of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Herring, 3| inches long ; some of the skin has been digested off. 

 Herring, portion of the backbone of, 2\ inches long ; very little muscle 

 left on it. 



Herring, head and tail gone, 4} inches long ; small portion of muscle left 

 anteriorly in the neck region ; the rest reduced to a skeleton. 



Clupeoid, backbone of, head and tail gone, 3 inches long ; skeleton. 



Clupeoid, backbone of, tail and portion of head gone, 6f inches long ; 

 skeleton. 



Herring, head and part of tail gone, 6f inches long • all the muscles 

 have been digested off, except a patch of muscle about 1 inch long in the 

 neck region. 



Herring, back bone of, head and tail gone, 5 inches long, all the 

 muscles have been digested off, except a small portion in the neck region. 



Herring, backbone of, head and tail gone, 3f inches long ; skeleton. 



Herring, backbone of, head and tail gone, 7-J inches long \ a small por- 

 tion only of the muscle left undigested anteriorly. 



Herring, backbone of, head and tail gone, 5 £ inches long ; a small por- 

 tion only of the muscle left undigested anteriorly. 



Herring, backbone of, head and tail gone, 5f inches long ; skeleton. 



Herring, backbone of, head and tail gone ; a trace of muscle left upon it. 



Clupeoid (Herring X), backbone of, head and tail gone, 4 inches long ; 

 skeleton. 



Herring, backbone of, head and portion of tail gone, 5 inches long ; 

 skeleton. 



Herring, anterior portion of backbone of, head gone, 21 inches long ; 

 traces of muscle left in the neck region only. 



Herring, backbone of, head gone, 4 inches long ; skeleton. 



Herring, portion of head of what appears to be a, f inch long. 



Structure resembling portion ot a partially digested head of a herring (T). 



Herring, posterior portion of backbone of, tail gone, If inches long ; 

 muscles half digested. 



Herring, a few vertebrae of, 1|- inches long. 



Herring, a few vertebrae of, 1^ inches long. 



Greater sand-eel, tail gone, 7f inches long ; the posterior half of the 

 body is reduced to a skeleton ; the muscles of the anterior half are 

 partially digested. 



Lesser sand-eel, tail gone, 4-j- inches long ; the skin and a little of the 

 muscle have been digested off. 



Lesser Sand-eel, 2f inches long • skin alone partially digested off. 

 Sand-eel, sp, tail gone, 3 inches long ; skeleton. 



Sand-eel, sp, head and portion of back bone of, 2j inches long ; traces 

 only of muscle left. 



Sand-eel, sp, tail gone 3i inches long ; muscles almost wholly digested. 



Sand-eel (?), portion of backbone and portion of head of, 2\ inches 

 long; skeleton. 



Sand-eel (greater ?), portion of head and backbone of, tail gone, 6 

 inches long ; traces of muscle left in the neck region. 

 Smelt, 4-J inches long ; almost entire. 

 Wolffish, post larval, inch long ; entire. 



Crustacea. 



Amphipoda, 11 examples of Parathemisto oblivia. 

 Copepoda, 3 examples of Cyclops ; Caligus (sp.) one example. 

 Schizopoda, 8 examples of Mysis (?). 

 Decapod Crustacean, one young example. 



