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clupeoids, 8*75 and 9 mm.; 8 sand-eels, 6-12 mm.; 3 rocklings, 

 4-5-5 mm. 



Firth of Forth — Station III. — 22nd May 1 895. — Surface. 1 2 eggs of 

 whiting ; 3800 eggs of sprat ; 300 eggs of dab ; 700 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— (Second Collection). 88 eggs of gurnard ; 40 eggs of 



whiting; 2667 eggs of sprat ; 187 eggs of dab ; 44 eggs of poor cod ; 154 

 eggs of flounder; 662 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Station IV. — 21st May 1895. — Surface. 7 eggs of sprat; 

 1 egg of weever (1). 



— Bottom. Post-Larval Fishes ; 3 pleuronectids, 



8-9 mm. 



— Station V. — 29th May 1895. — Surface. 22 eggs of gurnard; 

 15 eggs of sprat ; 5 eggs of turbot ; 40 eggs of dab ; 9 eggs of poor cod ; 

 15 eggs of flounder; 265 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Post-Larval Fishes ; gadoid, 7*5 mm. ; 2 Montagu's 



suckers, 4*5 mm. 



— Bottom. Post-Larval Fishes ; 6 clupeoids, 5-6*5 



mm. ; Montagu's sucker, 5 mm. 



— Station VI. — 29th May 1895. — Surface. 2 eggs of gurnard ; 6 

 eggs of sprat ; 1 egg of dab ; 32 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Station VII. — 28th May 1895. — Surface. 125 eggs of gurnard; 

 18 eggs of whiting ; 20 eggs of ling (?) ; 1400 eggs of sprat ; 25 eggs of 

 turbot ; 73 eggs of dab ; 240 eggs of poor cod ; 255 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Bottom. Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; 3 pleuro- 

 nectids, 4 "5-9 mm. ; 3 Montagu's suckers, 4*5-5*8 ; goby, 5 mm. ; 2 

 Cotti, 4*5 mm. 



— Station VIII. — 28th May 1895. — Surface. 16 eggs of gurnard ; 

 10 eggs of whiting ; 95 eggs of sprat ; 92 eggs of dab ; 48 eggs of poor 

 cod ; 207 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; gadoid, 4 mm. ; 4 



rocklings, 3*5-6 mm. ; 2 sand-eels, 6 and 7 mm. 



— Bottom. Post-Larval Fishes ; 2 pleuronectids, 8 and 



8*5 mm. ; pogge, 18*5 mm. ; rockling, 4 mm. ; 5 Montagu's suckers, 

 2*5-5*5. 



— Station IX. — 28th May 1895. — Surface. 27 eggs of gurnard; 

 9 eggs of whiting ; 1260 eggs of sprat ; 9 eggs of turbot ; 81 eggs of dab ; 

 371 eggs of poor cod ; 540 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Larvae; gadoid, 3*25 mm. 



St Andrew's Bay — Station II. — 6th June 1895. — Surface. 33 eggs of 

 gurnard ; 439 eggs of sprat ; 7 eggs of turbot ; 65 eggs of dab ; 6 eggs of 

 poor cod ; 3 eggs of dragonet ; 13 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Bottom. 10 eggs of sprat ; 1 egg of poor cod; 1 egg of 



flounder. 



— — Larv^! ; gadoid, 3 mm. 



— Station III. — 6th June 1895. — Surface. 25 eggs of gurnard; 

 250 eggs of sprat ; 65 eggs of dab ; 5 eggs of dragonet ; 20 eggs of 

 Motella (sp.). 



— Post-Larval Fishes ; gadoid (injured), about 4 mm. ; 



sand-eel, 7 mm. 



— Bottom. 3 eggs of gurnard ; 39 eggs of sprat ; 1 egg 



of dab ; 9 eggs of dragonet; 2 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Station IV. — 6th June 1895. — Surface. 12 eggs of gurnard; 

 57 eggs of sprat ; 1 egg of turbot ; 12 eggs of dab ; 1 egg of dragonet ; 

 5 eggs of Motella (sp). 



— Post-Larval Fish; pleuronectid, 12*8 mm. 



— Bottom. Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; 6 pleuro- 

 nectids, 6-7 mm; gadoid, 3 mm. ; lumpsucker, 5*5 mm. 



