Part III. — Eleventh Annual Report 





Course of 



Total 

 Depth 



Surface Fauna 

 (Tow-net). 



f Time 

 nd (2) 

 ken up. 





Net put 

 down, when.-, 

 and time, j 



Boat 

 thereafter 

 and 

 Depth. 



of Water 



and 

 Nature 



of 

 Bottom. 



O 03 ej 



■g . g a 



S Ti £ 

 »-> -£ « 



C H 



Pelagic Ova, 

 Nature, Size. 

 Larval Fishes, 

 Nature, Size, 



Post-Larval 



Fishes, 

 Nature, Size, 

 Coloration, 



Kydromedusae. 



1 



Medusa?. 





26th April 

 1888. 



800 yards off 

 Pier 



10.30 a.m. 



N.E. ( 

 500 yards 

 just in 

 line with 

 Pier head 

 3 fathoms 



>i fathoms 

 Sandy 



Slumerous Copepoda, 

 Centropages hama- 

 tus and Calanus fin- 

 marchicus 



£ hour 

 11 a.m. 



Few of plaice, 

 cod, and 

 whiting, 

 one of 

 flounder and 

 poor cod, 

 25th April 

 1887 



Cotlus, 7 mm. 



1 goby, If 

 inch 



Young 

 flounders, 

 ^to ft inch, 

 and one 1ft 

 inch 



Dab, 27 mm. 



Pelagic 

 Medusoid 

 eggs 







30th April 





















1888. 



3 miles E. of 

 Pier head, 

 and 3 miles 

 from Kin- 

 kell Ness 



1 p.m. 



To Maiden 



Rock 

 4 fathoms 



7 to 9 

 fathoms 

 Sandy 



A few eggs of rock- 

 ling 



Numerous Copepoda 

 Centropages hamatus 

 Calanus finmarchicus 



and Halitemora 



longicornis 



1 hour 



2 p.m 



A large 

 number of 

 ova, viz.: — 

 of plaice, 

 gurnard, 

 long rough 

 dab and 

 rockling 



5 gadoids, 

 J to 1£ inch 



8 sand-eels, 

 | inch 



Few. Thau- 

 mantias and 

 Lizgfa punc- 

 tata 



Pleurobrachia, 

 many 





4th May 

 1888. 





















100 yards off 

 Pier in line 

 With middle 

 of Pier and 

 Scoonie Hill 



7 a.m. 



To point 

 about 

 half-way 

 between 

 Eden and 

 Pier 



3 fathoms 



6£ fathoms 

 Sandy 



Young Decapod 

 Cuma 



Centropages hamatus, 

 6 and 9 



Halitemora longi- 

 cornis and Acartia 

 longiremis nume- 

 rous 



Nauplii 



1 hour 

 8 a.m. 



Not nearly as 

 numerous as 

 last day 



Eggs of 

 plaice, gur- 

 nard and 

 haddock 



4 gadoids, 

 £ inch 



3 sand-eels, 

 f inch 



Numerous. 



Sarsia tubu- 

 losa and 

 pulchella 

 and Thau- 

 mantias 



Cyanea, in 

 great num- 

 bers 

 Pleurobrachia, 

 in great 

 mimbers 























9th May 

 1888. 

 (1) Abreast 

 of Castle 

 10.15 a.m. 



E.N.E. 



To point 

 where 

 Scoonie 

 Hill in 

 line with 

 Pier head 



3 fathoms 



4^ to 6 

 fathoms 

 Sandy 



A few Appendicu- 

 larice, 



Larval Mollusca (?) 

 Calanus finmarchicus 

 Halitemora longicor- 

 nis 



Nauplii 



1 hour 

 11.15 



a.m. 





8 gadoids, f 

 inch 



3 gadoids, ft 

 inch 



1 gadoid, £ 

 inch, 



1 sand-eel, £ 

 Inch 



Sarsia tubu- 

 losa, a few 



2 Sai'sia pul- 

 chella, 



1 Phial id ia hi 

 variabile, 

 var. globosa 

 (?) 



1 Pleuro- 

 brachia 





(2) Near 

 mouth of 

 Eden 



12 noon 



S. 



To point 

 where 

 Scoonie 

 Hill in 

 line with 

 Pier head 







a hour 

 12.30 

 p.m. 





4 gadoids, £ 

 to ft inch 



Sarsia tvbu- 

 losa and 

 Thauman- 

 tias, a few 







10th May 

 1888. 



Half-way be- 

 tween Kin- 

 kell Ness 

 and Budda 

 Rock 



11 a.m. 



Harbour, 

 2 p.m 



To Eden 

 mouth 

 4 fathoms 



8 f athoms 

 Sandy 



1 Copepod, Halite 

 mora longicornis 

 3 Sagittal, \ to | inch 



§ hour 

 11.45 

 a.m. 



2 hours 

 4 p.m. 





7 gadoids, T 5 5 

 to ft inch 



2 flounders, 

 ft to | inch 



1 clupeoid, $ 

 inch 



2 flounders, 

 £ inch 



Sarsia tubu- 

 losa, a few 



Phialidium 

 variabile, 

 var. globosa, 

 2 



1 Thauman- 

 tias 



1 Stauridium 

 productum 



1 Cyanea, 

 Pleurobrachia. 

 a few 























