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Part III. — Eleventh Annual Report 



Net put 

 down, Where 

 and time. 



Course of 



Boat 

 thereafter 

 and 

 Depth. 



Total 

 Depth 

 of Water 



and 

 Nature 



of 

 Bottom, 



Surface Fauna 

 (Tow-net). 



(1) Length of time 



Net down and (2) 

 Time when taken up. 













Pelagic Ova, 

 Nature, Size. 

 Larval Fishes 

 Nature, Size. 



Post-Larval 



Fishes. 

 Nature, Size, 

 Coloration, 

 etc. 



Hydromedusse 



Medusae. 



1 



11th March 



1S89 

 500 yards 

 N.E. of Pier 

 head 



9 a.m. 



Towards 

 Targets 

 3£ fathoms 



5 fathoms 

 Sandy 



Balitemora longi- 

 cornis, very few 



Pseudocalanus elon- 

 gatus, very few 



Nauplii, very few 



Sagitta, very few 



1 



hour 

 10 



a.m. 



2 eggs of 

 rockling 



3 clupeoids, 

 8'5 mm. 10 

 mm. 



A few Gobies 

 Pipe fish 

 (Syngnathus 

 acus) 2J 



1 herring (?) 

 li inch 









12th March 



1889. 

 Targets 

 8.30 a.m. 



N.E. 

 3£ fathoms 



5 fathoms 

 Sandy 





, * 



hour 

 9 



a.m. 



1 of plaice 

 Sand eels 



Sprats 1J to 

 2 inches 









Targets 

 9.30 a.m. 



N.E. 

 3^ fathoms 



5 fathoms 





i 



hour 

 10 

 a.m. 



1 of Cod 



2 Cotti 

 Agonus cata- 

 phr actus, 

 many her- 

 rings 



Aglantha 



digitalis 



(Circe rosea) 

 1 Bougain- 



villia britan- 



nica, minute 



Cyanea mi- 

 nute, ver}' 

 few 





15th March 

 1889. 

 1 mile abreast 

 of Kinkell 

 Ness 

 10 a.m. 



To Har- 

 bour 

 4£ fathoms 



8 fathoms 

 Sandy 

 and 

 rocky 



Calanus finmarchi- 



cus, very few 

 Pseudocalanus elon- 



gatus, very few 

 Nauplii in swarms 



n 



hour 

 11.15 

 a.m. 



1 of plaice 

 Egg of Motella 



G clupeoids, 

 8-10 mm. 



Permanent 

 rays'appear- 

 ing in tail 



Herrings 

 many as be- 

 fore 



1 clupeoid, 

 9 "5 mm. no 

 appearance 

 of perman- 

 ent rays 



Aglantha 

 digitalis 

 (Circe rosea) 

 very few 



Aglantha 

 (I icfitciTis 

 (Circe rosea) 



Fragments of 

 Lesueuria 





22nd March 



1889. 

 400 vards off 

 Pier 



1.40 p.m. 



To Targets 

 3> fathoms 



5 fathoms 

 Sandy 



Halitemora longi- 

 cornis, very few 

 Zoea 



Larval Lesueurice, 

 minute 



Aglantha digitalis 

 {Circe rosea), many 





Eggs of 

 plaice, em- 

 bryo far ad- 

 vanced 



Larval sand 

 eels (many) 



Clupeoids, 

 numerous, 

 8 to 9 mm. 

 on average 



1 Agonus cat- 

 aphractus, 

 sand eels, a 

 few 



Young Cotti 



1 Tima 

 bairdii, If 

 inches,unripe 



Aglantha 

 digitalis 

 (Circe rosea) 

 myriad, 

 some ripe 



1 Bougain- 

 villia brit- 

 annica, very 

 small 



Cyanea, min- 

 ute, many 



Fragment of 

 Lesueuria 



3 Pleuro- 

 brachia, 

 inch 





