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May 1892. 2 clupeoids, 18 and 19 mm.; 5 gadoids, 7 to 17 mm.; 1 
gunnel, 25 mm.; 4 pleuronectids, 8 to 14'5 mm. 
West of Liston Bank. — Bottom-net, 1st haul, 26th May 1892. 2 
gadoids, 7 to 11 mm.; 1 armed bullhead, 13*5 mm. 
Cross-Section II., South Half. — Surface, 27th May 1892. 8 eggs 
of gurnard ; 697 eggs, chiefly of sprat, with a few of whiting, &c; 52 
eggs of rockling, two species. 
Cross-Section II., South Half. — Surface-net, 27th May 1892. Lemon- 
dab, 12 5 mm., left eye appearing on ridge. 
Cross-Section II., South Half. — Eight fathoms tow-net, 27th May 
1892. Five sand-eels, 8 to 16'5 mm.; 13 clupeoids, 12 to 21 mm.; 
pleuronectids — 4*5 to 13 mm.; 2 post-larval gadoids, 4 and 5 mm.; 1 
rockling, 3 mm. 
Cross-Section II., South Half. — Bottom-net, 27th May 1892. Ten 
sand-eels, 9-5 to 19 mm.; 14 clupeoids, 16 to 21*5 mm.; 1 gadoid, 13 mm.; 
4 pleuronectids, 4'5 to 10 mm. 
Cross-Section II., North Half. — Surface, 27th May 1892. Eighty 
eggs of gurnard ; 177 eggs of sprat, &c; 3 eggs near lemon-dab ; 31 eggs 
of rockling. 
Cross-Section II., North Half. — Eight fathoms tow-net, 27th May 
1892. Thirteen sand-eels, 9*2 to 21*5 mm.; 11 clupeoids, 8*5 to 18 mm.; 
25 pleuronectids, 4*5 to 12 mm. ; 14 gladoids, 4 '5 to 8*5 mm. 
Cross-Section II., North Half. — Bottom-net, 27th May 1892. Three 
gadoids, 5*5 to 7 '5 mm.; 2 sand-eels, 10 mm.; 9 clupeoids, 8 "5 to 17 mm.; 
10 pleuronectids (chiefly lemon-dabs), 5 to 12.5 mm. 
Cross-Section I., Mid-way. — Surface, 30th May 1892. Fifty eggs 
(chiefly gurnard, with some of brill), embryo ~ round yolk ; 7 eggs about 
1 -1430 mm., embryo advanced; 11 eggs near poor-cod, embryo ad- 
vanced — with pigment ; 14 eggs of rockling, two species, embryo -| round 
yolk. 
Cross-Section I., Mid-way. — Mid-water-net, 30th May 1892. Eight 
sand-eels, 8 to 24 mm.; 3 clupeoids, 7, 12, and 18 mm.; 2 gadoids, 5 and 
9*5 mm.; 1 Cottus, 5 mm.; 2 pleuronectids, 5*5 mm. 
Cross-Section I., Mid-way. — Bottom, 30th May, 1892. Four sand- 
eels, 8*5 to 25 mm.; 5 clupeoids (sprats), 7*5 to 17 mm. ; 3 gadoids, 5 
to 7 mm.; 6 pleuronectids, 4 to 12 mm. 
Cross-Section I., North End. — Surface, 30th May 1892. Twenty- 
eight eggs of gurnard, embryo -| round yolk; 14 eggs near cod and 
bib, embryo with black pigment; 11 eggs sprat and whiting, embryo 
J- round yolk, to nearly ready to hatch ; 1 4 eggs of rockling, two 
species. 
Cross-Section I., North Half. — Mid- water-net, 30th May 1892. 
One sand-eel, 18'5 mm.; 4 clupeoids, 18 mm.; 5 gadoids, 5'5 to 9 - 5 mm.; 
8 pleuronectids, 4*5 to 15 mm. 
Cross-Section I., North Half. — Bottom-net, 30th May 1892. Two 
gadoids, 6 and 7 mm.; 5 pleuronectids, 5 to 14 - 5 mm., left eye appearing 
above ridge. 
• Cross-Section III, South Half. — Surface, 31st May 1892. Nineteen 
eggs of gurnard, embryo \ round where visible ; 22 eggs, those of about 
1*0287 mm. near cod in size ; 48 eggs of sprat, with a few like whiting, 
embryo chiefly advanced ; 29 eggs, chiefly of rockling (preservation 
imperfect). 
Cross-Section III., North Half. — Surface, 31st May 1892. Two 
hundred and two eggs of gurnard ; 7 5 eggs of sprat, probably with a few 
eggs of injured whiting ; 238 eggs of rockling (two species). 
Cross-Section III., North Half. — Surface, 31st May 1892. Two 
