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however, no objection to their being placed at once (after being killed 
with the sublimate) in strong methylated spirit. 
I. MONTROSE. 
Station I. — Bottom, 28th August 1891. Young clupeoids (herrings), 
6 to 7 mm, \ dragonet, 3*5 mm. 
Station II.— Bottom, 28th August 1891. Young clupeoids (herrings), 
6 to 10*5 mm. ; pleuronectid, 9 mm. The herrings belong to the autumn- 
brood. 
II. MORAY FIRTH. 
Station IV. — Bottom, 9th September 1891. Young bimaculated 
suckers, 4*8 to 9 mm. ; young gobies, 3 5 to 7 '5 mm. 
Station V. — Bottom, 9 th September 1891. Large post-larval 
pleuronectid 7*5 m.m. long, with black patch near tip of tail, and two 
between this and anus ; gobies, 6-5 to 9 mm. ; young bimaculated 
suckers, 4 '8 to 8 mm. 
Station VI. — Bottom, 9th September 1891. Bimaculated suckers, 
5 '5 to 1 1 mm. ; sinistral pleuronectid, 4 mm. 
III. FIRTH OF FORTH AKD OFF THE ISLAND OF MAY. 
South Bay. — Bottom, 31st March 1891. Two herrings, 7 to 8 mm., 
yolk-sac absorbed ; three armed bullheads, 6 to 8 mm.; two Montagu's 
suckers, 4 mm. 
Station III.— Surface and bottom, 27th May 1891. Young dabs (?) 
12 '5 mm., left eye partly over the ridge ; young sand-eels 8 to 9 mm. 
Station I., (vicinity of), — Surface, 8th June 1891. Moderate collec- 
tion of eggs. 29 eggs of gurnard, embryos more than \ round yolk; 
sprat, 1158, embryos about j round yolk ; about 50 eggs of dab in similar 
condition; 46 eggs of rockling (two species); 1 egg of dragonet; 14 
pleuronectids (imperfectly preserved), from 9 to 11 mm., those about 9 
mm. being elongated, with the left eye more or less on its own side, though 
visible in some from the right. One of the larger is a dab, the others 
probably flounders and plaice (?). 
Island op May. — Surface, 9th June, 1891. 45 eggs of gurnard ; 181 
eggs of sprat ; many eggs (about 50) resembling those of top-knot, and 
some smaller like turbot ; 110 eggs of rockling. 
Around Island of May. — Surface, 9th June 1891. Moderate collec- 
tion of ova. Eggs of gurnard (many) ; considerable number of eggs of 
sprat ; poor-cod ; whiting(?) ; and two kinds of rockling, embryos about 
\ round the yolk. 
Around Island of May.- -Tow-net at 6 to 8 fathoms, 9th June 1891. 
Dabs, 8 to 12 mm., eye appearing on ridge; gurnard, 27 mm. 
West of Island of May.— Surface, 9th June 1891. Considerable 
collection of ova. Many eggs of gurnard ; whiting(?) ; poor-cod ; con- 
siderable number of eggs of sprat ; many eggs of rockling as before. 
Station I., (vicinity of). — Surface, 11th June 1891. Very considerable 
collection of ova. 24 eggs of gurnard ; about 3005 eggs of sprat and dab, 
about 100 being eggs resembling those of the dab; 649 eggs of rockling 
as before ; 6 eggs of dragonet. 
Station I., (vicinity of). — Surface, 11th June 1891. Considerable col- 
lection of ova; 65 eggs of gurnard, embryo \ round the yolk; 1184 eggs 
of sprat and dab, about 80 being near dab ; 403 eggs of rockling. 
Station II. — Surface, 12th J une 1891. Large number of pelagic eggs. 
