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the sprat ; 22 of flounder and dab, embryo about § round yolk; 26 eggs 
of rockling, embryo from § to § round yolk. 
Station VI. — Surface, 26th April 1892. 39 eggs of haddock, embryo 
advanced, nearly ready to hatch ; 21 eggs of cod and allies, embryo from 
J to | round in those in which the condition was visible ; 9 eggs of 
whiting, embryo f round yolk ; 1 egg of gurnard, embryo J round yolk ; 
24 eggs of rockling, embryo from early stage to almost ready to hatch; 6 
eggs of dab ; 2 eggs of plaice, both advanced, 1 ready to hatch, with rich 
pigment; young long-rough dab (?), 10*5 mm., left eye appearing on 
ridge. 
Station VI. — Bottom, 26th April 1892. 4 post-larval gadoids (cod?), 
3 to 4*5 mm.; 4 clupeoids, 6 to 12'5 mm.; 2 rocklings, 4*5 mm.; 2 
sand-eels, 12 mm. 
Station III. — Surface, 28th April 1892. A small collection of ova. 
A few eggs of haddock, all advanced, and some ready to hatch ; eggs of 
cod and whiting, embryo \ to § round yolk ; eggs of rockling, embryo f 
round yolk ; eggs of dab, embryo from \ to round yolk ; 3 eggs of 
plaice, highly pigmented, and nearly ready to hatch ; 4 eggs of long-rough 
dab, from stage with tail just free from yolk to stage nearly ready to hatch ; 
5 sand-eels, 8 to 13 mm. 
Station III.— Bottom, 28th April 1892. 9 sand-eels, 8*5 to 9-4 mm. ; 
1 post-larval pleuronectid (long-rough dab ?), 4*2 mm. ; 1 rockling, 3*5 
mm. ; 3 post-larval Montagu's suckers, 3*8 to 6 mm. 
Nine Miles east of the Island of May. — Mid- water net, 7th May 
1892, 1 hour. 9 pleuronectids, apparently plaice, 7 to 17 mm. ; 3 
gadoids, 5*3 to 9 mm. ; sand-eel, 14 mm. ; 4 rocklings, 3 5 to 5*5 mm., the 
latter with long blackish ventrals. 
Six to Eight Miles south- south-east of Bell Kock. — Mid- water-net, 
7th May 1892. 10 pleuronectids, long-rough dab (?), 6*5 to 21 mm. ; the 
left eye just appearing on the ridge in the largest examples ; 1 gadoid 
(like haddock), 12 mm. ; 1 sand-eel, 14*5 mm. 
Vicinity of Bell Bock. — Mid water-net, 7th May 1892. 3 gadoids, 
12 to 22 mm. ; sucker, 7*5 mm ; 1 rockling ; 5*5 mm.; 7 pleuronectids 
(long-rough dab and plaice?), 8 to 20 mm., left eye appearing on the ridge 
in the larger examples. 
North-west of Liston Bank. — Surface, 7th May 1892. 1 gadoid, 17 
mm. ; 1 sand-eel, 24 mm., with young Caligus attached ventrally to 
pectoral region ; 1 young gurnard, 28 mm. 
Liston Bank. — Mid- water-net, 1 hour, 7th May 1892. 6 gadoids, 4*5 
to 13 mm. ; 8 pleuronectids (long-rough dabs and plaice), 3*5 to 11 mm. ; 
sand-eel, 21 mm. 
Station I. — Surface, 11th May 1892. 12 eggs of the haddock, embryo 
almost ready to hatch ; 93 eggs of cod (?) and allies, embryo about § round 
yolk ; 3 eggs of gurnard, embryo J round yolk ; 35 eggs of sprat, 
embryo J to -| round yolk ; 24 rocklings (smaller form), embryo § round 
yolk ; 1 larger species, embryo § round yolk ; 4 eggs of dab, embryo 
§ round yolk ; 1 egg of long-rough dab, embryo advanced. 
Station III.— Surface, 14th May 1892. 44 eggs of cod and allies (?), 
embryo from § to £ round yolk ; 4 eggs of gurnard, embryo § round 
yolk ; 25 eggs of rockling, embryo ~ round yolk. 
Station III.— Bottom, 14th May 1892. 1 gadoid, 14*5 mm. ; 4 
clupeoids (herrings), 11 to 19 mm.; 1 Montagu's sucker, 5 mm.; 1 
pleuronectid (long-rough dab), 7*5 mm. 
Station V. — Surface, 17th May 1892. 5 eggs, like plaice, embryo- 
encircling yolk ; 14 eggs, 1 "066 to 1 -219 mm. near cod and haddock (gadoid 
or pleuronectid) ; 9 eggs of rockling (two species). 
