of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Trigla gurnardus, Lin. 



The stomachs of four Grey Gurnards were examined in March 1902. 

 The fishes measured 10^, 10|, 11 1, and 11| inches respectively; one of 

 the stomachs contained six specimens of Crangon allmanni and the remains 

 of a young Clupeoid ; another contained fragments of Crangon and the 

 remains of small Clupeoids ; in the stomach of the third were the 

 remains of Crustaceans and small fishes, but too imperfect for identifica- 

 tion ; while the fourth contained nothing that could be identified. 



A King-fish, Lampris luna, was captured at Shetland on October 

 20th, 1900, and was forwarded to the Fishery Board's Laboratory at 

 Bay of Nigg. I had the privilege of examining the stomach of this fish, 

 and found that it had been living exclusively and largely on Cephalopods ; 

 unfortunately none of the Cephalopods were perfect enough for 

 identification, the soft parts being scarcely recognisable. The horny 



jaws of the creatures had, however, been able to resist to a large extent 

 the solvent action of the digestive fluids, otherwise the determination of 

 the food would have been almost impossible. The number of Cephalo- 

 pod jaws found in this stomach was 108, and, as each Cephalopod has 



Lampris luna (Gmelin). 



