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one pair of jaws, the number of these molluscs which had been 
recently captured by the King-fish would therefore amount to fifty-four. 
A few of the jaws were of a moderately large size, but the majority 
were apparently those of small specimens. Amongst the digested 
matter contained in this stomach were also a few things that looked 
like the partially-dissolved icartilaginous shells of Cuttlefishes, but they 
were so imperfect that no use could be made of them for the purpose 
of identification.* The jaws, after being mounted on a slide, were 
photographed by Dr. Williamson, and the accompanying figure is repro- 
duced from the photograph. 
Anarrhichas lupus, Lin. 
The stomachs of eight Cat- or Wolf- fishes were examined ; the sh 
were captured in the Moray Firth on May 16th, 1902, and were all of 
moderately large size. The following is a note of the contents of each 
of the eight stomachs :— 
(1.) Fragments of a large Crab, Cancer pagurus, and of Ophiura sp. 
(2.) Part of alarge Buccinwm undatum, and several large speci- 
mens of Ophiura ciliaris. 
(3.) Fragments of several large Solen siltgua, the shell of a Natica 
containing a small hermit Crab, and a specimen of Hyas 
coarctatus. 
(4.) Fragments of a moderately large Cancer pagurus, of Solen 
siliqua, and of Cardium echinatum, and a specimen of Aphrodite 
aculeata. 
(5.) Remains of Solen siliqua, Natica sp., Hupagurus bernhardus, 
and Hyas coarctatus. 
(6.) Fragments of Hupagurus bernhardus, and of sevoral Ophiure. 
(7.) Fragments of Naticw sp., and Venus lincta, and of a large 
Hupagurus bernhardus. LHighty-two specimens of Star-tishes. 
Ophiura ciliaris (Linn.). Some fragments of Hchinocardium sp. 
(probably #. cordatum). A specimen of Aphrodite aculeata 
and a fragment of a Zoophyte. 
(8.) Remains of five Natica sp., and of Littorina littorea. Two 
Eupagurus bernhardus, and forty-four specimens of Ophiura 
ciliaris, all more or less complete. 
Lumpenus lampetreformis (Walbaum). 
The food observed in the stomach of a Sharp-tailed Lumpenus 
captured on the Fisher Bank consisted almost entirely of smail 
Crustacea, the following species of which were identified :—Leucon 
nasica, Diastylis resima, Bythocythere simplex, Macrocypris minna, 
Cytheropteron sp., and fobvertsonia tenuis. Two specimens of 
Cyclichna nitidula, and one or two Operculina ammoides, a species of 
Foraminifera, were also noticed. The Lumpenus is a fish that appears 
to live on or near the bottom, and it is to be expected that demersal 
organisms rather than pelagic will constitute the chief part of its 
food. 
* Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, in his ‘‘Ichthyological Notes” in Part III. of the 
Nineteenth Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, also incidentally refers to the large 
number of Cephalopod mandibles observed in the stomach of the King-fish. 
