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at Station IL, in one in July ; at Station III., in one in July : at Station 
IV., in one in August ; at Station V., in one in June j and at Station 
VII, in one in August : (4) Sipunculus, at Station II., in one in June; 
at Station IV., in one in March ; at Station VI., in one in June ; and at 
Station VII., in one in June and in three in August : (5) Arenicola, at 
Station III., in one in June and in one in July ; at Station IV., in one in 
June j and at Station VII., in one in August : (6) Aphrodite, at Station 
IL, in one in July and in one in August; and at Station VIL, in one in 
June and in one in March : (7) Echiurus, at Stations II. and IIL, in one 
in July ; and at Station VIL, in one in August. 106 stomachs contained 
annelids that could not be identified. The proportion of the stomachs in 
which annelids were found to the total number of stomachs containing 
distinguishable matter at the various stations is as follows : — Station I., 
21 of 31 • IL, 16 of 32 ; IIL, 36 of 43 j IV., 37 of 41 • V., 7 of 27 ; 
VI., 13 of 43 ; VIL, 16 of 21 • VIII., 15 of 17 • IX., 6 of 8. Similarly 
the proportion during the various months at all the stations is — April, 16 
of 24 ; May, 32 of 45 ; June, 28 of 48 ; July, 18 of 41 ; August, 23 of 
37 ; November, 11 of 15 ; February, 0 of 5 ; March, 39 of 47. 
Arthropods were found in 21 stomachs (7 %). They consisted of (1) 
Crangon, at Station IL, in six in July; and at Station V., in one in 
April : (2) Eupagurus, at Station I., in one in March ; at Station IL, in 
one in July ; at Station IV., in one in March ; and at Stations VI. and 
VIL, in one in June : (3) hermit-crabs, at Station IL, in one in May ; 
and at Station VI., in one in August : (4) Amphidotus, at Station VI., 
in one in February : (5) Ampelisca, at Station VI., in one in August : (6) 
Portunus, at Station VIL, in one in August ; unidentified amphipods, at 
Station L, in one in March ; and at Station IV., in one in May : (7) 
Cyprina, at Station VIL, in one in August : and (8) unidentified 
decapods, at Station IV., in one in March. 
Molluscs were found in 111 stomachs (42%). They consisted of (1) 
Scrobicularia, at Station I., in two in May, in five in Jur*, in three in 
July, in five in August and in four in March ; at Station IL, in four in 
April, in four in June and in five in March ; at Station IIL, in three in 
June, in three in July and in two in August ; at Station V., in four 
in May, in seven in July and in eight in August ; at Station VI., in one 
in November; and at Station IX., in one in May, in two in August and 
in one in February : (2) Venus (sp. galina, Uncta, and fasciata), at 
Station VI., in one in May, in one in June and in four in August ; and 
at Station VIII., in two in August : (3) Solen, at Station IL, in one 
in June and in one in August ; at Station IIL, in three in June ; at 
Station IV., in five in March; at Station V. , in one in August; and 
at Station VIL, in one in April : (4) Mactra, at Station IIL, in two in 
June; at Station V., in one in August; and at Station VI., in one in 
May, in one in June, in one in August and in one in November : (5) 
Pecten (sp. tigrinus and striatus), at Station IV., in two in March ; and 
at Station VI., in three in June, in one in August, and in one in 
November : (6) unidentified lamellibranchs, at Station IL, in three in 
August; and at Station VI., in one in May and in one in June: (7) 
Cardium, at Station V., in one in August ; at Station VI., in one in 
April ; and at Station VIII., in one in August : (8) Nucula, at Station 
VI., in one in May : (9) Corbula gibba, at Station VIL, in one in 
August: (10) Tapes virginica, at Station VI., in one in June: (11) 
Buccinum undatum, at Station I., in one in July : (12) Octopus, at 
Station VI., in one in April. 
Ascidians. — At Station VIL, ascidians were found in two in August. 
Fish were found only at Station VI. They consisted exclusively of 
