81 Part ILI.—Twenty-seventh Annual Report 
JuNE.—Five hauls were collected in June at the usual depths; they 
showed that pelagic crustacea were still fairly common, but scarcely so 
plentiful as in the previous month. The gatherings measured respectively 
5°5, 9°5, 11:5, 14:5, and 15°d c.c.’s, and indicated a fairly uniform distribu- 
tion of the organisms mentioned. 
Aveust.—The gatherings (four in number) collected in August, com- 
pared with those for May and June, showed a large falling off in the 
numbers of pelagic crustacea all through the water, the quantity of each 
of the four hauls being respectively 2°5, 2, 3:5, and 6°5 c.c.’s. 
DrcemBerR.—The gatherings collected in December comprised vertical 
hauls from 15, 30, 45, 60, and 70 fathoms, and their contents measured 
respectively 5, 11, 47, 63, and 40.c.c.’s. They show a considerable increase 
over the August gatherings. In these gatherings Calanus was the only 
species observed. 
Station IIT., Upper Locn Fyne (ruuity 1 Mitt 8.K. rrom Norte 
KaMgs). 
The number of gatherings collected at this station was sixty-eight. Of 
these, thirty-one were collected in 1905, ten in 1906, eleven in 1907, and 
sixteen in 1908, and are briefly described below. 
1905. 
JANUARY.—Two gatherings collected in January—one from 15 fathoms 
and one from the bottom—were very small; that from the bottom measured 
only 2°5 c.c.’s, the contents consisting entirely of Calanus. 
Marcu.—The gatherings collected in March comprised three horizontal 
and three vertical hauls. ‘The horizontal gatherings were collected at the 
surface, mid-water, and bottom, and measured respectively 2, 4°5, and °75 
c.c.’s. Two of the vertical hauls were from the bottom and the other from 
15 fathoms; they were small gatherings, and consisted for the most part 
of Calanus; but a few other forms also occurred, including Acartia clausi, 
Diaixis pygmeus, Decapod larve, and fish ova. The horizontal consisted 
chiefly of Calanus, with a few Pseudocalanus, Centropuges hamatus, 
Acurtia clausi, Evadne nordmanni, larval and young crustacea, and Sagitta, 
APRIL.—Six gatherings collected in April comprised three horizontal 
and three vertical hauls. ‘ke horizontal hauls were from the surface, 
mid-water, and bottom, and measured about 3, 1:5, and 16°5 c.c.’s respec- 
tively. One of the vertical hauls was from 15 fathoms and the other two 
from the bottom (28 to 30 fathoms). The first measured 2°5 c.c.’s, and the 
other two together about 8°5 c.c.’s (3°5 and 5c.c.’s). Though Calanus was 
the most common species, Centropages hamatus was also frequent, so also 
was Pseudocalanus. In one of the bottom gatherings, for every 100 
Calanus there were about 35 Centropages and 15 Pseudocalanus, a few 
Acartia clausi, Hucheta, Hvadne nordmanii, Decapod larve and Sagitta 
and a few fish ova. 
May.—The gatherings collected in May comprised one surface and 
three vertical hauls. They were small gatherings ; the total catch measured 
scarcely 4 c.c.’s, of which Pseudocalanus formed about 4 per cent., Centro- 
pages 10 per cent., and Calunus only about 8 per cent. TZemora longi- 
cornis, Acartia clausi, and odon leuckarti were also sparingly representud. 
Oikopleura was frequent in the surface gathering, but not in the otners. 
JuNE.—Two gatherings collected in June included a surface haul and a 
vertical haul from the bottom. They were both small and measured about 
1:5 e.c.’s each. Centropages and Pseudocalanus were about equally 
numerous, and together formed about 7U per cent. of the entire catch. 
