VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Johnson, W.i in in I. Growth of German Carp sent to Savoy, Texas, by the United States 



• Fish Commission 14. 



Jordan, David S., and Charles H. Oilbert. A Review of the Siluroid Fishes found 



ontbe Pacific Coast of Tiopical America, with descriptions ofthiee new species 34 



List of Fishes collected at Mazatlan, Mexico, by Charles H.Gilbert 105 



List of Fishes collected at Panama by Charles H. Gilbert 109 



Knight, William. A Bill proposed to the Maryland Legislature at the session of 1876, 



and entitled "An Act to regulate the Catching and to provide for the Preservation of Fish in 



the AVaters of the State and of the Potomac River " 265 



Krauae, K. E. II . A Hybrid Plaice — Platessa vulgaris with Rhombus maximum 341 



Iiefebvre, Alfred. The Proposed Introduction of American Catfish into the Rivers of Bel- 

 gium 153 



Leonard, J. A Report on the Edinburgh Fisheries Exhibition 80 



Leonhardt, C Information concerning the Blue Carp 4 15 



Leslie, Chas. C. Scarcity of Blackfish— Mortality of Codfish 132 



Scarcity of Blackfish in the South 178 



McDonald, Marshall. Distribution of German Carp by the United States Fish Commis- 

 sion 94 



Martens, J. B. Life in the Sea 253 



Martin, S.J. Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts 15 



Movements and catch of Mackerel 89 



Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts 91 



Morgan, George. Capture of Land-locked Salmon at Oswego, New York 15 



Morriss, T. W. Spawning of Carp, in a Small Basin, at Brenham, Texas 27 



IVicklas, Carl. Feeding Carp with Indian Corn 168 



\ 11 »k ban in. M. A Simple Test to learn if Fish-ova are Impregnated 347 



Nye, jr., Willard. Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in New Bedford "Water-pipes — Mackerel 



abundant in Amherst River 272 



Osborn, John H. Shad Fishing on the Saint John's River 132 



Phillips, Barnel. Holland Carp put into the Hudson River about 1830 25 



I»oey, Felipe. List of Food-fishes brought from Key West, Fla.,into the Markets of Havana . 118 

 Rathbun, Richard. Dredging Stations of the United States Fish Commission steamer 

 Fish Hawk, Lieut. Z. L. Tanner, commanding, for 1880, 1881, and 1882, -vith temperature 



and other observations 119 



Notes on the Shrimp and Prawn Fisheries of the United States 139 



Ryder, John A. Preliminary Notice of some points in the Minute Anatomy of the Oyster. 135 



Observations on the Absorption of the Yelk, the Food, Feeding, and Development of 



Embryo Fishes, comprising some Investigations conducted at the Central Hatchery, Ar- 

 mory Building, Washington, D. C, in 1882 179 



The Microscopic Sexual Characteristics of the American, Portuguese, and Common 



Edible Oyster of Europe compared 205 



Note on the Organ of Bojanus in Ostrea Tirginica Gmelin 345 



On the mode of Fixation of the Fry of the Oyster 383 



Smiley, Chas. W. Result of Planting Shad in the Muskingum River 32 



Removal of Bass from Indiana to North Carolina by the United States Fish Commis- 

 sion 116- 



The Proposed Use of Steamers in thAMackerel Fishery * 155 



Method and Results of an Effort to Collect Statistics of the Fish Trade and Consump- 



tion of Fish throughout the United States 247 



 A Geographical Catalogue of Persons who have stated that they are interested in Fish- 

 culture 393 



Stearns, R. E. C. Suggestions for Transplanting Clams from the Pacific Ocean to the 



Atlantic 20 



Stone, Livingston. Replies to Questions of Heir von Behr concerning Salvelinu-s fonti- 



nalis and Salmu irideus 9 



Account of Operations at the McCloud River Fish-Breeding Stations of the United 



States Fish Commission, from 1872 to 1882, inclusive L... 217 



Swain, Joseph. A Review of the Species of Stolephorus found on the Atlantic Coast of 



the United States 55 



Swan, James <■« Shad in Pnget Sound 152 



Swett, S. K. Decrease of Fish in Squoiuscot River, New Hampshire, on account of Refuse 



Matter from Gas Works 33 



Tanner, '/.. I*. Report of an Exploring Trip of the Steamer Fish Hawk, in Chesapeake 



Bay in the early Spring of 1882 133 



Occurrence of Fur Seals in Mid-Ocean 216 



