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Station VII. — Surface, 9th May 1890. Young flounders, apparently 
about 12 mm. (pulpy). 
Station I. — Sui*face, 12th May 1890. Macerated fragments of young 
Montagu's sucker, clupeoids, c^c. 
Station VII. — Bottom, 21st June 1890. Larval pleuronectid (dried), 
8 mm. ; young dragonet, 4 mm. ; young Montagu's sucker, 5 to 8 mm. ; 
young Ciitti, 6 to 7 mm. ; young gobies, 5 to 12 mm. 
Station VI. — Bottom, 31st July 1890. Numerous young gobies, 4*5 
to 8 5 mm. ; young rockling with large pelvic fins (black), 3 mm. ; Mon- 
tagu's sucker, 6 mm. 
Station VIII. and IX. — Bottom, 5th August 1890. Post-larval 
pleuronectid (huff coloured), 6 mm. ; older stage of the same with the eye 
on the ridge, 7*5 mm. ; Montagu's sucker, 6 to 6*8 mm. ; young gobies, 
4*3 to 5 mm. 
Station IX. — Bottom, 4th September 1890. Post-larval herrings, 9 to 
13 mm. ; post-larval flounder (witch), 8*2 mm., with eye appearing on 
ridge; post-larval gobies, 6 mm. ; post-larval dragonet, 7*5 mm. 
Station VII. — Bottom and .surface-nets, 14th October 1890. Elon- 
gated pleuronectid (witch), 8 mm. ; young herring, 15 mm. ; rockling, 
4 '5 mm., with long ventrals. 
Station IX. — Surface, 14th October 1890. Unknown pelagic eggs, 
'0375 in., containing advanced embryo with black pigment. 
Station II. — Bottom and surface, 15th October 1890. Young clu- 
peoids, 18 mm.; pleuronectids, 11 mm., eye appearing on ridge; young 
gobies, 7 and 14 mm. ; young dragonet, 10 mm. 
Station III. — Bottom, 17th October 1890. Young clupeoids, 16 to 19 
mm. ; young gobies, 10 to 16 mm. 
Bottom (shrimp-net), 20th October 1890. Poor cod, 41 and 45*8 mm. 
Little gobies. 
Station I. — Bottom, 18th October 1890. Young clupeoids, 1 7 to 1 9 
mm. ; young gobies, 9 to 13 mm. 
No label, — Young weever (Trachinus vipera),15 mm. ; rockling, 17 mm. 
No label. — Egg of dab ; numerous eggs of recklings. 
Station I. — 4th November 1890. Poor cod, 49 mm. 
Station VII. — Surface-net, 5th May 1891. Ova of cod; considerable 
number of bib. Two sizes of rockling; small egg without oil-globule 
(•6096 to -6858 mm.), and the embrjo pigmented like a pleuronectid. 
Eggs of brill, plaice, and flounder (?). 
Station V. — Surface-net, 6th May 1891. Ova of cod, bib, whiting, 
ling, rockling, gurnard, sprat, Miiller's top-knot, flounder, brill, and dab ; 
small, without oil-globule as before. 
Station V. — Bottom-net, 6th May 1891. Two young Agoni, 6 mm. 
Montagu's sucker, 4 mm. Pleuronectid, 5 mm. 
Station VI. — Surface-net, 6th May 1891. Ova of cod, pollack (1), 
bib, rockling, plaice, and flounder. Unknown egg somewhat smaller than 
that of dab. 
Station II. — Surface-net, 7th May 1891. Considerable number of 
eggs of sprat. Eggs of bib and recklings, dab, lemon-dab, and brill. 
Station IV. — Surface-net, 9th May 1891. A number of ova, chiefly 
small, mostly whiting, poor cod (?), rockling as before. Also one or two 
of brill, flounder, and dab. 
Forth. —13th May 1891. ' Stuff" surrounding stomach of the common 
* gurnard.' A mass of degenerate and shrivelled ova, apparently fully 
developed. The roe of the same specimen was about half mature and 
apparently healthy. It would seem that a portion of the contents of the 
ovary of last year had been retained, forming the abnormal mass around 
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