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numbers in August and October (107 and 101 respectively for
the months of the decade). In the totals of the months nothing
striking occurs.
The smallest numbers (41 and 44«) are in
January and April.
No evident interference with the ordinary
operations of nature in this species seems to have followed the
closure.
The same may be predicated of the grey skate, which
-
had its highest monthly numbers in August and September
Skate gliding through the water.
(61 and 76), and the lowest in January and December (11 and
18).
The monthly totals of the starry ray have no apparent
regularity in their increase and diminution.
The highest
numbers occur in December (29) and February (27).
The
others were captured too rare1y to be of service.
A considera—
tion of this group affords no grounds for believing that the
food—shes of the Frith of Forth have been in any noteworthy
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTH,
numbers in August and October (107 and 101 respectively for
the months of the decade). In the totals of the months nothing
striking occurs.
The smallest numbers (41 and 44«) are in
January and April.
No evident interference with the ordinary
operations of nature in this species seems to have followed the
closure.
The same may be predicated of the grey skate, which
-
had its highest monthly numbers in August and September
Skate gliding through the water.
(61 and 76), and the lowest in January and December (11 and
18).
The monthly totals of the starry ray have no apparent
regularity in their increase and diminution.
The highest
numbers occur in December (29) and February (27).
The
others were captured too rare1y to be of service.
A considera—
tion of this group affords no grounds for believing that the
food—shes of the Frith of Forth have been in any noteworthy