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Part III. — Twenty-seventh Annual Report 



Clyde. — Rothesay, 5th September 1907 : — 129 Imm., 14 to 19 cm. : 

 eggs, -1, "12 mm. : o, 2, 2*5 mm. : t, 1, 2 mm. : fat, great quantity, prac- 

 tically none. The stomachs were empty. 



Clyde. — Rothesay, north of Garroch Head, 14th September 1906 : — 6 

 Imm., 20-23 cm. : eggs, *15 mm. : o, 4 mm. : t, 2, 2 f 5 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity; 31 Imm. dev., 20 to 25 cm. : eggs, '2 -'4 mm. ; o, 2*5-7 mm. : t, 

 3-6 mm. : fat, large quantity ; 46 W. Spr., 21 to 27 cm. : eggs, *4--6 mm.: 

 o, 5-15 mm. : t, 5-16 mm. : fat, large quantity, some. Food was found in 

 two fishes (W. Spr.) only. One stomach contained schizopods. The other 

 stomachs were empty, thin-walled bags. In one herring, 24 cm. in length, 

 the stomach was in an apparently resting condition. This fish had some 

 abdominal fat. 



Clyde. — Lower Loch Fyne, Ardrishaig, 2nd September 1909: — 67 

 Imm., 17 to 20 cm. : reproductive organs very small : fat, great quantity. 



Clyde. — Lower Loch Fyne, Ardrishaig, 14th September 1909: — 281 

 Imm., 15 to 21 cm. : reproductive organs very small : fat, huge quantity ; 

 1 W. Spr. dev., 24 cm. : ovary about half developed. 



Clyde. — Upper Loch Fyne, off Strachur, 18th and 19th September 

 1905 :— 12 Aut. Spr., 29 to 33 cm. : eggs, 7, '85 mm. : o, 20-30 mm. : t, 

 20-38 mm. : fat, small amount, very little. The stomach was empty in the 

 majority of the specimens ; there was food (copepods) in one stomach. 

 The herrings are not so fat as these got in July in this locality. 



East Coast. — Aberdeen, 73 miles E. by S. of, 4th September 1907 : — 

 10 Aut. Spr. F., 27 to 30 cm. : eggs, *8 mm. : fat, none ; 3 S. Spt., 29 cm.: 

 eggs, '15 mm. : o, 7 mm. : t, 7, 10 mm. : fat, none. The spents had food 

 in their stomachs, the full herrings had none. In one female the stomach 

 was flattened. 



East Coast.— Peterhead, 43 miles east of, 6th September 1906 : — 12 

 Aut. Spr. F., 23 to 29 cm. : eggs, -9, 1*0 mm. : o, 16, 18 mm.: t, 20, 

 21 mm. : fat, large quantity, none ; 30 S. Spt., 23 to 29 cm. : eggs, *15, 

 •2 mm. : fat, none, much ; 3 W. Spr., 22 to 25 cm. : eggs, *6 mm. ; o, 13, 

 15 mm. : t, 16 mm. : fat, large quantity. Most of the stomachs were 

 empty. Food was, however, found in full herring, a spent, and a winter 

 spawner. 



East Coast. — 15 miles S.E. of Fair Isle, 1st September 1906 : — 15 

 S. Spr. F., 28 to 32 cm.: eggs, 1*1, 12 mm. : o, 31-35 mm.: t, 30 -35 mm.: 

 fat, none ; 12 S. Spt., 27 to 32 cm. : eggs, '15 mm. : fat, none. One full 

 had a big stomachful of Crustacea ; others had remains of food or empty 

 stomachs. The stomach of the spents was a big thin-walled bag, in most 

 cases empty. One spent had a " blue-bag " stomach, containing copepods 

 and remains of fish. 



East Coast.— Lerwick, 2 miles S.E. of, 6th September 1906:— 17 

 S. Spr. F., 26-31 cm. : eggs, 1*1, 1*2 mm. : t, 26-40 mm. : fat, none, some; 

 5 Aut. Spr., 25 to 31 cm. ; eggs, -8-1-0 mm. : o, 15-38 mm. : fat, some, 

 none; 14 S. Spt., 25 to 28 cm.: eggs, -I - 25 mm.: fat, much, none; 2 

 W. Spr., 26, 28 cm. : eggs, '5 mm. : o, 10 mm. : t, 15 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity. The full herrings, S. Spr. and Aut. Spr., had in some cases 

 food in the stomach ; in one case the stomach was compressed. The Spents 

 and W. Spr. had also food, a large quantity in two cases. In the W. Spr., 

 the large stomach full of Crustacea was purple in colour. 



East Coast.— Lerwick, 20 miles E.S.E. 25th September 1906 :— 2 

 Aut. Spr., 27 cm. : eggs, 1*0 mm. : o, 16 mm. : t, 25 mm. : fat, practically 

 none; 33 S. Spt., 26 to 30 cm.: eggs, -1--2, -3, -5 mm.: o, flabby: 

 t, flabby : fat, practically none ; 2 W. Spr., 28, 29 cm. : eggs, *6 mm. : o, 

 9, 13 mm. : fat ; large quantity, practically none. One full had Crustacea 

 in the stomach ; in the other the stomach was empty, apparently non- 

 feeding. The spents, with one exception, and the winter spawners had 

 empty stomachs. 



