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gunnel — got once at Station VII., on 23rd October. This form occurred 

 also on the Clyde, on 29th October. 



All the post-larval and young forms, it need hardly be mentioned, were 

 got from the bottom net. 



In concluding these notes, I have to thank Professor M'Intosh for his 

 kindly advice and assistance. 



MORAY FIRTH. 



Station IV. — 24th August 1896, surface. Eggs— Weever, 1 ; dab, 4; 

 megrim, 1. 



Station V. — 24th August, surface. Whiting, 5'4 cm. 



Station V. — 24th August, bottom. 3 sand-eels, 20, 24, and 25 mm. ; 

 callionymus, 7 mm. ; 2 cottoids, 4 and 8 mm. ; 31 pleuronectids, 7 to 11 

 mm. (139). 



Station VI. — 25th August, surface. Eggs — "Weever, 3 \ cod, 6 ; dab, 

 12; motella, 1. 



Station VI. — 25th August 1896. 2 gurnards, 5 and 10 mm. 



Station VI. — 25th August 1896, bottom. 21 pleuronectids, 6 to 11 

 mm. ; 6 clupeoicls, 8 to 12 5 mm. ; 5 gobies, 6 to 7 mm., and one 11 mm. ; 

 heads of 2 Montagu's suckers ; 4 callionymi, 5 to 9 mm. ; 2 crystallo- 

 gobies, 6 and 8 mm. ; 2 gurnards, 6 mm. 



Station VII. — 25th August, surface. Eggs — Bib, 2; cod, 4; mo- 

 tella, 14 ; dragonet, 1 ; turbot, 2 ; gurnard, 11. 



Station VIII.— 25th August 1896, bottom. 73 clupeoids, 5 to 15 

 mm. ; 33 gobies, 3*5 to 8 mm.; 8 gurnards, 5 to 8 mm. ; 9 Callionymi, 

 3 to 5 mm. ; 24 pleuronectids, 3 to 1 1 mm. ; Lepadogaster bimaculatus, 

 8 mm. 



Station VIII. — 25th August 1896, surface. Eggs — Cod, 2; turbot, 



2 ; megrim, 12 ; poor-cod, 1 ; motella, 1 ; dragonet, 3. 



Station VIII. — 25th August 1896, surface. Gurnard, 10 mm. ; sand- 

 eel, 20 mm. ; 9 rocklings, 4 to 10 mm. 



Station VIII. — 25th August 1896, bottom. Lemon dab, 8 mm. ; 



3 other pleuronectids, 7, 8, and 12 mm. ; 14 clupeoids, 7 to 19 mm. (in- 

 termediate connecting stages) ; 52 gobies, 4 to 11 mm. ; 4 gurnards, 7*5 

 to 8*5 mm. ; 9 Callionymi, 4 to 8 mm. ; 4 post-larval lemon dabs, 5 to 

 7 mm. ; Lepadogaster bimaculatus, 7*5 mm. 



Station IX. — 25th August 1896, surface. Eggs — Cod, 1 ; megrim, 

 1 ; gurnard, 4. 



Station IX.— 25th August 1896. 2 sand-eels, 19 and 24 mm. ; 2 

 rocklings, 4 and 6 mm. 



Station IX. — 25th August 1896, bottom. Sand-eel, 7 mm. ; 2 pleuro- 

 nectids, 5 and 9 mm. ; 12 gobies, 7 to 11 mm. ; 3 gurnards, 5 to 7 mm. ; 



4 Montagu's suckers, 3 mm. (larval) to 6 mm. ; Crystallogobius, 5 mm. 

 Station I. — 26th August 1896, surface. Eggs — Cod, 1 ; poor-cod, 1 ; 



weever, 1 ; megrim, 5. 



Station I. — 26th August, bottom. Pleuronectid, 4*5 mm. ; 4 gobies, 

 55 to 12 mm. 



Station X. — 26th August 1896, surface. Eggs — Cod, 2 ; megrim, 2 j 

 dab, 2 ; turbot, 2 ; motella, 11 ; dragonet, 3 ; gurnard, 4. 



Station X. — 26th August 1696, bottom. 5 gurnard, 5 to 10 mm. ; 

 4 gobies, 6 to 8*5 mm. ; 3 Callionymi, 4 mm. ; 9 clupeoids, 8 to 14*5 

 mm., and one 19 mm. ; 10 lemon dabs, 4 to 13*5 mm. ; 9 other pleuro- 

 nectids, 6 to 13 mm. 



Station II. — 21st September 1896, surface. Clupeoid, 18 mm. ; gur- 

 nard, 4 mm. ; 4 gurnards, 10 to 11 mm. 



