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St Andrews Bay. — Station VI. — 20th March 1895. — Surface. 8 eggs 

 of plaice ; 31 eggs of haddock ; 1 egg of green cod ; 1 egg of dab ; 40 

 eggs of long rough dab ; 9 eggs of flounder : 228 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Bottom. 1 egg of haddock. Larva ; Coitus, 5 mm. 



— Stations VIII. and IX.— 19th March 1895.— Surface. 132 

 eggs of haddock ; 3 eggs of cod ; 18 eggs of whiting j 6 eggs of green 

 cod; 3 eggs of dab ; 192 eggs of long rough dab j 15 eggs of flounder ; 

 9 eggs of Motella (up.). 



— Bottom. 15 eggs of haddock \ 5 eggs of whiting ; 1 



egg of green cod ; 3 eggs of long rough dab ; 10 eggs of flounder j 1 egg 

 of Motella (sp.). 



— Station VII. — 311 eggs of haddock; 6 eggs of cod; 4 eggs 

 of whiting ; 4 eggs of green cod ; 582 eggs of long rough dab ; 6 eggs 

 of flounder ; 30 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



Ixverkeithing Bay, Inside. — 1 st March 1895. — M'lntosh net. 

 Young Fishes ; young common eel (Anguilla vulgaris), 7 cm. ; 18 

 clupeoids, 34-42 mm. 



Ixverkeithing Bay, Outside. — 1st March 1895. — Seine-net. 

 Young Fishes ; 14 clupeoids, 34-41 mm. 



From Prestonpans to Middle of Firth of Forth. — 5th April 

 1895. — Surface. Live Eggs — 2 eggs of haddock ; 32 eggs of cod ; 1 egg 

 of whiting ; 2 eggs of dab ; 4 eggs of long rough dab. Dead Eggs — 

 27 eggs of plaice and long rough dab (mainly long rough dab) ; 123 eggs 

 of cod and haddock (mainly cod) ; 30 eggs of dab ; 2 eggs of green 

 cod (?) ; 10 eggs of flounder ; 47 eggs of Motella (sp.). The eggs, with 

 the exception of a few eggs of flounder, dab, ami Motella (sp.), were well 

 advanced, about ready to hatch. 



— Bottom. Live Eggs — 12 eggs of cod (well advanced) ; 



1 egg of dab (early) ; 1 egg of long rough dab. Dead Eggs — 3 eggs of 

 plaice ; 57 eggs of cod (this collection may contain one or two eggs of 

 haddock) ; 57 eggs of dab and flounder (mainly dab) ; 3 eggs of long 

 rough dab ; 12 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



St Andrews Bay — Station L— 10th April 1895. — Bottom. 1 egg 

 of plaice ; 3 eggs of cod ; 4 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Station II. — 10th April 1895. — Bottom. 2 eggs of plaice ; 4 

 eggs of haddock ; 5 eggs of cod ; 3 eggs of whiting ; 1 egg of green cod ; 

 1 egg of flounder. 



— Fishes ; 2 Agoni, 5*4 mm. ; 2 sand-eels, 4*5 and 8 mm. 



— Station III. — 10th April 1895. — Surface. 1 egg of plaice ; 1 

 egg of haddock ; 32 eggs of cod ; 3 eggs of flounder ; 2 eggs of 

 Motella (sp.). 



— LarV/E ; 2 sand-eels, 2*7 and 5*4 mm. 



— Bottom. 1 egg of plaice ; 5 eggs of cod ; 2 eggs of 



flounder. 



— Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; 10 Agoni, 5*5-5-8 



mm. ; 3 sand-eels, 2"5, 4'9, 5*4 mm. 



— Station IV. — 10th April 1895. — Surface. 2 eggs of plaice ; 21 

 eggs of haddock ; 76 eggs of cod ; 4 eggs of whiting ; 19 eggs of dab ; 

 100 eggs of flounder ; 10 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Fishes ; flounder, 3 mm. ; 2 sand-eels, 5 and 8*25 mm. 



— Station V. — 8th April 1895. — Surface. 3 eggs of plaice; 40 

 eggs of whiting ; 1 egg of long rough dab. 



— Post-Larval Fishes; 3 pleuronectids, 8-13 mm. ; 2 



sand-eels, 5, 11 mm. ; 3 Agoni, 5-5 mm. ; 7 Cotti, 5-6-5 mm. 



Firth of Forth — Station I. — 17th April 1895. — Surface. Post- 

 Larval Fishes; pleuronectid, 12 mm. ; gadoid, 8 mm. ; 31 Cotti, 6-7 

 mm.; 3 sand-eels, 7-11 mm. 

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