TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Ariiii«it«^>nci, A. Wilson. A transfer of Leather Carp (Vi/prinnn carp'w) from the govern- 

 ment ponds at Washington, U. S. A., to Scotland 341 



Baiiditten, Ebrn. Recent contributions to pond cultivation .. 385 



Bariif s, A. O. (Growth and Spawning of German Carp in Alabama 424 



Bean, Tarlcton H. Movements of Young Alewives (?) {Pomolobus, sp.) in Colorado River, 



Texas 6ft 



Notes on a Shipment, by the United States Fish Commission, of California Salmon 



{Oncorhynchus cliouicha) to Tanner's Creek, Indiana, in 1876 204 



Account of a Shipment, by the United States Fish Commission, of California Salmon-Fry 



{Oneorhynehus chouicha) to Southern Louisiana, with a Xote on Some Collections Made at 



Tickfaw 205 



Behr, tou. Treatment of F^sh Eggs at Sea 346 



Borne, Max von deni. Dry transmission of Fish Eggs 345 



Campbell, J. B. Notes on McCloud River, California, and Some of its Fishes 44 



Chad^viek, B. P. The Destruction of Young Fish by Unsuitable Fishing In^lements . . . 339 



<.'lark, Frank iV. The Self-Picker 62 



On the Rearing of Whitetisli in Spring Water, and its Rfdation to their Subsequent Dis- 

 tribution 381 



Collins, Capl. J. W. Gill-Nets in the Cod-fishery: A Description of the Norweg'an Cod- 

 Nets, with Direclious foi their Use. and a History of their Introduction into tlie United 



States 1 



An In(piiry as to the Capture of Young Codfish in Che.iapeake Bay 401 



First Arrival of Mackerel in N e w York in the Spring of 1882 402 



Creighton, B. J. Fish-Culture in New Zealand 51 



Ueblois, Capt. E. T. The Origin of thfijilenhaden Industry 40 



Erkardt, Herr. The Peculiarities of Blue Carp 389 



FinHch, Dr. O. Rejwrt on a Trip in (iermauy to Secure Carp for the United States Fish 



Commi.ssiou • 220 



Fi»4ber, F. B. Fishing and Fish-Culture in Florida 251 



Forbes, Prof. S. A. The Food of Young Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis) 19 



On the Food of Young Whitefish ( Coregonus) 269 



An Inquiry into the First Food of Young Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiforinis) .... 402 



Oilbert, W. li. Growth of the Siilbling (Salmo salvelinvs) in the Old Colony Trout-Ponds 



at Plymouth, Mass 427 



Cioode, O.Brown. The Carangoid Fishes of the United States — Pompanoes, Crevall6s, 



Amber-Fish, &:c 30 



Notes on the Life-History of the Eel, Chiefly Derived from a Study of Recent European 



Authorities 71 



Ooode, a. Brown, and Capt. J. W. Collina. The Winter Haddock Fishery of New 



England 226 



<>reen, Seth. Rearing of California Mountain Trout (iSoJmo mdetw) 23 



Salmon Caught in Genesee River, New York 23 



The Introduction of Land-Locked Salmon into Woodhull Lake, New York, and the Sub- 

 sequent Capture of Some of Them 421 



Haack, Director. A Geiinan View of the American Section in the Berlin Fishery Ex- 

 hibition 57 



Harding, Cbarles W. Inquiries Concerning the Propagation of American Smelt and 



Shad, and Notes on the Fisheries of the Wash in England 428 



