320 REPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1873c — Verrill, A. E. Report upon the iuvertebrato animals of Viueyiinl Sound, 

 and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characteristics 

 of the region. <Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1871-72. Washington, 

 1873, vol. II, pp. 295-778. 



Enumerates and describes, on pp. 472-478, the animals found inlial)iting oyster-beds in 

 brackisli waters off the southern coast of Now England. 



1874a — Chambers, Wiliiam. Sea fish and oysters. <^Chamber6' Journal, Edin- 

 burgh, January 17, 1874, vol. 51, pp. 43-16. 



A. review of James G. Eertram's "Harvest of the Sea," London, 1S65, with original obser- 

 vations. 



*B74b — Lockwood, Samuel. The natural history of the oyster. <[Popular Sci- 

 ence Muufchly, Now York, No. 31, November, 1874, pp. 1-20, and No. 32, 

 December, 1874, pp. 157-173. 



An illustrated popular article; one of the most interesting contributions from this well- 

 known naturalist. See 1879 i. 



1874 c — McCrady, John. Observations on the food and the reproductive organs of 

 Ostrea rirf/hiidna, with seme account of the Bucephalus culadus, nov. spec. 

 <^Proceediugs of the Boston Society of Natural History, December 3, 1873, 

 Boston, 1874, vol. xvi, pp. 170-192. 



Concludes that Ostrea virginiana (the American spec'es) is hermaphrodite. Also states 

 that the food of oysters along the South C'andina coast consists largely of diatoms and 

 sporules of alga-. 



1074 d— Whiteaves, J. P. Report on further deep-sea dredging operations in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, with notes on the present condition of the marine 

 fisheries and oyster beds of part of that region. <^Sixth Annual Report of 

 the Department of Slarino and Fisheries, for the year ending the 30th 

 June, 1873. Printed by order of Parliament. Ottawa, T. B. Taylor, 1874. 

 pp. 178-204 of appendices. 



This report is devoted principally to the oyster industry of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 the observations being based on an examination of the oyster beds of Northumbcrhind 

 Straits and of the coast of New Brunswick. See 1874 e and 1874/. 



1874e — "Whiteaves, J. P. Notes on the marine fisheries, and particnlarly on the 

 oyster beds, of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ^Canadian Naturalist, 1874, 

 vol. VII, pp. 336-349. 

 An abridged reprint of 1874(7. 

 1874 f — "Whiteaves, J. F. Report on Dcep-Sea Dredging Operations in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, with Notes on the; Present Condition of the Marine Fish- 

 eries and Oyster Beds of Part of that Region. Ottawa, printed by T. B. 

 Taylor, 1874, 8vo, 30 pp. 

 A reprint of ]874d. 

 1875— Buckland, Prank. Report on the Fisheries of Norfolk, especially Crabs, 

 Lobsters, Herring, and the Broads. House of Commons, London, August 

 11, 1875. 8°, 84 pp., 4 plates. 



Contains numerous references to the oyster fisheries along the coast of Norfolk, England, 

 on pp. 21-23 and 42-45. 



1876 a— De Broca, P. On the oyster industries of the United States. <Report 

 U. S. Fish Commission, 1873-74 and 1874-75. Washington, 1876, vol. in, 

 pp. 271-320. 



Translated from fitude sur I'industrie hultrifere des fitats-Unis, faite par ordre de S. E. 

 M. le Compte de Chasselsup Laubat, niinistre de la marine et des colonies. Suivie de 

 divers apergus sur i'industrie de la glace en Amerique, les bateatix de peche pourvus de 

 glacidres, les reserves flottantes k poisson, la peche du maquereau, etc. Par M. P. Do 

 Broca, lieutenant de vaisseau, directeur des mouvements du port du Havre. Nouvt41e 

 Edition, augmentee de divers documents et de notes. Paris, 18(55, 12mo. 2 pi., 26G pp. This, 

 the IJrst extensive report on the economic and commercial pliases of the oyster industry 

 in the United States, is based on an investigation made in the .summer of ]8u2 by the 

 author, acting under instructions from the Frencli Government. 



