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specimen could not be much over a month old. The fact that a specimen, 

 2 j mm. long, was captured in May, and the above specimen, 9*75 mm. 

 long, in April, points to the probability of spawning taking place earlier 

 than May. It is not easy to fix the length of the lemon dab when a 



Date of 

 Capture. 



. = 

 g| 



r. 



Sizes in 

 Millimetres. 



Apr. 27, 1SS9 



, 1 



*» 



Jun. 10, 1SS9 

 „ 17, 1SS9 



2 

 1 



6-75 : 8 

 9 



„ 1S92 

 28, 1889 

 Julv 3. 1S91 

 ., 17,1890 



2 

 1 

 1 



6 



3 : 45 



9-5 



13 



3:3:3:4:5* :5i 



,, 18. 1S90 

 „ 19, 1890 

 „ 20&21, 

 1890 



21, 1887 

 „ 26, 1S90 



ii »> »' 

 ., 27. 1890 

 Aug. 1,1890 

 „ 9,1S92 



1 



3 



2 

 13 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



3 : 4 

 4 



3:3:5 

 13 : 15 - 5 



3:3:3:3:35: 



3- 5:4:4:4: 



4 - 5 : 4 5 : 5 :5 



4 



4:45 

 5 5 



., 30,1SS6 

 1SS6 



H 21, MOT 



4 

 9 



2 



10 : 10 : 11 : 13 

 8:8:8-5:9:9-5; 



10 : 11 : 11 : 15 

 *3-5:65 



„ 22,1890 

 „ 29. 1891 

 Sept. 15, 1888 



1 

 1 

 1 



7 



2-25 



9 



Oct. 1, 1891 

 „ 25,1891 



1 

 1 



105 

 15 



May 7,1890 



1 



25 



*Aug. 20, 1884 



2 



133 : 137 



Man. 1SS4 

 -Feb. 1S91 

 •Apr. 18S4 



1 

 1 

 1 



150 



159 

 168 



*Julv 21. 1S84 

 *Au£r. 15. 15S1 

 „ 20, 1884 

 'May 1884 



IJ 5} 1> 



1 

 1 



2 

 2 



155 

 172 



154:156 

 180 



183 



Aug. 14, 1S84 



1 



198 



* „ 15,1884 



1 



208 



*May 2,1884 



1 



218 



*July 1884 

 -Aug. 15, 1884 



1 

 •> 



225 



237 : 240 



•Feb. 1884 



1 



253 



„ 17,1884 



1 



260 



Calculated Age. 



About 1 month 



A few days 

 About 1 month 

 2 months 

 Two or 3 days 



A few days 



Between 1 and 2 months 

 Under a fortnight 



A few days 

 Under a fortnight 

 About a fortnight 



1 month 

 From 1 to 2 months 



Under 1 month 



A few days 

 About 1 month 



Little over 1 month 

 About 2 months 



2 years 



„ +5 months 



» +6 „ 

 „ +8 



„ -f3or4ni'ths 

 .. + 2 months 

 ., +10 ., 



years 



, „ +1 month 

 , „ +2 or 3 

 months. 



, 3 years 6 months 



Month when 



Spawning 

 may be sup- 

 posed to have 

 taken place. 



Locality. 



April 

 May 



I Bottom trawl tow-net, St 

 Andrews Bay. 



Bottom net, St Andrews 

 Bay. 



June 160 miles off Aberdeen. 

 May Trawl tow-net. 

 ., Bottom net. 



July (hatched Mar. Lab., St Andrews 

 July 15. 1S90) (eggs from > ewhaven). 



June 

 July 



Off Isle of May. 



Mar. Lab., St Andrews. 



Surface, St Andrews. 

 Bottom tow - net, Bell 

 Eock trawling ground. 

 Tow-net. s.s. - Garland.' 

 June A July Off Isle of Mav. 



Beginning of 

 August 

 August 



August 

 August 



May 



June 

 July 



August 



May 



June or July 

 August 



Off Elie, 12 fathoms. 



Surface. St Andrews Bay. 



St Andrews Bay. 



Mid - water net, St An- 

 drews Bay. 



Bottom, Station V., Forth 



Bottom. Station VIII.. 

 Forth. 



Surface. Bass, W. by >'., 

 10 miles. 



Trawler. Trawling Com- 

 mission. 



Trawling Commission. 



St Andrews. 



From trawler. Trawling 

 Commission. 



Off St Abb s Head, Trawl- 

 ing Commission. 



Firth of Forth. Trawling 

 Commission. 



St Abb's Head. Trawling 

 Commission. 



From trawler. Trawling 

 Commission. 



St Andrews Bay, Trawling 

 Commission. 



Trawling Commission. 



From trawler, Trawling 

 Commission. 



Off Haddington coast. 

 Trawling Commission. 



Off St Abb's Head, Trawl- 

 ing Commission. 



Sizes given in Professor MTntosh's >otes. 



year old. Cunningham, in the Journal of the Marine Biological Associa- 

 tion, (Vol. II., Xo. 2), thinks that a lemon dab captured in Xovember 1890, 

 measuring 150 mm., must be over a year old. He considers its age to 

 be one year and five months, from which it may be inferred that it was 

 probably spawned in June. A lemon dab, 150 mm. in length, was 



