of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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the beach, do not grow between October and April,* and that this is true 

 also of larger plaice kept in tanks and supplied with water from the beach. 



It is probable that the young brill, living on the margin of the sea, does 

 not increase in length from November till the latter part of March. 



In a subsequent year Cunningham records having placed some young 

 brill in the pelagic transformation stage in tanks in June, On 19tb 

 October following three measured 80mm., 85mm., and 104mm., and on 

 4th April in the next year one was 113mm.t 



Looking to the Table above given, it will be seen that under natural 

 conditions the young brill in September may reach a length of 6cm. 

 and even 8cm., while those taken in April of the following year may 

 measure from 80mm. to 105mm. ; in May they may be as small as 

 74mm., 96mm., and 98mm., and in June as small as 89mm., that is, 

 when fully one year old. 



Some years ago a record was kept at Montrose of small brill and turbot 

 taken in May, June, and July in stake-nets, as previously mentioned. 

 They were measured to fractions of an inch. The total number of brill 

 was 53, and 30 of them were taken in May, 16 in June, and 7 in July. 

 The particulars are set forth in the appended Table. 



Inches. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



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I 

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- 



1 



- 



o 









i 



- 



- 



- 



3* 









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2 







I 









\ 



2 



2 













6 



4 



1 



1 



i 



i 









2 



1 









1 





f 



6 



4 



1 



i 



1 





1 





2 



1 





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2 



1 





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1 







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1 





3 



I 







1 



h 











1 









2 



2 





I 



2 







4 



2 



1 



1 



J 

















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1 







4 









* Twentieth Annual Report, Part III., p. 342. 

 fJour. M.B.A., II., p. 106; III., p. 272. 



