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Part III. — Ninth Annual Report 
Station VII., in one in October : (3) unidentified annelids, at Station I., 
in two in December and in two in February; at Station IL, in three in 
July, in four in October, and in one in February ; at Station III., in six 
in July, in four in September, in three in October, in one in November, 
and in one in February ; at Station IV., in two in October and in one in 
November ; at Station V., in three in July, in five in September, and in 
three in February ; at Station VL, in five in July and in five in September ; 
at Station VII., in five in July and in four in September ; and at Station 
VII., in two in July and in four in September. 
Arthropods were found in 17 stomachs (18 %). They consisted of (1) 
Etipagurus (species chiefly bernhardus), at Station I., in one in July ; at 
Station II., in one in July; at Station III., in three in July, in one in 
September, in two in October, and in one in November ; at Station IV., 
in one in July ; at Station VI L, in one in October ; and at Station VIIL, 
in one in September: (2) Portunus, at Station III., in one in July: (3) 
Porcellana (sp. longicornis), at Station II., in one in February : (4) larval 
Crustacea, at Station V., in one in July : (6) unidentified Crustacea, at 
Station I., in one in February ; and at Station V., in one in February. 
Molluscs were found in 10 stomachs (10 %). They consisted of (1) . 
Scrobicidaria, at Station III., in one in September : (2) Eolis, at Station 
VIIL, in one in July : (3) unidentified nudibranchs, at Station II., in one 
in February ; at Station III., in one in September ; and at Station VIIL, 
in one in September: (4) unidentified gastropods, at Station I., in one in 
July ; at Station IL, in one in July ; at Station III., in one in September 
and in one in October ; and at Station V., in one in September. 
Common Dabs. 
(Pleuronectes Iwianda.) 
Of 269 stomachs examined 135 were empty, and the contents of 3 were 
indistinguishable: 131 contained matter that could be identified. 
Echinoderms were found in 36 stomachs (27 %). They consisted of 
(1) Ophioglypha, at Station IL, in one in May and in one in December; 
at Station IV., in two in May ; at Station VI. , in one in May and in five 
in August ; at Station VIL, in one in August and in one in February ; 
and at Station VIIL, in one in August : (2) Amphiura, at Station IL, in 
one in May; at Station VI. , in one in May ; at Station VIL, in four in 
May, in one in October, in one in November, and in two in February ; 
and at Station VIIL, in one in August : (3) OpJiiothrix (sp. rosula), at 
Station IL, in four in October : (4) AmpMdotuSy at Station VL, in two 
in October : (5) unidentified sand-stars, at Station IV., in one in October 
and in one in December ; and at Station VL, in two in October and in 
one in November : (6) unidentified holothurians at Station IV., in one in 
November. 
Annelids were found in 17 stomachs (12 %). They consisted of (1) 
Sipunculus, at Station VIL, in one in May : (2) unidentified annelids, at 
Station L, in one in November ; at Station II. , in one in May ; at Station 
III., in one in August and in one in October ; at Station V., in one in 
October ; at Station VIL, in one in May, in three in November, and in 
three in February ; at Station VIIL, in two in October and in one in 
February ; and at Station IX., in one in May. 
Arthropods were found in 73 stomachs (55 %). They consisted of (1) 
Eupagurus (sp. bernhardus and Iwvis), at Station L, in seven in May, in 
three in December, and in eight in February ; at Station IL, in one in 
May, in two in October, and in two in February ; at Station III., in three 
