130 , Appe7idiccs to Fourth Anmtal Report 



TABLE I. — continued. 



Name. 



No. of 

 Stomachs 

 in which 

 Specimens 



were 

 observed. 



Remarks. 



Balanm crenatus (Brug.), 



MOLLUSCA— 



Anomia ephippium (L.), 



Pecteii tigrinus {M.VL\\)'i 



Nacula nitida (Sow), .... 



Cardium fasciatum (Mont) . 



Cardhim echinatum (L.), 





1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



Possibly attached to the 

 < carapace of a crab when 

 ( swallowed. 



Very young. 

 Young. 



Fragment. 

 Young. 



Mactra solida (L.) 

 Scorhicularia alba (Wood) , . 

 „ nitida Miill), . 



Psammobia tellinella (Lam.), 

 Lascea rubra (Mont.) ? 



Eulima bilineata (Alder), 

 Natica Alderi (Forbes), 

 Buccinimn, undatum (L.), 







Young. 

 Some fry. 

 Young. 







Fragments. 

 J) 



Young. 



Perfect shell. 

 Young specimens. 

 Opercula. 



( Opercula, probably of F. 

 ( antiquus (L.) 

 Damaged shell. 



Very yoimg. 

 Very much digested. 

 I'ln three specimens from 

 < May Island the stomachs 

 ( were crammed with ova. 



Pleur stoma turricula (Mont.), 



Velutina loevigata (Penn), 

 Fragments of bivalve shells, . 

 Pisces— 



Callionymus lyra, 

 Fish remains, 







1 



1 

 1 

 1 



3 



1 

 7 



4 



Other 19 or 20 objects were too much digested 



or too fragmentary to be identified. 



Amongst the Echinoderms it will be noticed that the common brittle 

 Bt'd.Y {Ophiothrix pentaphyllitm) occurs much more frequently than any other 

 species. This is a very common form all along the East Coast, occurring 

 in great numbers on the shell banks, and extending into deep water. It 

 occurs more frequently in the haddock's stomach than any other form of 

 food, and is undoubtedly one of the most important, both as regards 

 the number of stomachs in which it has been found and the number of 

 specimens in each stomach. 



Ophioglypha alhida and Amphiura filiformis have occurred on about an 

 equal number of occasions, but not in large quantities. 



Echinocyamus pusillus, which is a small deep-water form of the sea 

 urchin group, occurs in considerable numbers, but, on account of its small 

 size, does not form a very important part of the bidk of the food. 



Other common forms, such as Amphiura Chiajii, Ophiopholis aculeata^ 

 and Ophioglyplm lacertosa^ have not been met with in the material 

 examined. It is also curious to note that none of the Holothurians have 

 been met with, although Professor M'Intosh has recorded several species 

 as occurring both in the stomachs of the haddock and the cod. 



