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Part III. — Seventh Annual fieport 



November, in one in January, and in one in March ; at Station VIII., in 

 one in August and in two in March; and at Station IX., in two in 

 September and in one in January : (7) Nephrops, at Station VIII., in 

 one in September ; and at Station IX., in one in November. (8) Amphi- 

 pods, at Station I., in one in October ; at Station II., in one in January ; 

 at Station V., in one in August, in three in January and in one in 

 February ; at Station VI., in one in January • at Station VIII., in three 

 in June, in one in October, and in two in January ; and at Station IX., 

 in two in December and in one in January : (9) unidentified Crustacea in 

 sixteen stomachs. 



Molluscs were found in 57 stomachs (23%). They consisted of (1) 

 Scrobicularia, at Station I., in two in September; at Station III., in one 

 in January ; at Station V., in one in December, in seven in January, in 

 one in February, and in six in March ; at Station VIII., in one in 

 September, in one in October, and in two in January; and at Station IX., 

 in one in September, in two in November, and in three in December : (2) 

 Solen, at Station I., in one in December; at Station II., in one in January 

 and in one in February ; at Station VII., in one in January; at Station 



VIII. , in one in October; and at Station IX., in one in January: (3) 

 unidentified lamellibranchs : (4) Bicccinum, at Station I., in one in January: 

 (5) Philine, at Station VI. in three, at Station VIII. in two, and at Station 



IX. in three, all in January : (6) Rossia, at Station VIII., in one in 

 August: (7) Octopus, at Station IX., in one in January. 



Fish were found in 25 stomachs (14%). They consisted of herrings, 

 sand-eels, gobies, flukes, and unidentified flat-fish. Ova were found at 

 Station VIII., in one, and at Station IX., in one, both in February. 



Whitings. 



(Gadus merlangus). 



Of 282 stomachs examined, 128 were empty, and the contents of 13 

 were indistinguishable : 141 contained matter that could be identified. 

 Echinoderms were entirely absent. 



Annelids were found in 5 stomachs (3%). They consisted of (1) 

 Nereis at Station IV, in one in August : (2) unidentified annelids. 



Arthropods were found in 59 stomachs (42%). They consisted of (1) 

 Portunus (sp. corrugatus), at Station III., in one in October : (2) 

 JSupaguruSy at Station I., in one in November; at Station VII., in one 

 in November ; at Station VIII., in one in March : (3) Pandalus (sp. 

 annulicornis), at Station I., in one in December and in one in January; 

 at Station III., in two in December and in three in February ; at Station 

 IV., in two in January ; at Station V., in one in December and in two 

 in March ; and at Station VII., in three in November : (4) unidentified 

 amphipods at Station V., in one in August : (5) unidentified decapods 

 at Station I., in one in September; and at Station VII., in one in the 

 same month: (6) unidentified schizopods, at Station VII., in one in 

 October; and at Station IX., in one in the same month : (7) Crango?i, 

 most abundantly found in December, January, and February. None 

 were found in August. In September specimens of Crangon were found 

 in one at Station VII., and in two at Station IX., in October in one at 

 Station IX., in November in one at Station I., and in one at Station VII. 

 The numbers of stomachs containing these forms for the three months of 

 December, January, and February at the several Stations were — Station I., 

 12; III., 1; IV, 2; V, 2; VII., 2; VIII., 3; IX., 3. In March 

 Crangon was found in one at Station VIII. 



