of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 222 
LENGTH OF 
CONTENTS OF STOMACH, 
FIsu. 
inches Numerous small Schizopods, genus and species doubtful, 
Temora longicornis, few. 
es Se Numerous small Crustaceans, which look like Temora lonyi- 
corns, but too imperfect to be satisfactorily determined. 
DE 95 Several Parathemisto oblivia. 
ee This contained nothing that could be identified. 
GS = os Remains of small Schizopoda and a number of Zemora longi- 
cornis. 
Gf 5 Numerous examples of Parathemisto and a minute Isopod—the 
male of a species belonging to the Chelifera. 
Molua molva, Lin. 
A number of Ling were examined, the food of which consisted chiefly 
of small fishes, . It has been observed that the Ling, more than any other 
gadoid, is in the habit, when captured, of ejecting not only its food but 
also its stomach, turning it inside out just as one turns the finger of a glove, 
so that when visiting the market it is not uncommon to see Ling with 
their stomachs protruding from their mouths. 
Onus cimbrius, Lin. 
Twenty specimens of the Four-Bearded Rockling captured on the 
Bressay Shoal at a depth of 75 fathoms, on December 11th, 1901, were 
examined, and the contents of their stomachs recorded. As this species 
was not included amongst those in my previous paper on fish food, I give 
a more detailed account of the food observed in this sample from Bressay 
Shoal. Their sizes ranged from 62? to 112 inches, and their food, as 
shown in the appended tabular account, consisted chiefly of small 
Crustacea :-— 
SIZE OF THE 
N MACH, 
Rigs: CoNTENTS OF THE STOMAG 
Pseudocuma cercaria, Metopa nasuta, and some other 
Crustacean remains. 
62 inches. 
= Metopa nasuta and remains of some other Crustacea. 
(Cy Remains of Amphipods, but the species doubtful. 
Ce Gs Metopa nasuta and remains of other Crustacea, 
He 255 Crustacean remains, but too imperfect for identification. 
8 aS Contents of stomach similar to the last. 
84 Lrythrops sp., Hudorella sp., Halimedon parvimanus ; Aceros 
phyllonyx ; Cylichna sp. 
9 Mh Leucon nasica (male) and some mucus. 
9 es Fragments of Calocaris macandree; Hrythrops sp., Leucon 
nasica; Aceros phyllonyx; Phystisica marina; a young 
Dragonet, 15 mm. long. 
caer Metopa nasuta and a small lamellibranch shell. 
hai This stomach contained only a little mucus. 
Sar isis Remains of two small flat fishes, and fragments of small 
Crustaceans. 
HOE; Metopa nasuta, and remains of some other Crustaceans. 
1 Fase The food of this stomach consisted of fragments of Crustacea, 
but too imperfect for identification. 
OR 55 Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx, Hudorella sp., and Annelids. 
lli_,, The only food observed in this stomach consisted of the 
remains of Chetopod Annelids. 
ee Campylaspis sp. (male); Halimedon parvimanus; Metopa 
rubrovittata and Aceros phyllonyx. 
ih eee Fragments of Aceros phyllonyx and the remains of some other 
Crustaceans. 
es, This stomach contained nothing that could be identified. 
ee Remains of Chetopod Annelids only. 
