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THE FOOD AND CONDITION OF FISH 
OBTAINED FROM THE NORTH-EAST COAST. 
By A. M. CARE, B.Sc. 
Table I. — For the purpose of the first part of this paper, which 
deals with the food of Common Dabs, Long Rough Dabs, Cod, 
Whiting, Haddock, Gurnards and Starry Rays, the fish were (with 
the exception of a small number obtained from the Cullercoats 
boats) sent from Shields market during the months October 1908 
to May 1909. 
In many cases the localities were stated, and they are sum- 
marised under each fish. 
As illustrated in the first table, the Dab divides its attentions 
fairly equally amongst representatives of four groups, viz.: Molluscs, 
Crustaceans, Echinoderms and worms. The Dabs examined for my 
paper of last year also contained only these groups, except in one 
case when the food was fish. 
The Long Rough Dab shews a marked preference for Crustacean 
food, as is also the case with the Cod, Ray, Haddock, Gurnard and 
Whiting ; the Whiting, however, has also a liking for fish, especially 
of its own kind, and in the Gurnard, fish is also present largely. 
Table II. — (Dealing with the food and condition of fishes). 
The fish used were obtained from Shields and Cullercoats over the 
period of November, 1907 to May, 1909. 
The numbers are not sufficiently large to give very accurate 
results, but the points upon which the work gives some evidence 
are: — 
