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Station V.— Bottom, 17th May 1892. Coitus^ 55 to 8 mm.; Montagu's 
sucker, G'5 to 8 mm.; 3 pleurouectids, 5*5 to 20 mm. 
Station I. — Surface, 17th May 1892. 1 egg of gurnard ; 209 eggs of 
sprat, &c, some embryos just formed, to | round yolk ; 80 eggs of rock- 
ling, embryo at various stages to J round yolk. 
Station I. — Bottom, 17th May 1892. 1 clupeoid, 8 mm. ; Montagu's 
sucker, 7"5 mm.; 3 rocklings, 3*5 to 5 mm.; 1 armed bullhead, 8*5 mm. 
Station VII. — Surface, 17th May 1892. 4 eggs of gurnard, embryo 
from £ to ground yolk; eggs, 15 sp. lloss-near haddock- and others; 
11 eggs of poor-cod, &c, embryo J to f round yolk; 9 eggs of rockling, 
embryo from J to |- round yolk. 
Station VIL— Bottom, 17th May 1892. 4 clupeoids, 20 mm.; 1 
sand-eel, 9 mm.; 6 Montagu's suckers, 3 5 to 6*5 mm. ; 3 pleuronectids 
(long-rough dab 1 ?), 9*5 to 10 - 5 mm. ; 4 gadoids, 3'5 to 6 mm. ; 3 rock- 
lings, 2 '5 to 5 mm.; 2 armed bullheads, 8 and 9 mm. 
Station VI. — Bottom, 20th May 1892. Montagu's sucker, 7*5 mm.; 
pleuronectid, 12 - 5 mm. 
Station 0.— Surface, 24th May 1892. 3 sand-eels, 11*5 to 15*5 mm. 
Station 0. — Bottom, 24th May 1892. 1 clupeoid, 12 mm. (injured); 
1 pleuronectid (long-rough dab), 8 mm. 
Station VIII. — Surface, 25th May 1892, 23 eggs of gurnard, 
embryo | to | round yolk ; 6 eggs near cod and lemon-dab, and near 
haddock, &c, embryo -| to § round ; 16 eggs about size of poor-cod, embryo 
£ round to nearly ready to hatch ; 6 eggs of rockling, embryos just formed, 
and advanced. 
Station VIII. —Bottom, 25th May 1892. Post-larval long-rough dab (?), 
6 mm.; pleuronectids, 17*5 mm. 
Station IX. — Surface 25th May 1892. 77 eggs of gurnard, embryo 
just formed, others nearly ready to hatch; 20 eggs of poor-cod and sprat, 
embryos all advanced ; 22 eggs of lemon-dab and other forms near 
haddock, embryos chiefly half round yolk ; 17 eggs of rockling, from J to 
| round yolk. 
Liston Bank. — Surface, 26th May 1892. 29 eggs of gurnard, embryo 
about f round the yolk; 15 eggs, near size of haddock, embryo about 
| round yolk ; 94 eggs of whiting, &c, embryo at various stages ; 33 eggs, 
chiefly rockling, with a few of dabs, imperfectly preserved. 
Liston Bank. — Mid- water, 26th May 1892. 12 gadoids, 4 to 11 mm.; 
7 pleuronecticls, 9 to 13 mm. 
Liston Bank.— Bottom, 25th May 1892. 2 pleuronectids, 4 and 5 
mm., near topknot (?). 
West of Liston Bank. — Surface, 26th May 1892. 129 eggs of 
gurnard, embryo visible only in a few, and about § round yolk; 35 
eggs near haddock, though somewhat less, embryo \ to •§ round ; 90 
eggs of whiting, &c, embryo \ to § round ; 38 eggs of rockling, with a 
few of dab ; embryo \ to § round ; 1 plaice-like egg, and others near 
bib. 
West of Liston Bank. — Mid- water-net, 1st haul, 26th May 1892. 4 
gadoids, 6 "5 to 9*2 mm.; 2 pleuronectids, 7 and 11 mm. 
Between Liston Bank and May Island. — Mid-water-net, 2d haul, 
26th May 1892. 13 sand-eels, 14 to 19 5 mm.; 7 gadoids, 7-5 to 14*5 
mm.; 4 pleuronectids (lemon-dab), 8 to 12*5 mm. 
Between Liston Bank and Island of May.— Surface, 2nd haul, 26th 
May 1892 (?). 117 eggs of gurnard, embryo, when visible, \ to § round 
yolk ; 1 egg near topknot; 21 eggs of whiting and dab ; 8 eggs of rock- 
ling. 
Between Liston Bank and May Island. — Bottom-net, 2nd haul, 26th 
