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Three ova of whiting were taken on 4th June, on Station VI., St 

 Andrews Bay. 



Green Cod (Saithe). — The ova of the green cod were found in a 

 collection of ova procured on Station VIII., Forth, on 6th March. An 

 egg of this form had been found in the tow-net of the * Dalhousie,' in 

 St Andrews Bay, on 1st March. The last occasion on which they 

 appeared in the tow-nets of the 'Garland,' was on 16th April, on Station 

 II., St Andrews Bay. 



Sprat. — The eggs of the sprat were found in great abundance. First, 

 procured in 17th April, Station II., Forth, they were obtained in the 

 tow-nets on every station examined after that date, both in the Forth 

 and St Andrews Bay. 



Dab. — The ova of the dab were exceedingly common. A few were 

 obtained in March, the first on 6th March, Station VIII., Forth. They 

 were procured in large numbers during April and May, and were also 

 found in the collections made in the beginning of June. During the 

 period over which the tow-nets were used this year, the ova of the dab 

 were obtained on more occasions than the eggs of the sprat, but the 

 latter when present, usually greatly exceeded the number of the eggs 

 of the dab found in the collection. 



Turbot. — The eggs of the turbot were first obtained this year on 

 Stations VII. and IX., Forth, on 28th May. They were found in St 

 Andrews Bay during the first week of June. 



Gurnard. — -The ova of the gurnard were first met with this season 

 on Station II., Forth, on 31st May, and from that date onwards were 

 fairly common. 



Long Rough Dab. — The eggs of this form were very common during 

 March and April. They were not found in so large numbers as in 

 March 1894. On 29th March 1894, on Station V., Forth, about 2000 

 eggs were obtained, while, on 20th March 1895, on the same station, 

 270 ova were obtained. 



Flounder. — The eggs of the flounder were found in most of the tow- 

 net collections during April, May, and June. 



Dragonet. — The ova of the dragon et have been found on only one 

 occasion this season, on 6th June, on Stations III. and IV., St Andrews 

 Bay. 



Motella (sp.). — The eggs of the rockling were abundant on all the 

 stations during March, April, May, and June. 



Solenette. — The egg of the solenette was captured on three occasions 

 during April, by the ' Dalhousie,' in St Andrews Bay. 



The absence of the ova of certain fishes, the main spawning periods 

 of which are slightly later in the season than the fishes whose ova are 

 recorded in the detailed list, is partially explained by the fact that the 

 examination of the Forth and St Andrews Bay Stations by means of 

 the tow-net ceased with 6th June. 



Larv,e and Young Fishes. 



The larval and post-larval fishes most commonly captured in the tow- 

 nets were cottoids and sand-eels. On 27th December 1894, a rockling, 

 10 mm. long, was taken in the surface tow-net on Station III., Forth. 



Of the food-fishes, pleuronectids were most frequently met with. On 

 9th February, a dab, 3*9 cm. long, was found in the tow-net on Station 

 V., Forth. Small pleuronectids, 5-10 mm. in length, were procured, 

 on 20th March, on Station V., Forth. During April and May post- 

 larval flat-fish were common. 



Post-larval clupeoids were captured in March and May. 



