We present and discuss the latest addition of the Montreal Blue Galaxy ( MBG ) survey .
Inspection of 59 Curtis Schmidt plates resulted in the identification of 135 new UV-bright galaxies with B < 15.5 .
This brings the total number of MBGs to 469 .
New results of the V / V _ { m } test show that our survey is complete to B = 14.7 .

From our most recent spectroscopic follow–up , we confirm the discovery of one new Seyfert 1 galaxy and possibly one new Seyfert 2 galaxy .
We confirm also the bias of the MBG survey towards the low-excitation and metal rich Starburst Nucleus Galaxies ( SBNGs ) .
The spectral characteristics of the MBGs are similar to those of the infrared luminous IRAS galaxies .
As a common characteristic , they show a mean ratio Log ( [ NII ] /H \alpha ) in excess of 0.2 dex as compared to normal disk HII regions .
In general , the MBGs have lower far–infrared luminosities ( L _ { IR } < 10 ^ { 11 } L _ { \odot } ) and are nearer ( z < 0.05 ) than the luminous IRAS galaxies .

The distribution of the morphologies of the MBGs indicates a high number of early-type spirals ( Sb and earlier ) .
Nearly half of these galaxies also possess a bar .
In our sample , the fraction of galaxies with bars depends on the morphology and increases towards the late-type spirals .
However , if we consider only isolated galaxies , the late-type spirals show a clear tendency to be barred .
Signs of a recent interaction with neighbor galaxies are obvious only in 24 % of our candidates .
Although this number is only a lower limit , it is nevertheless sufficiently low to suggest that in a majority of massive galaxies the burst of star formation do not depends solely on dynamical processes .