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Table VII.— Eggs of D ab— continued. 



May 



6, 1891. 



7, „ 

 11, „ 



11, 1892. 



12, 1891. 



12, 



16, 

 16, 

 19, 



22, 

 22, 

 22, 

 23, 

 24, 

 24, 

 25, 

 25, 

 26, 

 26, 

 26, 

 26, 

 26, 



1S92. 

 ,» 



1891. 

 1895. 



1891. 

 1893. 



1892. 

 1891. 



1892. 



„ 28, 1895. 



„ 28, 1891. 



u 29, » 



,, 31, 1893, 

 June 1, ,, 



9 



4, 1892. 



8, 1891. 



9, 1832. 

 „ 11, 1891. 

 „ 11, » 



. 12, „ 

 „ 15, 1893. 

 „ 21, „ 

 „ 22, „ 



,, 22, 1891. 



„ 28, 1893. 



» 30, „ 



July 21, 1892. 



„ 22, „ 



„ 23, „ 



Aug. 29, 1895. 



Station V., . 

 „ II., . . 



4 miles E. of May Island 

 Station I., 

 12 to 17 miles S.-E. of May 

 Island, 



6 to 12 miles S.-E. of May 



Island, 

 Station IX., . 

 VIII.,. 



„ HI., . . 



„ I-, • . 



„ HI., . . 



„ HI., . 



„ I., . . 

 VII., . . 



„ III., . . 



„ ix., . . 



„ II., . - 



„ iv., . 

 „ v., . 



Liston Bank, . 

 W. of Liston Bank, 

 Between Liston Bank and May 



Island, 

 Station VII., . 



„ v., . . 

 „ IX., . . 

 „ II., • • 



Cross-section III. (N. half), 

 Station IX., 

 E. of Inchkeith, 

 Station I., 



„. VII., . . 



„ I., • • 

 Vicinity of Station I., 

 Station II., 



„ I., • • 



Cross-section III. (N. half), 

 III. (S. half), 



Station I., 



„ II., 



„ v., 



„ ix., 



„ I., 



„ VII. 



.. v.. 



Eggs of. 

 One or two. 

 Eggs of (surface). 

 4 (advanced). 



Eggs of. 



Eggs of. 



57. 



13. 



Eggs of. 

 399. 

 300. 

 187. 



Eggs of. 



17 (advanced). 



11 (advanced). 



20 (nearly hatching). 

 Eggs of. 



A few. 



A large number. 

 A few. 

 A few. 



21 (whiting and dab). 

 73. 



Considerable number. 

 A few. 



6 (advanced). 



10 (advanced). 



76 (early to advanced), 



4. 



50 (advanced). 

 2. 



100. 

 80. 



A few. 



32 (advanced). 

 23. 



23 (dab and flounder, 



later). 

 Some. 

 57. 



10 (various stages). 



early to 



Dab. 



The list of hauls in which dab's eggs occurred is a remarkable one. 

 Not only do the extreme limits extend from February 19th in 1891 to 

 August 29th (in 1895), comprising the whole of spring and summer, or a 

 period over six months, but the great number of occurrences, especially 

 in April, May, and June, is marked. 



In very few instances do we find the dense masses of eggs which were 

 noticed in the case of the sprat and other species ; the only instance of a 

 great number together is on 22nd April 1895, when in Station VII. 

 about 1500 were found. At the same time, it is common to find any 

 number from 100 upwards in each haul, very evenly distributed through- 

 out the stations. Thus, in March, there are found dab's eggs in Largo Bay, 

 Station II., Stations V., VI., VIII., and IX. In April, every station is 

 represented over and over again, including the cross-sections, and the 

 Liston Bank areas ; in fact, in April the eggs of the dab are to be found 



