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Part III. Index. 



Rays : Relative number of sexes, 229. 



Size of males and females, 230, 



Rhizothrix curmta, 123. 



Sail-Fluke : see Megrim. 



Saithe : see Coal-fish. 



Sandy Ray {Raia circu^aris) : Propor- 

 tion of sexes, 230. 



Scald-fish (Platophrys laterna), 51. 



Scomber scomhrus : see Mackerel. 



Sehastes : see Norway Haddock. 



Sex : Relative numbers of males and 

 females among Skates and Rays, 229. 



Sexual characters, external, of Carcinus 

 m(enas, 160. 



Shagreen Ray {Raia fnUonica) : Pro- 

 portion of sexes, 230. 



Shore-crab : see Carcmus mamas. 



Skates : Size of males and females, 230. 



Relative number of sexes, 229. 



Smith Bank : Hauls on, 18. 



Sole, Common {Solea vulgaris), 32, 54, 

 229. 



Distribution of, 54. 



Solea lutea : see Solenette. 



vulgaris : see Sole. 



Solenette (Solea lutea), 53. 



Distribution of, 53. 



Spawning pond, 181. 

 Spawning of Angler, 189. 



Armed-Bullhead, 74. 



Carcmus mcenas, 138, 174. 



Common Dab, 45. 



Lemon Dab, 48. 



Lesser Weever, 70. 



Sprat, 67. 



Sprat {C'lupea sprattus). 52, 67. 



Caught in otter-trawl, 67. 



Spawning of, 67. 



Starry Ray (Raia radiata) : Proportion 



of sexes, 230. 

 Rate of growth of, 231. 



Statistics : Necessity of ascertaining the 



place of fishing, 38. 

 Necessity of dealing with catches of 



individual vessels, 38. 



Special, of North Sea fisheries, 37. 



Stenhelia, 125. 



ima, 114. 



Stephos gyrans, 110. 

 scotti, 110. 



Striped Wrasse (Labrus mixtus) Food 

 of, 221. 



Sturgeon : Caught in trawl, 228. 



Tarbet Ness : Hauls off, 37. 

 Tetragoniceps incertus, 117. 



pygmmis, 117. 



Thalestris clausii, 1.30. 



peltata, 129. 



rufocincta, 130. 



Thornback Ray (Raia clavata) : Pro- 

 portion of sexes, 230. 



Topknot, Muller's, 229. 



Trachinus vipera : see Lesser Weever. 



Trawling : Result of successive hauls on 

 same ground, 34, 36. 



Trigla gurnardus : see Gurnard. 



Turbot (Bothus maximus), 51. 



Distribution of, 51. 



Food of, 52. 



Migrations of, 51. 



Tusk (Brosmius brosme), 63. 



Westwoodia nobilis, 130. 

 Whiting (Gadus merlangus) : Spawning 

 of, 20. 



Pout (Gadus luscus) : Food of, 221. 



Witch (Pleuronectes cynoglossus), 49. 



Abundant in Moray Firth, 49. 



Distribution of, 49. 



Food of, 223. 



Rarity of young, 49. 



ZoEA of Carcinus mimas, 139. 



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