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Vaunthompsonia cristata, (14) 158 ; (15) 

 134. 



rosea, (4) 164. 



Vela, Senor R. Gutierran, (8) 21, 353 ; 



(9) 389, 421 ; (11) 487 ; (12) 403. 

 Velutella fiexilis, (15) 120. 

 Velutina laevigata, (15) 120. 

 Vendace {Coregonus vandesius), spawning 



period of, (6) 252. 

 Venilia gracilis, (6) 253. 

 Venus casina, (15) 127. 



fasciata, (15) 127 ; (20) 527. 



gallina, (15) 127. 



minima, (8) 331. 



orata, (15) 127. 



Verasper, (18) 352. ' 



Vermes of Loch Fyne, (15) 157; (16) 273. 



pelagic, of Firth of Forth, (16) 190. 



Vermiculum bicorne, (7) 313. 



dblongum, (7) 312. 



Vemeuilina polystropha, (16) 275. 

 Verrucca stromia, (6) 237 ; (15) 155. 

 Vertebrae of fishes, lines of growth in, 



(23) 130. 

 Vertebralina striata, (7) 312. 

 Vertigo antiveitigo, (14) 168, 169. 

 Vesicularia spinosd, (15) 157. 

 Virbius fasciger, (6) 260. 



varians, (6) 260. 



Virgularia mirabilis, (15) 163. 

 Virgulina schreibersiana, (7) 315 ; (16) 



276. 



Vitality of eggs of ballan wrasse, (5) 

 246. 



'■ of fishes caught in trawl-nets, 



of young lobsters, (23) 67. 



Viviparous blenny. See Blenny, vivi- 

 parous. 

 Volvox globator, (9) 275. 

 Volvula acuminata, (15) 115. 



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Waddinc4Ton, Mr H. T. , (22) 125. 

 Walker, Mr A. 0., (10) 244. 

 Wallace, Mr William, (14) 223. 

 Walpole, Sir Spencer, (10) 173. 

 Wattel, M. Raveret, (7) 384 ; (8) 21 ; (11) 



21, 487; (13) 16. 

 Weber, Prof. Max, (6) 306. 

 Webster, Mr H. A., (7) 384. 

 Weever, young stages of, (9) 324. 

 greater and lesser, question of 



specific distinction of, (4) 207. 

 greater (Trachinus draco), (4) 207; 



(7) 326 ; (8) 357. 

 spawning period of, (4) 244 ; 



(7) 197. 



lesser {Trachinus vipera), (4) 207 ; 



(18) 277 ; (21) 69. 

 . eggs of, (14) 223; (16) 114; 



(17) 83, 93, 96. 



embryo of, (16) 214. 



fecundity of, (9) 251. 



■ food of, (20) 486, 493. 



larger on East Coast than on 



West, (21) 71. 



■ migration of, (21) 70. 



proportion of sexes in, (21) 70. 



Weever, lesser, size of males and females, 

 (21) 70. 



spawning period of, (4) 244. 



Weirs, destruction of immature fish by, 

 (8) 190. 



fishing by means of, (8) 190. 



Weldon, Mr W. F. R., (6) 299 ; (8) 361. 

 West Coast expedition of "Garland," 



(11) 15, 23, 167. 



fishing ground on, (7) 5. 



of Scotland, vertebrate fauna of, (7) 



385. 



Westwoodia carinata, (8) 326. 



nobzlis, (4) 152; (6)240; (15)152; 



(21) 130. 

 Westwoodilla cceeula, (10) 263. 



hyalina, (10) 263. 



Whale, notes on Greenland whalebone, 



(7) 365. 



Whales in Spanish waters, (8) 370. 

 Whelks, injuries to hooked fishes by, (4) 

 204. 



Whiff. See Megrim. 



Whitch. See Witch. 



White, Dr P., (7) 385. 



Whitebait, (22) 171. 



nature of, (4) 98. 



Whitefish {Coregonii* clnpeiformis), com- 

 position of, (5) 228. 



digestibility of, (5) 228. 



Whiting {Gadus merlangm), (18) 282. 



age of, at first-maturity, (19) 189; 



(20) 400. 



arrangement of muscles in, (4) 168. 



cross-fertilisation of, with grey 



gurnard, (8) 358. 

 distribution of adult and immature, 



(8) 175. 



distribution of eggs of, (15) 225. 



eggs of, (7) 306 ; (8) 284 ; (16) 91, 



114 ; (17) 82, 83, 84, 93, 96, 103, 106. 



fecundity of, (9) 256. 



food of, (5) 317 ; (7) 230, &c. ; (8) 



231, 243, 249, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256 ; 



(9) 230, 235, &c. ; (10) 217, 227, 231 ; 

 (20) 486, 513. 



growth of, (8) 175 ; (11) 196; (15) 



204 ; (19) 154, 166 ; (20) 335, 368. 

 growth of, comparative, in different 



regions, (20) 399. 

 immense shoals of young, in Firth 



of Forth, (8) 175. 



in Loch Fyne, (4) 232 ; (15) 111. 



larva of, (16) 215. 



life-history of, (15) 194. 



mature and immature, (8) 175. 



parasites of, (18) 178 ; (19) 121, 146, 



149 ; (23) 108. 



pelagic habit of young, (20) 387. 



post-larval forms of, (7) 308. 



proportion of immature, landed by 



trawlers, (22) 19. 

 proportion of males to females, (8) 



349. 



relation of length to weight, (22) 



144, 148, 224. 



sexual proportions of, (10) 239. 



size, average, at maturity, (22) 150. 



size-limit between mature and im- 

 mature, (22) 18. 



