VIII CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Pierce, II. D., 142. Notes on the Bin efish, Mortality of Florida fishes, &c 263 



IPicrce, II. H., 166. Some of the DiflBculties which Confront Oyster Breeders 332 



ProcJor, Richard A., 81. A Marine Monster 55 



Qiiattlcbaiiui, Paul, 1S3. Method of Catching Carp ifvith a Hook 380 



Katbbiiii, Richard, 305. Notes on the Decrease of Lobsters 421 



Riivercl-Waliel, V., 130. Notes on a Disease Aiiecting Crawfish in Germany 299 



Redding, Joseph D., 143. Character of the Caip introduced by Capt. Henry Eobinson 



about 1830 266 



Robinsou, W. Russell, 151. A California Salmon taken in James Eiver 290 



RuiiipflT, Carl, 17S. The Oyster as a Popular Article of Food in North America 356 



Ryder, Jobn A., 9. On anew Form of Filter or Diaphragm to be used in the Culture of 



Oysters in Ponds 17 



, 12. On a Skin Parasite of the Gunner (Ctenoldbrus adspersus) ." 37 



, 13. Journal of operations on the Grounds of the Eastern Shore Oyster Company, on 



Chineoteague Bay, near Stockton, Md., during the Summer of 1883 43 



, 74. Carp do Eat Toung Fishes 152 



, 136. Report Respecting the Present Condition and Future Prospects at St. Jerome 



Creek for the Work of Oyster Culture 235 



, 160. Floats for the so-called Fattening of Oysters 302 



, 171. Note on the Regeneration of the Scales of the German Carp 345 



,183. On Apparatus for Collecting Oyster Spat 373 



, 1S6. Caro of Gold-fish. — Queries of William Rosenstihl, jr., with Replies 381 



Scherzer, Karl von, 173. The Cultivation of the Sea 348 



Scuiider, Oharles W., 93. Vitalityof GermanCaip, andRestorationof someApparently 



Dead 179 



, 197. A list of the Blank Forms, Circulars, and Minor Publications of the United 



States Fish Commission, from August 1, 1883, to August 1,1884 307 



Sheley, Ci. A., 176. Destruction of Fish caused by Nets of Small Mesh in Lake Michigan. 353 



Hiler, Andrew li., 17. Depletion of Fish in Panquitch and Bear Lakes, Utah 51 



Sinims, jr., O. E., 13S. A Fish-eating Plant 257 



!<(uiart, Ooldsmith, and Jotinson, 43. A Chinese Method of Fish Culture 88 



Smiley, Chas. W., 1. Inspection of Fish and other Marine F'roducts in the District of 



Columbia, 1879 to 18s3, inclusive 1' 



,39. What Fish Cultuie has first to accomplish 65 



, 96. Remarkable Resuscitation of Frozen Carp 183 



, 106. The Influence of Artificial Propagation upon Production Hlustrated by the Sal- 

 mon Work of the Sacramento River, California 201 



, 130. Occurrence of Black Grouper or Jew-fish off Block Island 240 



- ,144. Several Opinions upon how to Catch Carp 268 



, 163. Brief Notes upon Fish and the Fisheries 305 



:, 169. Notesonthe Shad Season of 1884, with References to other Species 337 



, 179. Brief Notes upon Fish and Fisheries - 359 



, 190. Arrangement with the Life-saving Service and the Light-house Board for Col- 

 lecting Whales, Porpoises, Sharks, and strange Forms of Marine Life 385 



,318. Brief Notes upon Fish and Fisheries 450 



, 333. Brief Notes upon Fish and the Fisheries 469 



Stearns, R. E. C, 117. Transportation of Clams and Oysters 219 



Stearns, Silas, 150. On the Position and Character of the Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 



of Mexico ■. 289 



Sterling,!^., 115. Notes on the Great Lake Fisheries, Depletion of Black Bass, &c 218 



Stone, Liivingstou, 91. Weights of Salmon taken at McCloud River Station in 1880 178 



Stover, E. S., 306. Rearing Carp in Alkaline Water 426 



Tarr, R. S., 33. Return to Gloucester Harbor of the young Codfish hatched by the 



United States Fish Commission 57 



Thompson, Edward, 89. Edible Qualities of Carp...' 176 



Thompson, Ed'ward II., IIO. Kote on the Breeding of Eels 208 



True, Frederick W., 309. Porpoi.se-fishing at Cape May, New Jersey 431 



Valery-Mayot, Prof., 63. Acclimatization of iSaZmo 5tun?iaJ in France 138 



Van ITIater, J. IE., 3. Occurrence of i>ah'«tes fctota on the New Jersey Coast 13 



Wallem, Fredrik M., 187. Exports of Fish-oil from Norway, 1878-'82 382 



■Warner, J. 8., 118. Catching Fish in a Creek in Tennessee by a Water Snake 220 



Wheeler, li. T., 130. A new Method of Protecting the Eggs of Carp and Rearing the 



Toung 221 



Whitcombe, W. P., lO. Note* on the Acclimatization of Fish in Victoria, Australia 31 



