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Part III. — Eighth Annual Repwt 
Station I. — Surf ace- net, 28th March. Eggs of haddock, bib (1) cod, 
whiting, rockling, pleuronectid B.* and dab. 
Station III. — Bottom-net, 28th March. Egg of pleuronectid B. and of 
rockling. Larval herrings — some with yolk-sac, others 11 mm. long, post- 
larval sand-eels — 2 stages, Montagu's sucker, and Agonus. 
Station IV. — Bottom-net, 1st May. Larval rockling. Young flounders 
(still pelagic). Post-larval herrings, sand-eels, Montagu's sucker and 
Cyclopterus (lump-sucker). 
Station V. — Bottom-net, 1st May. Eggs Motel/ a-\ike though larger 
(about 800 mm.t). Post-larval cod, 6*5 mm. Young flounders (eye appear- 
ing on ridge). 
Station II. — Bottom-net, 2d May. Young flounders as before. Post- 
larval H.* Post-larval Motellce, 3 5 mm., no ventral fin. 
Station I. — Bottom-net, 2d May. Post-larval cod, herring (16 mm.), 
flounder (2 stages), post-larval Motella 3*5 mm. and Agonus. Larval 
Montagu's sucker. Young Montagu's sucker. 
Station III. — Bottom-net, 2d May. Young flounders, as before. Post- 
larval plaice (?). Young sand-eels, herrings, and Montagu's sucker. 
No label. — Probably from St Andrews Bay, in March or April. Eggs 
of flounder (?), post-larval flounders, sand-eel, cod, Cottus, young 
Montagu's sucker (one very pale). 
IV. The Frith of Forth. 
Station VI. — Surface-net, 21st February. Young wolf-fishes, J inch. 
Cross-Section I.f — Surface-net, 22d February. Eggs of plaice, had- 
dock, cod, whiting (?), dab. 
Off Bo'ness. — Bottom-net, 28th February. Young clupeoids (probably 
herrings), 1J inches. 
Station VII. — Bottom-net, 14th March. Larval cod, post-larval 
Cottus, post-larval D. 
Station VIII. — Surface-net, 18th March. Eggs of haddock, pleuro- 
nectid B., plaice and dab. 
Station VIII. — Bottom-net, 18th March. Post-larval D. about 11 mm. 
Cross-Section M.t — North-half, surface-net. 21st March. Eggs of 
haddock, rockling (many), pleuronectid B., plaice, dab (many), flounder (?). 
Station I. — Bottom-net, 19th April. Post-larval plaice (?), herrings, 
Cottus, and Agonus. 
East of Inchkeith. — Mid-water net, 3d May. Post-larval cod, post- 
larval sand-eels, Cottus, 12 mm. long. 
Station I. — Surface-net, 7th May. Post-larval cod, 6 mm., young 
flounders (dabs 1), 15 mm. (eye on edge), young sand-eels, 12*5 mm., 
Cottus, and Motella, 4*5 mm. with long ventrals. 
Station II. — Surface-net, 7 th May. Egg of lemon-dab (?), eggs of 
sprat, skulpin {Callionymus lyra). Larval cod, haddock, and rockling. 
Bass Rock, West by North. — Surface-net, 7th May. Young lemon- 
dab (?) 25 mm., wolf-fish, 19-20 mm. 
Station IV. — Net (bottom ?), 13th May. Post-larval herring, sand-eel, 
D., Montagu's sucker. 
Station III. — Forth — Bottom (1), 16th May. Post-larval pleuro- 
nectids, 7'2 mm., young pleuronectids, 14 mm. — eye near ridge, young 
Motellce, 4 mm. 
Station VII. — Forth — Bottom (?), 15th May. Post-larval cod, 7 mm., 
* Pelagic Fauna, Seventh Annual Report Fishery Board, 1889, p. 308, PI. iv. fig. 1. 
t Cross-Section I. is at the mouth of the Frith, between Fife-Ness and the Bass; 
Cross-Section III. is east of Inchkeith, between Buckhaven and Prestonpans. 
