190 PUBLICATIONS OF SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



1876. Baird, Spencer F.— Coutiiuied. 



B. The fishfiiies p. 57." 



4. The former condition of the Austrian fisheries 575 



5. The present condition of the fisheries and its caases 576 



6. Artificial fish-hreedin^j; 5.-0 



7. The pi ogress of foreigu fisheries 58"! 



8. Condition of pisciculture in Austria 580 



9. Value of the products of the fisheries 59S 



10. Fishery statistics 601 



11. Scientific investisjations 603 



C . Importaut fresh- water fisheries 60 '> 



12. Salmon family (Salmouoidei) 600 



13. The pike family (Esocini) 613 



14. The catfish family (Siluroidei) 613 



15. The cod family (Gadoidei) 613 



16. The eels (Murieuoidei) 614 



17. The carp family (Cypriuoidei) 614 



18. The perch family (Percoidei) 616 



19. The sturgeon family ( Acipeuseriai) 616 



20. The craw-fish (Astacus fiuviatilis) 617 



D. Protective legislation 618 



21. The fishing privileges 618 



22. Foreign fishery laws 619 



23. Fishing privileges and fishing laws in Austria 643 



24. The buying oflf of fishing privileges 665 



25. International fishei y treaties 669 



26. Salt-water fisheries and the laws relating to them 674 



E. Conclusion - 677 



XXS. How i-an our lakes and rivcns be again stocked with fish in the shortest 



possible time. By Mr. von dem Borne 681 



Appendix E.— Natural history 685 



XXXI. Preliminary report on a series of dredgings made on the United States 



Coast Survey steamer Bache in the Gulf of Maine. By A. 



S. Packard, jr., M. D 687 



XXXII. List of the marine algte of the United States. By W. G. Farlow, M. D . 691 



Classalga 691 



List of the principal useful sea-weeds occurring on the United States 



coast '. 716 



Used aa food ■ 716 



Used as fertilizers 716 



Used for the manufacture of iodine 717 



The great kelp of California 717 



Alphabetical index 718 



XXXni. Lecture on the organs of leproduction and the fecundation of fishes, 



and especially of eels. ByDr. Syrski 719 



Introduction 719 



The organs of reproduction and fecundation in fish in general 720 



The reproductive organs of the eel 725 



/ The ovaries of the eel 730 



The spermatic organs 732 



XXXI V. The food and mode of living of the salmon, the trout, and the shad. By 



D. Barfurth 735 



Prefatory note. By Theo. Gill 735 



Introduction 737 



1. The food of Trutta salar Siebold (Sahno salar and hamatus Val.), 



and Trntta trutta Siebold (Fario argenteus Val.), in the river 



Rhine 738 



2. The food of Trutta fario 753 



3. The food oi Alausa vulgaris while in the Rhine 757 



Conclusion 758 



891. 



1876. Baird, Spencer F. " Report from Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Assistaut Secretary, 

 * * * (on) additions to the Museum and the various operations connected 

 witli it during the year 1875." <^ Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Institution for the ijear 

 1875, 1876, pp. 46-57, and 72-98. 



