22 
WE EVER, Trachinns viper a. 
Skate Roads, 21 June 
Surface. 
70 
Mid-Water 
Goswick Bay, 23 June 
54 
... 
Skate Roads, ,, 
12 
4 
Alnmouth Bay, 5 July 
80 
0 
Druridge Bay, 19 ,, 
4 
— 
„ * 20 „ 
1 
0 
A ripe weever from which the ova was issuing was obtained in 
the trawl at Goswick Bay. And on this occasion it was noted that 
the top layer of the water in the bottle contained only the eggs nf 
the weever, the other forms were got when the bottom layers of the 
bottle were examined. 
DAB, Pleuronectes limanda. 
Surface. Mid-Water. 
Goswick Bay, 23 June ... 2 
Alnmouth Bay, 5 July ... 4 ... 0 
Druridge Bay, 20 ,, ... 1 0 
FIVE-BEARDED ROCKLING. Onus 
mustela. 
Surface. 
Mid-Water. 
Skate Roads, 21 June 
• * • 
30 
... — 
Goswick Bay, 23 June 
• • • 
12 
... — 
Skate Roads, ,, 
• . • 
0 
— 
Alnmouth Bay, 5 July 
... 
20 
0 
GURNARD, 
Trigla 
(jumardus. 
Surface. 
Mid-Watf.r. 
Skate Roads, 21 June 
Near Inner Fame in the 
... 
10 
. . . — 
Kettle,” 22 June 
• . • 
3 
0 
Skate Roads, 23 June 
... 
2 
... — 
Alnmouth Bay, 5 July 
• . • 
25 
0 
Druridge Bay, 20 ,, 
• • • 
1 
— 
One egg got at Alnmouth Bay on 5th July was clearly that of 
the Dragonet, Callionymus hjra. There was no oil globule, and the 
egg measured '7092 mm. Its appearance on the day after its 
capture is shown in fig. 1, as well as a small portion of the charac- 
teristic honeycomb like marking of the vitelline membrane due to 
hexagonal ridges on the outside of that membrane as was pointed 
out first by McIntosh. Next day or some 214 hours later, the pro- 
gress in development is seen in fig. 2, hut the ridges of the vitelline 
membrane are omitted. Black branched pigment spots have now 
