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poor-cod, early to embryo \ round ; 8 eggs of (?) haddock, embryo | to 

 advanced ; 1 egg of brill ; 79 eggs of (?) lemon dab, embryo | round ; 

 14 eggs of (?) bio and witch, early to embryo | round; G2 eggs of cod 

 and allies, various stages ; 2 eggs of turbot, embryo J round. 



Station VII. — Bottom, 8th May 1893. Young cod, 6 mm. ; plaice; 

 Montague's suckers ; 3*5 to 4 "5 mm. 



Station VIII. — Surface, 8th May 1893 Plaice, embryo nearly 

 h round; 121 eggs of gurnard, various stages ; 4 eggs of rockling ; 16 

 eggs of (?) flounder, embryo about J ; 18 eggs of (?) sprat, various 

 stages; 26 eggs of (?) bib; 1 eggs of dab; 19 eggs of (?) lemon dab; 

 11 eggs of whiting. 



Station IX. — Surface, 8th May 1893. 68 eggs of gurnard; 4 eggs 

 of (?) bib, advanced ; 37 eggs of pleuronectid, (?) lemon dab, embryo -J to 

 4 round; 1 egg of turbot, embryo i round ; 1 egg of rockling, embryo over 

 J round ; 1 egg of dab, embryo § round ; 5 eggs of (?) flounder, mostly 

 advanced ; 4 eggs of sprat ; 18 eggs of pleuronectid, lemon dab (?) mostly 

 well advanced ; 5 eggs of plaice (?), injured ; 29 eggs of whiting. 



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Station ? — Surface, 4th May 1893. 4 eggs of plaice, embryo | 

 round; 28 eggs of gurnard, embryo 4 round; 2 eggs of whiting, early; 2 

 eggs of dab; 4 eggs of flounder, embryo about J round; 4 eggs of had- 

 dock; 18 eggs of pleuronectid (?), embryo 4 to advanced; 2 eggs of 

 sprat, advanced; 3 eggs of dragonet, embryo about 4; 4 eggs (?) poor- 

 cod, embryo J to 4 ; 1 egg of ling, early ; 14 eggs of green cod, embryo 

 J to more advanced. 



Station? — Surface, 4th May 1893. Sand-eels, 15 to 19 mm. 



Station L — Surface, 10th May 1893. 3 eggs of long rough dab, mostly 

 advanced, some just free from yolk ; 4 eggs of plaice (injured); 182 eggs 

 of gurnard; 25 eggs (?) haddock; 53 eggs (?) lemon dab: 47 eggs 

 of gadoids (?), various stages; 14 eggs (?) whiting, early to embryo h 

 round; 1 egg of ling, early; 2 eggs of dab, early; 18 eggs (?) flounder, 

 early to embryo, J round. 



Station II. — Surface, 10th May 1893. 94 eggs of gurnard, embryo J 

 to f round; 24 eggs of long rough dub, well advanced ; 5 eggs of plaice, 

 embryo about \ round ; 2 eggs of rockling, early ; 2 eggs of turbot ; 2 

 eggs of haddock, early ; 31 eggs (?) lemon dab, embryo about \ round ; 

 9 eggs of dab, early to embryo, \ round ; 25 eggs (?) flounder, various 

 stages ; 17 eggs chiefly (?) sprat, various stages ; 30 eggs (?) bib 

 (•9144 to -9906 mm.); about 100 eggs of witch and gadoids (?), various 

 stages. 



Station II. — Bottom, 10th May 1893. Young Qotti, 7-7*5 mm. 



Station III. — Surface, 10th May 1893. 6 eggs of plaice, embryo about 

 J round ; about 250 eggs of gurnard, various stages ; 62 eggs of dab. 

 early to embryo J round; 2 eggs of rockling, embryo J round; 14 eggs 

 of sprat; 14 eggs of turbot ; 6 eggs of ling ; 49 eggs chiefly of poor-cod 

 and whiting ; 19 eggs of lemon dab (?); 10 eggs of witch and gadoids (?). 



Station y. — Surface, 10th May 1893. 11 eggs of plaice, early to 

 embryo, about J round ; 31 eggs of long rough dab, various stages ; 31 

 eggs of dab, various ; 92 eggs chiefly of poor-cod, whiting, and sprat; 4 1 

 eggs of lemon dab (?), embryo about h : 1 egg of ling ; 3 eggs of turbot. 



Station V.— Bottom, 10th May 1893. Gadoids, 7 mm.; motella, 4 

 mm. 



Station IV. — Surface, 11th May 1893. 21 eggs of plaice, early to 

 embryo, about \ round ; about 300 eggs of gurnard, various stages ; 1 



