VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Elarding, Oarrick M. Susrsestions to Fish Culturists 55 



llavrkius, J. W. An Opinion Eegiirding the Influence upon the Coast Fisheries of the 



Steamers used in the Menhaden Fishery 266 



llcinphill, Henry. On the Habits and Distribution of the Geoduck, a Clam of the Pacific 

 (Gbjcrmeris generosa, Gld.), with Sucgestions as to its Introduction into the Atlantic Coast 



of the United States 200 



Ileriiics, l>r. Otto. On the Mature Male Sexual Organs of the Conger-Eel {Conger vulgaris), 



with some Observations on the Male of the Common Eel {Anguilla vulgaris, Fleming) 126 



Ilessel, Rudolph. Artificial Culture of Medicinal Leeches and of Species of Helix 264 



lliester, Charles £. Fish Culture for Profit 382 



Sliiickley, Isaac. The Fish-Eating Cows of Provincetown, Mass 134 



Blobbs, Orlando. A List of Ohio Eivcr Fishes Sold in the Markets 124 



Hughes, Suiiih E. Live Ponds for Fish in New Jersey 349 



Huxley, Prof. T. H. Sec S. Walpole. 



Jordan, Darid S., and Charles H. Oilbert. Descriptions of Nineteen New Species 



of Fishes from the Bay of Panama 306 



Ivrause, Dr. Cod and Halibut Fisheries near the Shumagin Islands 259 



liaighton, Cedric. The Capture of Shad at Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire 421 



L.eonard, J. A. Plan of the International Fisheries Exhibition to be held at Edinburgh, 



Scotland, and a List of Prizes to be Awarded 390 



lUcOonald, ITIarshall. Experiments in the Transportation of the German Carp in a Lim- 

 ited Supply of Water 215 



ITIarquette, Oeorge R. Extraordinary Floods in the Potomac River 258 



ITIartin, S. J. Coal Ashes as a Means of Raising Mackerel in Purse-Seines 65 



Methods of Using "Willard's Piitent Pocket for Mackerel 65 



First Appearance of Fish at Gloucester, 1881 66 



Notes on the Mackerel Fishery of 1881 132 



Notes on New England Fisheries 133 



Notes on New England Food-Fishes • 202 



Notes on the Gloucester Fishery 263 



Cod-Fisbing with Gill-Nets in Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts 264 



Fishery News from Gloucester, Massachusetts 265 



Notes on the Gloucester Fisheries 268 



Pollock-Fishing in Boston Bay 342 



Cod Gill-Nets in Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts 343 



Fi.shery Notes from Gloucester, Massachusetts 381 



(Jodfishing Avith Gill-Nets from Gloucester, Massachusetts 384 



Fishery Notes from Gloucester, Massachusetts, Concerning Cod, Haddock, Herring, Hali- 

 but, and Mackerel 394 



Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts 419 



Notes on the Fishej-ies of Gloucester, Massachusetts ^ 425 



iTIilncr, J. W. Summary of Fishing Records, for Shad and Alewives, kept at Willow Branch 



Fishery, North Carolina, from 1835 to 1874 396 



Mordecai, M. !>., E. R. Food of the Shad of the Atlantic Coast of the United States 



(Alosa prcestabilis De Kay), and the Functions of the Pyloric ccBca 277 



IVoi-ny. E . R. On the Propagation of the Striped Bass 67 



A Proposed Pond for Rearing Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) in Delaware Bay 260 



0»>boi-u. J. H. Notes and Suggestions Concerning the Florida Shad Fishery 351 



Pasco. I. 1>. A Call for Carp from Nevada 29 



Ryder, Francis W. Codfish caught near Cape Charles, Mouth of Chesapeake Bay, in 1834. 384 



Ryder. .John A. A Valuable Edible MoUusk of the West Coast 21 



Preliminary Notice of the More Important Scientific Results Obtained from a Study of 



the Embryology of Fishes 22 



>'ote8 on the Development, Spinning Habits, and Structure of the Four-Spined Stickle- 

 back (Apeltes qtiadracus) 24 



Development of the Spanish Mackerel (Cybium maculatum) 135 



On the Retardation of the Development of the Ova of the Shad (Alosa sapidissima), with 



Observations on the Egg-Fungus and Bacteria 177 



A Contribution to the Development and Morphology of the Lophobranchiates {Hippo- 

 campus aniiqvoruni, the seahorse) 191 



