Ml Part TIL — Eleventh Annual Report 



' growth ' (M'Intosh and Prince, ' Development of Telcostean Food- 

 ' Fishes,' &c). 



* On September 12th, specimens were caught about 43*7 mm. (If inch), 

 ' which are probably the young of the first season, while some appear to 

 ■ be those of the following season. They vary considerably in size. Of 

 ' those captured here (St Andrews), the smallest occur in July' (M'Intosh). 



Date of 

 Capture. 



Jun. 2G, 1889 



Jul. 17, 1S90 



Aug. 23, 1886 

 ,, 30, 1886 



,, 28, 1886 

 Sept. 20,1888 

 „ ,, 1889 



* „ 12, 1887 



Oct. 29, 1891 

 Nov. 29, 1889 

 "May 



June 1884 

 ,, 17, 1885 



* „ 7, 1888 

 ,, 6, 1884 



Jul. 3, 1884 

 ,, 5, 1888 

 ,, 21, 1884 



Aug. 22, 18S4 

 'April 



May 1, 1884 



* „ 2,1884 

 June 



Jul. 22, 1884 

 „ 21, 1884 



May 12, 1893 



„ 24, 1893 



Sizes in Millhnctrt 



6:8-5: 9'5 : 10-5 * 

 10*5 : 10-5 



14 : 14-75 : 14-9 : 



17 : 19 

 20 : 21-8 

 23-4 



10-75 



12 



43-7 



30 



57 



103 



75 



78 



53 : 70 : 71 : 74 



91 : 96 



115 



118-8 



84 



77 : 83 : 87 : 90 

 *87 : *91 : *93 : *100; 

 104" : 105 : *106 : 

 110 : x 115 



87 : 87 ; 90 : *100 : 

 108 

 / 150 

 \l7l-8 



162 



160 



162 



152 



185 

 f 231 

 \264 



274 



Calculated Age. 



Under 1 month. 

 About ,, 

 Under 



Between 1 & 2 months 



About 2 months 

 Between 2 & 3months 



About 1 month 



,, 4 months 



„ 3 ,, 



ti 6 „ 



,, 1 year 



,, 10 months 



,', 10 months 



,, 11-12 months 



,, 1 year+1 month 



,, 11 months 



,, 11-12 months 



„ H-13 „ 



1 year 



-9 month;- 



2 years 



,, +11 m'ths 



2 years 



3 „ 



„ +9 m'ths 

 ,, +10 m'ths 



Month when 

 Spawning 

 may he sup- 

 posed to have 

 taken place. 



End of May 

 orheginning 

 of June 

 June 



July 

 End of July 

 or beginning 

 of August 



July 



June 



August 



May 



July 



May 



August 



August 

 July 

 May 



August 

 July & Aug. 

 June, July, 

 & August 



August 



July ) 

 April \ 

 May 



June 

 August 

 July 

 May or June 

 ,, or Aug. 

 July 



Locality. 



Mid-water net, St 

 Andrews Bay. 



Bottom net, St Andrews 



Bay. 

 St Andrews Bay. 

 S.E., Isle of May, 15 



miles, ' Garland.' 



St Andrews Bay. 



Mid-water net, St 



Andrews Bay. 

 Mid- water net. St Andrew: 

 Bay, 2 miles off Castle. 

 Mid-water net, St 



Andrews Bay. 

 Largo Bay. 

 St Andrews Bay. 



Trawl, St Andrews Bay. 



Aberdeen B., 13-20 fms. 

 St Andrews. 

 Off Scarhoro'. 

 St Andrews Bay. 

 Trawler, St Andrews Bay 



St Andrews Bay. 

 Trawl. 



St Andrews Bay. 



Trawler. 



Trawler, St Andrews Bay 

 Fishing boat.St Andrews 



Sizes given in Professor M'Intosh's Notes. 



On 22nd August 1884, four gurnards, varying in size from 87 to 

 108 mm. (87 : 87 : 90 : 108) were captured in St Andrews Bay. These 

 are at least one year old, as spawning is not known to go on after 

 August. The average of these sizes may fairly be taken as the average 

 year's growth. The largest, 108 mm., is likely over a year. The size of 

 the year-old gurnard may then be supposed to be roughly about 90 mm. 

 In July 1884 and 1888, specimens, ranging from 77 to 115 mm., were 

 obtained in St Andrews Bay. The age of the smallest of these is perhaps 

 eleven months, having probably been spawned in the previous August; wliile 

 the largest, 110 and 115, would appear to he thirteen months old, having 

 possibly been spawned in June of the previous year. The gurnard, 

 whose size is about 90 mm. (3 -6 inches), may be taken as a year old. 



