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Part III. — Eleventh Annual tteport 



far advanced ; 10 eggs of dab, about § ; 14 eggs of sprat, early to embryo 

 \ round ; 16 eggs of flounder, advanced ; 5 eggs of ruckling, embryo f 

 to I ; 5 eggs of turbot, embryo J. 



Station IV. — Bottom, 9th June 1893. A few dead ova; 2 eggs of 

 gurnard, and 5 eggs of dab, early stages. 



V. ABERDEEN BAY. 



Station VI. — Bottom, 7th September 1892. Clupeoid (herring), 10 

 mm. ; pleuronectid, 8 mm. ; dragonet, 6 mm. 



Station II. — Surface, 8th September 1892. Montagu's sucker, 9 mm. 



Station II. — Bottom, 8th September 1892. Pleuronectid, 12 mm.; 

 eye on ridge. 



Stations III. and IY. — Surface, 9th September 1892. 4 large un^ 

 known eggs, embryo far advance. i. 



Station IY. — Bottom, 9th September 1892. 8 clupeoids, 8 '5 to 14 

 mm. ; 2 dragonets, 4 '5 to 6 mm. 



260 miles E. by N. of Aberdeen, 11th March 1893. Haddock in great 

 numbers ; majority nearly ready for hatching ; long rough dab, a few, about 

 -J round the yolk-sac ; 2 eggs of cod, embryo completely round yolk-sac. 



Station I. — Surface, 16th May 1893. 9 pleuronectids, 10 mm. (eye 

 lateral) to 12 mm. (eye on ridge); 1 gadoid. 6 mm.; 2 Cotti, 8 mm.; 

 Montagu's sucker, 8 mm. 



Station II. — Surface ICth May 1893. 5 eggs of gurnard, embryo 

 ^ round ; 1 egg of rockling, embryo J round ; 6 eggs of dab ; 27 eggs 

 of poor-cod, whiting, and sprat. 



Station II. — Surface, 16th May 1893. 18 pleuronectids, 12-15 mm., 

 eye on ridge ; gadoid, 6 mm. ; 2 Cotti, 8'5 and 17 mm. 



Station II. — Bottom, 16th May 1893. 3 gadoids, 4 mm., 6*5, and 7 

 mm. ; 2 pleuronectids, 11 '5 mm. to 13 mm. (same as at surface, with eye 

 on ridge). 



Station III. — Surface, 16th May 1893. 7 pleuronectids, 10*5 to 12*5 

 mm., eye near or on ridge; gadoid, 6*2 mm. 



Station III. — Surface, 17th May 1893. 1 egg of dragonet, embryo 

 about J; 1 egg of cod, advanced ; 11 eggs of sprat, early to embryo, h round. 



Station IV. — Surface, 17th May 1893. Pleuronectid, 11 mm., eye on 

 ridge. 



Station V.— Bottom, 17th May 1893. 67 pleuronectids, 10 to 12-5 

 mm., eye on ridge as before; gadoid, 6*2 mm. ; lump-sucker, 5 mm. 



Station VII. — Surface, 17th May 1893. 5 eggs of rockling, embryo 

 -J- round ; 1 egg of gurnard ; 5 eggs of whiting, early to embryo ^ round. 



Aberdeen. — Surface, 23rd June 1893. Great number of ova, mostly 

 gurnard at all stages, from embryo round to hatching stage ; a few eggs 

 of poor-cod, mostly advanced ; an unknown ovum (C), same size as gur- 

 nard, yellow pigment, but no oil-globule ; a few eggs of rockling, two 

 species ; 1 or 2 eggs of dab ; 1 egg of dragonet, embryo about | round 

 yolk. 



