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Sarcodictyon catenata, (15) 163. 

 Sardine. See also Pilchard. 

 age of, (8) 374. 



development of reproductive organs 



of, (8) 373. 

 eggs of, (8) 373 ; (9) 418, 420 ; (10) 



161. 



fecundity of, (9) 418. 



fishery in Gulf of Marseilles, (9) 



419. 



food of, (7) 390 ; (8) 372. 



growth of, (8) 374. 



movements of, (10) 161. 



researches on, (9) 418, 420. 



Spanish, report on, (10) 160. 



spawning of, (8) 372. 



trade of, inGalicia, (8) 371. 



Sars, Professor G. 0., (6) 15 ; (19) 92. 



on development of cod, (3) 53. 



discovery of the floating eggs of the 



cod by, (16) 88. 

 Sarsiella capsula, (20) 475. 

 Saury pike. See Pike, saury. 

 Sauvage, Dr H. E., (7) 384, 390; (9) 



177; (13) 16. 

 Saxicava rugosa, (6) 231 ; (15) 128; (20) 



496. 



Saxicavella plicata, (15) 128. 



Scad. See Horse-mackerel. 



Scmurgus cirrhosa, (15) 114. 



Scalaria, (20) 510. 



Scaldback. See Scald-fish. 



Scald-fish {Arnoglossus {Platophrys) 



laterna), (17) 94 ; (18) 286, 357. 



eggs of, (17) 83, 84, 94, 96, 106. 



food of, (20) 487, 524. 



in Scottish waters, (21) 511. 



Scales of fishes, lines of growth in, (23) 



125. 



Scallop. See Clam. 

 Scaphander Ugnarius, (15) 115. 

 Scapholeberis cornuta, (9) 275, 290. 

 mucronata, (9) 277, 290, 296 ; (13) 



250 ; (14) 239, 242 ; (15) 321 ; (17) 141, 



160, 184, 191. 

 Schist ocephalus solidns, (9) 273. 

 Schistomysis arenosa, (15) 134. 

 ornatus, (15) 134 ; (16) 158, 209 ; (17) 



268 ; (20) 491, 516, 522, 536. 

 spiritus, (16) 158, 163, 209 ; (20) 491, 



493, 516, 519, 523. 

 Schizopoda as herring-food, (4) 123. 



of Firth of Forth, (16) 158. 



distribution of, (16) 164. 



of Loch Fyne, (16) 262. 



Schizoporella unicornis, (15) 156. 

 Schizothcerus nuttalli, (7) 341. 

 Sclerochilus contortus, (6) 245; (15) 145. 

 Scolecithrix abyssalis, (15) 310, 311, 313. 



brevicornis, (20) 449, 452. 



hibemica, (15) 146; (17) 248; (19) 



238; (20) 451. 



pygmwa, (17) 249. 



Scomber scomber. See Mackerel. 

 Scombresox saurus. See Pike, saury. 

 Scopelocheirus crenatus, (7) 319. 

 Scopthalmiis 7iorvegicus. See Topknot, 



Norway. 



unimaculatus. See Topknot, one- 

 spotted. 



Scorpion, sea- [Coitus scorpius), (4) 212, 



232; (15) 109. 



eggs of, (3) 59 ; (4) 206. 



eggs and young of, (14) 181. 



fecundity of, (9) 248. 



feeding on sprats, (4) 206. 



food of, (20) 486, 489. 



rate of growth of, (12) 333. 



parasites of, (19) 138, 139. 



post -larval forms of, (7) 309. 



spawning period of, (4) 244 ; (7) 197. 



volume of eggs of, (16) 141. 



Scotland, direction of currents on east 



coast of, (15) 346. 

 Scott, Mr Andrew, (9) 269, 281 ; (10) 



244; (11) 197 ; (12) 231 ; (13) 165, &c. 

 Dr Thomas, (4) 231 ; (6) 225, 232 ; 



(7) 11, 171, 183, 222; (8) 14, 16, 23, 



230, &c. 

 Scottia browniana, (9) 281, 282. 

 Scottish Fishery Acts, (10) 172. 



lobster fishery, the, (6) 9, 189. 



mackerel fishing, (12) 16. 



Scottocheres elongatns, (16) 278. 

 Scottomyzon gibberum, (15) 155. 

 Scrobicularia piperata, (7) 328. 



prismatica, (20) 510. 



Scutellidium fasciatum, (4) 154; (10) 



258; (15) 153. 



tisboides, (10) 258 ; (18) 396. 



Scy Ilium canicvla. See Dog-fish, lesser 



spotted. 



catulus. See Dog-fish, larger 



spotted. 



Sea-birds, destruction of fish by, (8) 20. 

 Sea Fisheries Committee of Lancashire, 

 (14) 8. _ 



Parliamentary Committee on, (12) 



384. 



(Scotland) Amendment Act, (5) 



43. 



Sea-fowl swallowed by cod, (4) 134. 

 Sea-horse {Hippocampus antiquerum), 

 (18) 289. 



Sea-lamprey {Petromyzon marinus), 

 spawning period of, (4) 254. 



"Sea-mouse" {Aphrodite), (6) 231. 



Sea-ponds at Dunbar, (10) 10. 



Sea- Scorpion. See Scorpion, sea-. 



Sea-snail, common, or sucker {Cycloq aster 

 liparis), (4) 232; (15) 110; (18) 279. 



change of colour in, (3) 69. 



Sea-trout. See Trout, sea-. 



Sea-water, methods for determining the 

 specific gravitj 7 of, (4) 192. 



Sea, west of Lewis, physical observations 

 in, (6) 349. 



Seals, damage to fisheries by, in Den- 

 mark, (9) 412. 



Seasonal changes in fishes, (12) 291. 



Sebastes marinus. See Haddock, Norway. 



norvegicus. See Haddock, Norway. 



Seine-net, action of, in herring fishery, 

 (18) 242. 



in herring fisherv, introduction of, 



(18) 242. 



fishing for herrings, suppression of, 



(18) 243. 



fishing for herrings at Ballantrae, 



(11) 15; (12) 18; (13) 13; (14) 14. 



