44 Part 111. — Twenty -seventh Annual Report 



Herrings from Clyde and East Coast. 





Range of 

 Weight. 



vv eigno or 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Jjre&uth oi 

 Reproductive 

 Organs. 



Diameter of 

 Eggs. 



cm. 



grammes. 



grammes. 



mm. 



mm. 



15 



28-32 



2 



•1 



16 



26-41 





2, 2-5 



•12 



17 



32 - 42 





1, 2 





18 



37-51 





2 





19 



53 









20 



74. 75 



•2,* '-3 



2-5, 3 



•2 



21 



74-84 



•2-1-2 



2-6 



•2--4 



22 



78-102 



•2-6-6 



2-5-16 



•15, -2, -4 



23 



91-122 



•2-5-7 



2-5-16 



•15 — -6 



24 



93-137 



•2-57 



3-16 



15 — -25, -4-<6 



25 



96-162 



•5-15 



3-21 



15 — -9 



26 



107-172 



•8-38 



2-5-20 



•1--5, -9, 1-2 



27 



119-186 



•8-34 



5-26 



•15, -2, -5, -6, 1-0 



28 



125-202 



•8 — 51 



7 — 20 



•1 — -2, -5, -9 — 1-2 



29 



142-257 



1-1-69 



9-36 



•1, 15, -8, 1-0-1-2 



50 



152-307 



1-2-74 



13, 31 



•15, -3, -5 



31 



223-311 



17-84 



20-36 



•7, 1-0 



32 



176-356 



2-2-44 



21, 26 



•8 



33 



345, 352 



32, 36 



21, 26 



•8 



October. 



Clyde.— 5 miles off Davaar I., 16th October 1907 :— 26 Aut. Spr., 23 to 

 32 cm. : eggs, -9 mm. : o, 20, 26 cm. : t, 20-28 mm. : fat, large quantity, 

 a little ; 1 S. Spt. J, 27 cm. : fat, none ; 39 W. Spr., 24 to 29 cm. : eggs, 

 -4 --8 mm. : o, 8-20 mm, : t, 10-19 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little. 

 Some of the herrings, both autumn and winter spawners, had copepods in 

 their stomachs ; others of both lots had empty stomachs. The summer 

 spents had food in their stomachs. 



Clyde — Lower Loch Fyne, north of Ardlamont, 2nd October, 1906 : — 

 14 1mm., 19 to 24 cm. : eggs, -15 mm. : o, 2, 3 mm. : t, 2 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, some; 35 Imm. dev., 19 to 24 cm. : eggs, -2--4, -7 mm. ; 

 o, 3-10 mm. : t, 3-15 mm. : fat, large quantity, a little ; 47 W. Spr., 20 

 to 26 cm. : eggs, -35 - *75 mm. : o, 5 - 18 mm. : t, 10 - 17 mm. : fat, large 

 quantity, practically none : 2 Aut. Spr. rf, 24, 25 cm. : t, 20, 23 cm. : fat, 

 large quantity. Two herrings had some food in the stomach ; the rest had 

 empty stomachs. 



Clyde. — Upper Loch Fyne, near Inveraray, 8th October, 1906 : — 

 19 Aut. Spr. F., 30 to 32 cm. : eggs, 1*0, 1*35 mm. ; o, 26, 27 mm. ; 

 t, 24-33 mm. : fat, some, practically none; 23 W. Spr., 28 to 32 cm. : 

 eggs, -4 --9 mm. : o, 15-26 mm. : t, 20, 24 mm. ; fat, large quantity, 

 none. All the stomachs were empty. A white paste containing remains 

 of Crustacea was found in the pylorus in several cases. One stomach was 

 in an apparently resting condition ; it did not seem to have contained 

 food for some little time. 



West Coast. — 35 miles N.W. of Inishtrahull Light, Ireland, landed at 

 Aberdeen by steam trawler, 29th October, 1907 :— 8 Aut. Spr. F , 30 to 35 

 cm. : eggs, 1*0 mm. : o, 25, 29 mm. : t, 30, 35 mm. : fat, a little. In the 

 stomach of one there were a few copepods. The others had empty stomachs. 



