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Part III. — Thirteenth Annual Report 



— Station V. — 4th June 1895. — Surface. 15 eggs of gurnard; 23 



eggs of sprat ; 21 eggs of dab ; 2 eggs of poor cod ; 12 eggs of Motella 

 (sp.). 



— Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; pleuronectid, 9-5 



mm. ; young cod, 16 - 5 mm. ; gadoid, 3'5 mm. 



— Bottom. 9 eggs of gurnard ; 20 eggs of sprat ; 2 eggs 



of turbot ; 7 eggs of dab ; 5 eggs of poor cod j 1 egg of flounder ; 3 eggs 

 of Motella (sp.). 



— Station VI. — 4th June 1895. — Surface. 40 eggs of gurnard; 6 

 eggs of cod; 3 eggs of whiting; 46 eggs of sprat; 13 eggs of turbot; 

 12 eggs of dab ; 23 eggs of poor cod ; 70 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Bottom. 4 eggs of sprat ; 2 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



List of the Eggs and Young Fishes from the Tow-Nets 

 of the Boat ' Dalhousie.' 



St Andrews Bay. 



The tow-nets of the ' Dalhousie 1 are usually down for about 20 

 minutes. 



1st March 1895. — 1 egg of saithe. 

 13th March 1895. — 5 eggs of flounder. 

 14th March 1895. — 6 eggs of flounder. 



18th March 1895. — 1 egg of long rough dab ; 8 eggs of flounder. 



19th March 1895. — 2 miles north of pier. — 1 egg of haddock ; 1 egg 

 of dab ; 1 egg of long rough dab ; 23 eggs of flounder. 



5th April 1895. — Half-mile north west of pier. — Surface. 16 eggs of 

 haddock ; 4 eggs of cod ; 1 egg of dab ; 1 egg of sprat (?) ; 1 egg of long 

 rough dab ; 9 eggs of flounder ; 4 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— — Mid-water, 3 eggs of haddock. 



About 1 Mile East of Pier. — 8th April 1895. — Surface. 16 eggs of 

 haddock ; 19 eggs of cod ; 1 egg of sprat ; 6 eggs of dab ; 2 eggs of long 

 rough dab ; 23 eggs of flounder ; 6 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



Larval sand-eel, 3*6 mm. 



— . Bottom. 1 egg of haddock ; 1 egg of cod ; 1 egg of 



Motella (sp.). 



\\ Mile North of Pier. — 12th April 1895. — Surface. No eggs. 1 

 sand-eel, 4 mm. 



— Bottom. Post-Larval Fishes ; pleuronectid, 10 mm.; 



pleuronectid (long rough dab (?)), 4 mm. ; Cottus, 6*5 mm. ; 17 sand-eels, 

 4-4 5 mm. 



If Mile North of Pier. — 13th April 1892. — Surface. 28 eggs of 

 haddock; 20 eggs of cod ; 4 eggs of dab ; 10 eggs of long rough dab ; 

 58 eggs of flounder ; 3 eggs of solenette ; 338 eggs of Motella (sp.). 



— Bottom. Larval and Post-Larval Fishes ; Ayonus, 



8 mm. ; 2 sand-eels, 4*5 mm. 



1 Mile East of the Pier. — 16th April 1895. — Surface. A good 

 number of eggs consisting mainly of Motella (sp.), with a few eggs of 

 cod (1) ; whiting (2); dab (1) ; flounder (3; ; long rough dab (2). 



— Bottom. Post-Larval Fish ; sand-eel, 6 mm. 



\\ Mile North of the Pier. — 19th April 1895. — Surface. 4 eggs of 

 dab ; 36 eggs of Motella (sp.). Larva \ sand-eel, 4*5 mm. 



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

 nectid, 8*5 mm. ; 6 Ar/oni, 2*9-4'5 mm. ; sand-eel, 4 6 mm. 



Half-way between Eden Mouth and Pier. — 20th April 1895. — 

 Surface. 2 eggs of dab ; 2 eggs of flounder ; 17 eggb of Motella (sp.). 



