of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



231 



Table V. — Eggs of Flounder — continued. 



Mar. 19, 189t». 



,, VII.,. 



. 6. 



19, » 



VTTI J TV 



,, Vlll. and IX., . 



25. 



„ 20, ,, 



,, v., . 



. 19. 



,, 20, ,, 



,, VI., . 



9. 



Oil 1 C Cl I 



,, 29, 1894. 



-ir 



,, v., 



25. 



29, ,, 



VI., . 



. 50. 



30, 1891. 



1 T 



,, II., . 



. Eggs of. 



April 5, 1895. 



Prestonpans to mid-Fort h 



, . 12. 



11 1 QftO 



,, 11, lo\)Z. 



Cross-sectiou III., . . 



A lew. 



,, 13, 1891. 



Liston Bank, 



. Eggs of. 



16, 1894. 



Station I., 



. 3. 



,, 16, 1892. 



v., . 



. A few. 



,, 17, 1894. 



v., 



. 1. 



1 T 



n 17 > it 



VT 1 T ,.^.,1 TV 



, , Vlll. ana IX. , . 



120. 



,, 17, 1895. 



VII., 



. 14 (dab and flounder). 



,i 17, 



IV., . 



. 1. 



i o 1 on a 

 ,, lo, loyo. 



~\TT 



,, vi., . 



(Early) a few. 



1 O 1 O C\ A 



, , lo, loA'4. 



,, yi.| . . . 



. 7 (early). 



,, 18, 1895. 



T T 



,, 11., . 



191. 



19, ,, 



„ VII.,. . . 



. 6. 



,, 19, 189o. 



T T T 



III., . 



. A few. 



» > 20, „ 



,, r., 



34 (dab and nounder). 



,, 22, 1895. 



V T T 



„ Vll.,. 



249. 



,, ZD, loyo. 

 .May 6, 1891. 



Cross-section I., . . 



. 44 (flounder and sprat) 



1 • , l ; "17" 



Station v., 



. Eggs of. 



,, 6 , » 



,, VI., . 



7 (advanced). 



,, 7, 1893. 



T 



,, I., 



,, 9, 1891. 



TIT" 



,, iv., . 



4 miles E. of May Island, 



1 or 2. 



, , 1 1 » , > 



In great number. 



12, ,, 



o to lA miles Hi. 01 May 1 



sland, Eggs of. 



19, ,, 



oration 111., . 





„ 22, ,, 



Aberladv bay, 





,, 22, 1895. 



Station III., . 



. 154. 



,, 23, 1891. 



T 



,, 1., . . 



. Eggs of. 



,, 24, 1893. 



T T T 

 ,, HI., . 



. 75 (early to later). 



,, 25, 1891. 



„ vi., . . . 



. A few. 



25, ,, 



II., 



. Eggs of. 



28, „ 



-IT 



v., . . , 



• , j 

 . A few. 



29, „ 



T V 



,, IX., . 



v 



,» v •» 



15. 



», 31, „ 



„ 31, 1893. 



„ H.j . . . 

 „ II., . , . 



: 224. 



. 22 (early to later). 



June 1, ,, 



Cross- section III., . 



. 25 (advanced). 



2, ,, 



Station IX., . 

 E. of Inchkeitn, 



. 37 (early to later). 



,, 4, 1S94. 



. 1. 



„ 14, 1893. 



Station IX., . 



. 1 (very advanced). 



m 19, „ 



„ VI., . . . 



. 16. 



„ 22, „ 



Cross-section II., . 



. 23 (dab and flounders). 



Flounder. 



The first appearance of the egg of the flounder is on March 6 (1895), 

 and the latest is on the 22nd of June (1893). This is a far more circum- 

 scribed spawning-period than that given by Dr Fulton for the whole East 

 Coast, namely, from the end of January to the middle of July, with a 

 maximum at the end of April. 



In the month of March the eggs appear in the course of three weeks, in 

 Stations II., V., VI., VII., VIII., and IX., besides the inner reach of the 

 Forth (Largo Bay.) The same feature is seen during April. In the 

 early part of this month, the appearance of the eggs of the flounder, in 

 some cases at early stages, in Stations I., IV., and Cross-section III., com- 

 pletes the whole area of the Firth. In this month, eggs in small numbers 

 are found in every station in the Firth, from I. to IX., inclusive. The 

 same distribution is characteristic of May (Stations VII. and VIII. alone 



