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above, edged with light blue, and crossed by dark bands — the rays 
on the under side of this fin being yellow. This gurnard measured 
7}". A Cottus <\ uadricornis was also procured. 
A peculiarly coloured variety of the plaice was seen. The eyes 
were on the right side as usual, and the pigment of the upper side 
was normal, except that a large area extending from the anterior 
end of the straight portion of the lateral line to and including 
part of the ventral (anal) fin was white, like the under side. Two 
small isolated spots of pigment occurred in this area. The fish, 
which measured 11|", was a female, otherwise healthy, and the 
stomach was filled with several small sand-eels and Tellina tenuis. 
Skate Hoads, July 80th. — An hour's haul was made between 
6-80 and (»-80 a.m. There was again a great deal of weed, 
especially at the southern part of the bay. 
Alnmoutii Bay, July 80th. — We began at 8-10, but the first 
haul produced nothing, the net having got fouled when it was put 
overboard. The second haul, from 9 55 to 10 7 a.m., was the one 
measured (Table 111.) A large grey Bkate*was caught, which had 
lost a triangular piece of the anterior portion of the pectoral fin, 
and including the side of the mouth. It was alive and was 
returned to the water. There was no weed in this bay, and in 
addition to the fishes, a J hja arenaria, several Ecliinocardium pennati- 
/ilium, and shore crabs were picked up by the trawl. 
Dkuridok Bay, August 20th. — Trawling was begun at 10-15 
a.m. and continued for Hi hours. The sky was overcast during the 
day, and several thunderv showers, sometimes very heavv, fell. 
The air was 59 and the water 51 F. A Bahmoptera rostrata, about 
80 feet long, had been stranded here on the previous day, and we 
had therefore the opportunity of seeing it. (See page 71). 
Alnmoutii Bay, August 27th. — Beginning at 11-10 a.m. we 
fished here for 8 hours. The morning was misty when we left 
Blyth, but the mist rapidly cleared away. The air was 57 c and the 
water 54° F. The table shows that the trawling to-day was 
remarkable from the large catch of soles. The Anglers, especially 
small ones, measuring 9 to 12 in., were again very numerous. One 
of the large Anglers was found to have eaten one of his own species 
only half his size. It is worth stating too, that a sole was caught 
to-day on the hook. An interesting variation in the colour of the 
sole was seen in one specimen — it was pigmented on the blind side 
over three-fourths of the surface from the caudal end. The 
flounders measured (see Table VI.) included one with the eyes on 
