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Part III. — Seventh Annual Report 



Arthopods were found in 22 stomachs (12%). They consisted of (1) 

 Crangon at Station I., in one in July : (2) Portunus, at Station I., in one in 

 September: (3) unidentified amphipods, at Station II., in one in October: 

 (4) unidentified decapods, at Station IV., in one in October: (5) Ampe- 

 lisca, found during March in one at Station I., in nine at Station II., in 

 two at Station III., in one at Station IV., and in one at Station V. 



Molluscs were found in 96 stomachs (55%). They consisted of (1) 

 Nucida, at Station I., in one in July, and in one in August; at Station 

 II., in one in September, in one in October, and in three in March ; at 

 Station III., in two in September and in two in March ; at Station V., 

 in three in August, in two in September, in four in October, and in four 

 in March : (2) Mactra, at Station IV., in one in July : (3) Solen (sp. 

 pellucidns and ensis). The numbers of these during the various months 

 during the period from July to March were — July in 1, August in 17, 

 September in 7, October in 7, December in 1, January in 1, and March 

 in 22. The numbers are fairly equally distributed over all the Stations. 

 (4) Scrobicidaria, at Station II., in one in August ; at Station III., in 

 two in September ; at Station IV., in two in September ; and at Station 

 V., in one in October: (5) Venus (sp. galina), at Station III., in one in 

 August : (6) unidentified lamellibranchs, in seven in the month of July. 



Common Dabs. 

 (Pleuronectes limanda). 



Of 173 stomachs examined, 54 were empty, and the contents of 13 

 were indistinguishable : 106 contained matter that could be identified. 



Echinoderms were found in 44 stomachs (41%). They consisted of — 

 (1) Amphidotus (sp. cordafusl), at Station I., in one in September, and 

 at Station III., in one in July : Ophiocoma (sp. bellis), at Station I., in 

 one in August : (3) sand-stars unidentified, in forty-one stomachs. 



Annelids were found in 50 stomachs (47%). They consisted of — (1) 

 Arenicola, at Station I., in seven in July, and at Station V., in one in 

 March : (2) Pliyllodoce, at Station II., in one in December : (3) Nereis, at 

 Station I., in one in March : (4) unidentified annelids, found in thirty-eight 

 stomachs, fairly equally distributed at all the Stations during the various 

 months. 



Arthropods were found in 13 stomachs (12%). They consisted of — 



(1) Portnnus, at Station I., in one in December and in two in March; 

 at Station III., in one in September, in one in December, and in one in 

 January ; and at Station IV., in one in September : (2) Crangon, at 

 Station I., in one in December : (3) Ampelisca, at Station II., in one in 

 December : (4) unidentified crabs, at Stations I. and III., in one in 

 October; and at Station V., in one in March : (5) unidentified amphipods, 

 at Station II., in one in September. 



Molluscs were found in 6 stomachs (5%). They consisted of (1) 

 Solen, at Station L, in four in March; at Station II., in one in September; 

 at Station III., in one in August ; and at Station IV., in one in March : 



(2) unidentified bivalves. 



Pish were found in 5 stomachs (4%). They consisted of goby and 

 common dab, and unidentified fish remains. 



Long Rough Dabs. 



(77 ippoglossoides I imandoides). 



Of 47 stomachs examined, 13 were empty. Of the 34 with food, 28 

 (82%) contained Echinoderms, in every instance consisting of ophiurids. 



