214 Part III. — Seventeenth Annual Report 



TABLE T. 











Stations. 









Totals. 



Months. 

























I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



VIII. 



IX. 



Number 



( 'n n o*Vi f 



V'tX tig 11 u. 



Av'ge. 



January, . 









... 



0-2 













1 



0-02 



February, 

















0-25 



0-12 



3 



0-04 



March, 





0-2 







0-6 



0-6 



0-7 



0'2 



0'2 



15 



0-29 



April, 



7-5 



14-9 



91 



7-7 



10-5 



6-7 



30-7 



10-0 



5-6 



700 



11-1 



May, 



41-7 



49-3 



59-9 



33-4 



22-4 



29-9 



100-1 



36-1 



14-5 



2,789 



44-2 



June, 



41-0 



43-0 



33-5 



22-7 



18-6 



32-9 



35-9 



34-4 



11-4 



2,142 



30-2 



July, 



10 O 



1 A .1 



14 / 





26-6 



21-0 



40-5 





A K'R 

 40 0 



ZZ 0 



1,225 



24-0 



August, 



14-1 



16-0 



28-1 



18-9 



28-7 



23-2 



18-3 



27-4 



25-8 



1,534 



21-6 



September, 



13-4 



25-2 



19f» 



24-9 



13-1 



11-7 



19-4 



19-2 



24-5 



1,306 



18-9 



October, . 



8-3 



18-1 



11-6 



4-6 



6-0 



,1-3 



6-7 



5-0 



4-7 



552 



8-4 



November, 



0-5 



1-8 



0-5 



0-4 



0-2 



1-1 



0-5 



2-6 



3-8 



65 



1-1 



December, 



o-i 





0-5 



... 



0-2 



0-4 



... 



I 



0 3 



0-3 



11 



0-2 



The averages for the three groups of stations, inner, outer, and inter- 

 mediate, for each month of the ten years are represented in Table II. 



TABLE II. 



Months. 



Inner Stations, 

 I. — IV. 



Intermediate 

 Stations. 

 V.— VII. 



Outer Stations. 

 VIII.— IX. 



January, 





0-07 





February, . 







0-19 



March, " . 



005 



0-6 



0-2 



April, 



9-9 



15-5 



7-8 



May, 



46-7 



51-7 



26T 



June, 



35T 



29-1 



22-9 



July, 



171 



28-5 



34-1 



August, 



18-4 



23-2 



26-7 



September, 



20*6 



14-8 



2T5 



October, 



10-6 



7.9 



4'9 



November, 



0-7 



0-6 



3-2 



December, 



0T5 



0T9 



0-3 



Before proceeding to consider the migratory movements of the gurnard, 

 as revealed by these data, in connection with the changes in the tempera- 

 ture of the sea and the period of spawning, it may be desirable to 

 compare the general results with those in other areas, and especially in 

 the Firth of Clyde and the Moray Firth. In St. Andrews Bay, where 



