.: eggs, *8 mm.: o, 10-14 mm.: t, 20, 22 mm.: fat, great 

 quantity, a little: 4 W. Spr., 23, 24 cm. : eggs, *5 mm. : o, 8 mm. : t, 15 

 mm. : fat, great quantity, none. A little food was found in several 

 herrings ; in most cases the stomach was empty. 



West Coast. — Stornoway, to 2 miles off Loch Seaforth, 20-25 fms., 

 10th August 1906:— 22 Imm. dev., 24 to 27 cm.: eggs, '2, -25 mm. : o, 

 3-5-6 mm. : t, 3-8 mm. : fat, large quantity; 9 W. Spt., 26 to 29 cm. : 

 eggs, -45, *5 mm. : o, 9, 12 mm. : fat, great quantity : 20 W. Spr., 23 to 29 

 cm. : eggs, *35-*5 mm. : o, 6-10 mm. : t, 4*5-19 mm. : fat, large quantity, 

 none. 



West Coast. — Stornoway, near Shiant Bank, 30th August 1906 : — 15 

 Imm., 20 to 25 cm. : eggs, *05 -*15 mm. : o, 2-5 mm. : t, 2, 2*5 mm. : fat, 

 large quantity, a little ; 11 Imm. dev., 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, *2, *35 mm. ; o, 

 4, 5 mm. : t, 3, 4 mm. : fat, large quantity, some; 4 W. Spt., 24 to 27 

 cm. : eggs, *15 mm. : o, 8 mm. : t, 3 mm. : fat, large quantity; 5 S. Spr., 

 23 to 26 mm. : eggs, '85 mm. : o, 16 mm. : t, 19-27 mm. : fat, a little, 

 practically none; 4 W. Spr., 22 to 29 cm. : eggs, *35 mm. ; o, 4 mm. : t, 



16 mm. : fat, great quantity. Some herrings had food in their stomachs. 

 East Coast.— Eyemouth, 25 miles E.S.E. of, 2nd August 1906 :— 43 S. 



Spr. F., 23 to 27 cm. : eggs, 1*0, 1*1 mm. : o, 19 - 28 mm. : t, 20 - 30 mm. : 

 fat, little or none; 9 S. Spr. dev., 22-27 cm. : eggs, *8, *9 mm. : o, 13-28 

 mm. : t, 17 mm. : fat, some, practically none; 1 W. Spt. $, 26 cm. : eggs. 



