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Part III. — Ticoity-first Annual Bejyort 



Len(;tii of 

 Fish. 



Contents of Stomach. 



inclies 



51 



5$ „ 

 6 „ 

 6i „ 



6f „ 



Numerous small Schizopods, genus and species doubtful, 

 Temora longicornis, few. 



Numerous small Crustaceans, which look like Temora lowji- 

 cornis, but too imperfect to be satisfactorily determined. 



Several Parafhemisto ohliria. 



This contained nothing that could be identified. 



Remains of small Schizopoda and a number of Temora longi- 

 cornis. 



Numerous examples of Parathemisto and a minute Isopod — the 

 male of a species belonging to the Chelifera. 



Molua molva, Lin. 



A number of Ling were examined, the food of which consisted chiefly 

 of small fishes. It has been observed that the Ling, more than any other 

 gadoid, is in the habit, when captured, of ejecting not only its food but 

 also its stomach, turning it inside out just as one turns the finger of a glove, 

 so that when visiting the market it is not uncommon to see Ling with 

 their stomachs protruding from their mouths. 



Onus cimhrius, Lin. 



Twenty specimens of the Four-Bearded Rockling captured on the 

 Bressay Shoal at a depth of 75 fathoms, on December 11th, 1901, were 

 examined, and the contents of their stomachs recorded. As this species 

 was not included amongst those in my previous paper on fish food, I give 

 a more detailed account of the food observed in this sample from Bressay 

 Shoal. Their sizes ranged from 6j to 11| inches, and their food, as 

 shown in the appended tabular account, consisted chiefly of small 

 Crustacea : — 



Size of the 

 Fish. 



6S inches. 



u 

 n 



8 



9 

 9 



n 



m 

 m 



m 



Hi 

 Hi 

 Hi 



Contents of the Stomach. 



Pseudociima cercaria, Metopa nasiita, and some other 



Crustacean remains. 

 Metopa nasuta and remains of some other Crustacea, 

 Remains of Amphipods, but the species doubtful. 

 Metopa nasuta and remains of other Crustacea. 

 Crustacean remains, but too imperfect for identification. 

 Contents of stomach similar to the last. 



Erythrops s])., Endorella sip., HaHmedon parvimaniis ; Aceros 



phyllonyx ; Cylichna sp. 

 Lexicon nasica (male) and some mucus. 



Fragments of Calocaris macandrea' ; Erythrops sp. , Leucon 

 nasica; Aceros phyllonyx; Phystisica marina; a young 

 Dragonet, 15 mm. long. 



Metopa nasuta and a small lamellibranch shell. 



This stomach contained only a little mucus. 



Remains of two small flat fishes, and fragments of small 

 Crustaceans. 



Metopa nasuta, and remains of some other Crustaceans. 



The food of this stomach consisted of fragments of Crustacea, 



but too imperfect for identification. 

 Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx, Eudorella sp., and Annelids. 

 The only food observed in this stomach consisted of the 



remains of Chaetopod Annelids. 

 Campylaspis sp. (male) ; Halimedon parvimanus ; Metopa 



rubrooittata and Aceros phyllonyx. 

 Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx and the remains of some other 



Crustaceans. 



This stomach contained nothing that could be identified. 

 Remains of Cha^topod Annelids only. 



