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(No label). — 4 sand-eels, 8 to 19 mm. ; 2 clupeoids, 10 mm. j 2 Cotti, 

 7 mm. ; Agonus, 6*5 mm. 



Station IV. — Surface, 23rd May 1893. 7 eggs of dab, various stages ; 



6 eggs of sprat, early to f round. 



Station VII. — Surface, 24th May 1893. 17 eggs of dab, embryo about 

 J round ; 13 eggs of rockling; 39 eggs mostly of sprat and whiting, early 

 to embryo, \ round j 1 egg of sole ; 1 egg of lesser weever ; 35 eggs of 

 poor-cod, whiting, and sprat, various stages ; 1 egg like Trachinus vipera, 

 but smaller. 



Station VII. — Bottom, 24th May 1893. Pleuronectid, 7 mm. (\&m$ 

 rough dab?) ; 2 gobies, 2 - 5 to 3'5 mm. ; Agonus, 7 mm. 



Station EEL — Surface, 24th May 1893. 11 eggs of dab, embryo ^ to 

 advanced ; 31 eggs of rockling, embryo about A ; 6 eggs of gurnard, 

 embryo |- round j 2 eggs of turbot, embryo ^ ; 75 eggs of flounder, early 

 to embryo, ^ round; about 150 eggs -of whiting, poor-cod, and sprat, 

 embryo ^ round to § . 



Station III.— Surface, 24th May 1893. 15 gadoids, 4-5 to 9-5 mm.; 4 

 clupeoids, 7*5 to 10 mm. ; 1 sand-eel, 14 mm. ; 8 pleuronectids, 4 to 9*5 

 mm., eyes lateral; 2 Cotti, 5 and 6*3 mm. 



Station I. — Surface, 27th May 1893. 6 eggs of gurnard, embryo about 

 i; 4 eggs of turbot, early; about 125 eggs of rockling, embryo mostly \ ; 



7 eggs of flounder, embryo ; 86 eggs of whiting and poor-cod, embryo I 

 to § round. 



Station VIII. — Surface, 30th May 1893. 15 eggs of gurnard, embryo 

 ^ to § ; 1 egg of bib, advanced ; 1 egg of topknot (?) ; 1 egg of rockling. 



Station VIII.— Surface, 30th May 1893. Gadoid, pleuronectid, 9 5 

 mm. eyes lateral ; 5 rocklings, 5 to 5*25 mm. 



Station VIII.— Bottom, 30th May 1893. 2 pleuronectids, 9 to 10 mm. 

 eyes lateral. 



Station V. — Surface, 30th May 1893. 9 eggs of whiting, embryo I 

 to f ; 3 eggs of gurnard, embryo ^ round ; 1 egg of rockling, less than J 

 round. 



Station V. — Surface, 30th May 1893. Gadoid, 16 mm.; pleuronectid, 

 11 mm. ; 2 rockling, 5*5 and 6 mm. 



Station V.— Bottom, May 30th 1893. Clupeoid, 23 mm. ; Coitus, 6 

 mm. 



Station VI. — Surface, May 31, 1893. 6 eggs of gurnard, embryo ^ 

 round ; 1 egg of bib, about ^ ; 1 egg of turbot ; 1 egg of rockling, early. 



Station VI. — Surface, 31st May 1893. 8 gadoids, 6 to 8 mm. ; 13 

 pleuronectids, 4 to 9*5 mm.; sand-eel, 5 mm.; 33 rocklings, 3*2 to 5*2 mm. ; 

 Montagu's sucker, 8 mm. 



Station II. — Surface, 31st May 1893. 6 eggs of dab, embryo f ; 3 

 eggs of rockling, early ; 22 eggs of flounder, early to embryo ~ round; 48 

 eggs of whiting, embryo mostly ^ round ; 1 egg of gurnard, early. 



Cross-Section III., North Half. — Surface, 1st June 1893. 30 eggs 

 of rockling, embryo J ; 10 eggs of dab, embryo ^ ; 25 eggs of flounder, 

 more than ^ round ; about 100 eggs mostly of whiting, poor-cod and sprat, 

 about ^ round to § ; 1 egg of turbot, early ; 5 eggs of gurnard, early. 



Cross-Section III., North Half. — Surface, 1st June 1893. 5 gadoids, 

 9*5 to 13 mm. ; 27 pleuronectids, 3 to 12*5 mm.; 11 rocklings, 4 to 5*5 

 mm. ; 1 sand-eel, 6 mm. ; 2 Cotti, 6 to 8 mm. ; 1 lump-sucker, 10 mm. 



Cross-Section III., South Half. — Surface, 1st June 1893. 7 eggs of 

 whiting, embryo i to f. 



Cross-Section III., South Half. — Surface, 1st June 1893. 2 gadoids, 

 11 to 13 mm. 



Station IX.— Surface, 2nd June 1893. About 300 eggs of gurnard, 

 various stages ; 15 eggs of turbot, mostly early; 37 eggs of flounder, early 



