INDEX. 
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Plaice (Plcuroncctcs platcssa) — 
Ova of, 284. 
Spawning of, 260. 
Plcuroncctcs platissa. See Plaice. 
Plcuroncctcs cynoglossus. See Sole. 
/'/< uroncctcs microccphalus. See Sole, 
168. 
Pleuroncctcs Jlesus. See Flounder. 
Plcuroncctcs limanda. See Dab. 
Podocopa of the Forth, 320. 
Pogge (Agonus cataphradus), mature and 
immature, 177. 
Pouchet, Professor, 21. 
Polycopidse of the Forth (Poly cope orbi- 
cularis, 325. 
Priapulus caudatus, 332. 
Prince, Mr E. E., 8. 
Proportional numbers and sizes of the 
sexes among sea fishes, 348. 
(Quantities (relative) of fish taken by line 
and by beam trawl, 27. 
Quantities of line-caught fish from terri- 
torial areas where trawling is pro- 
hibited, 28. 
Raia. See Skate. 
Rare and uncommon fishes, 357. 
Recommendations regarding capture of 
immature fish, 191. 
Rhombus Icevis. See Brill. 
Rhombus maximus. See Turbot. 
Ripe fish, size of, 161. 
Roekling — 
Food of, 255. 
Larval, 284. 
Mature and immature, 177. 
Ova of, 284. 
Rotalidre of the Forth— 
Patellina corrugata, 317. 
Rotalia nitida, 316. 
Spirillina vivipara, 316. 
Round-fish — 
Mature and immature, 173. 
Numbers and sexes, 350. 
Spawning of, 265. 
Sail-fluke. See Fluke. 
St Andrews Laboratory, 8. 
Saithe (Gadus virens) — 
Food of young, 254. 
Mature and immature, 176. 
Spawning of, 268. 
Sand-eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus), mature 
and immature, 177. 
Scallop, development of, 15, 290. 
Schizopoda of the Forth, 330. 
Scientific investigations, scheme for year 
1890-91, 20. 
Scott, Mr Thomas, F.L.S., 14, 16, 23, 
230, 257, 312. 
Sea-birds, destruction of fish by, 20. 
Sexes, Numbers, and size of, among sea- 
fishes, 348. 
Sexes, proportional numbers and size of, 
among sea fishes, 14. 
Shrimp fishing, 185. 
Size of mature and immature fish, 163. 
Size of nearly ripe fish, 162. 
Size of ripe fish, 161. 
Skate (Raia) — 
Breeding and spawning periods of, 
301. 
Skate (Raia) — 
Development of, 15, 300. 
Food of, 231, 244, 249, 250, 251, 
253, 255, 256. 
Mature and immature, 172. 
Smith, Mr W. Anderson, 17. 
Smith, Mr W. Ramsay, B.Sc, 12, 23, 
230. 
Solea lutca. See Little Sole. 
Sole, black, spawning of, 265. 
Sole, lemon (Pleuroncctcs microcephalics) — 
Food of, 230, 234, 249, 250, 252, 
253, 255, 256. 
Mature and immature, 168. 
Ova of, 285. 
Spawning of, 261. 
Sole, little (Solea lutea) — 
Food of, 455. 
Mature and immature, 172. 
Sole, witch (Plcuroncctcs cynoglossus) — 
Food of, 231, 237, 250, 254. 
Mature and immature, 172. 
Spawning of, 263. 
Sol way, shrimp fishing, 185. 
Spawning and spawning places of marine 
food-fishes, 13, 257, 258. 
Spawning, time and duration of, 
257. 
Special statistics of fish caught by fisher- 
men and beam-trawlers, 26. 
Sphseromidse of the Forth — 
Sphceroma rugicaucla, 329. 
Sprats (Clupca spraitus) — 
Mature and immature, 177. 
Ova of, 285. 
Statistics, fishery, 10. 
Stow-net fishing, 190. 
Table A. Showing summary of fish taken 
by the ' Garland ' on the East Coast 
in 1889, 33. 
Table B. Analysis of the ' Garland's ' 
statistics relating to the relative abund- 
ance of fish, 38. 
Table C. Record of observations made on 
board the ' Garland ' during 1889, 41. 
Table D. Anstruther district. Buck- 
haven haddock and cod line fishing, 
121. 
Table E. Showing fish landed by net and 
line boats, and by steam beam trawl 
boats, 122. 
Table F. Showing the quantities monthly 
of large and small fish landed in the 
Leith and Aberdeen districts by beam 
trawlers and line fishermen in 1889, 
133. 
Table G. Showing the monthly takes of 
line and net boats from inshore 
grounds in the Leith, Anstruther, 
Montrose, and Stonehaven districts, 
137. 
Table H. Showing the quantities of fish 
captured by line fishermen in the terri- 
torial waters, with the average per 
' shot' in 1888 and 1889, 155. 
Table I. Showing the monthly amounts 
in cwts. of round and flat fish landed 
by line fishermen and beam trawlers 
on the East Coast of Scotland during 
1889, 156. 
