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1881 i — Winslow, Francis. An account of an experiment in artificially fertilizing 

 tlieova of the European oyster {Ostrea edalis). •< Appendix to Report of a 

 Commissioner of Fisheries of Maryland, January, 1881. Hagerstowu. 

 1881, pp. 65-75. 

 Describes the development of Ostrea edidis from the earliest phasoa. 



1881 j — Anonymous. Advent of the oyster. <American, Philadelphia, 1881, vol. 



II, p. 321. 



1882 a — Brocclii, P. Oyster Culture on the Shores of the Channel and of the Ocean. 



Parliamentary paper, Loudon, 1882. 



Translated by T. H. Farrer from Journal Officiol de In E6piibli<iuo Fran^aise, Novem 

 her, 1881, pp. 6181-6186. See 1884 c and 1884 d. 

 1882 b — Horst, R. On the development of the European oyster (Ostrea edulia 

 Li.). <Quarteily Journal of Microscopical Science, London, October, 1882, 

 vol. XXII, pp. 341-346, 1 plate. 

 Abstract from Tijdschrift der Ncdcrland3che Dierkuiidige Vereeiiiging, 1882, vol. vi. 

 1882 c— Lockyer, J. N. The oyster industry of the United States. <Nature, Lon- 

 don, November 9, 1882, vol. xxviii, pp. 39-40. 

 A review of 1881 e. 

 1882 d— Pike, R. G.; Hudson, W. M., and Woodruff, G. N. Report of the Com- 

 niis.sionersof Shell-Fisheries of Connecticut. Presented to the Legislature, 

 January session, 1882. Hartford, 1882, 8^, pp. 37-132, 2 maps. 



This first report of the Connecticut Shellfish Commission describes the organization of 

 the Commission, the area and location of the n.atural oyster-grounds of the State, the areas 

 of ground preempted, and the methods of culture pursued in the State. The appendix 

 contains the State laws regulating the oyster industries. One of the maps indicates tlio 

 location of the oyster-gronnds, both public and private, and the other contains a sketch of 

 the triangulations executed in 1881 in connection with the oyster survoj's. 

 1882 e— Ryder, John A. Notes on the breeding, food, and green color of the oyster. 

 <Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. i, 1881. Washington, 1882, pp. 

 403-419. 



Reviews the history of investigations in the subjects noted and gives many original 

 observations. See 1882/, 1882 g, and 1883 a,f. 



1882 f— Ryder, John A. Notes on tlie breeding, fooil, and cause of green color of 

 the oyster. <Trausactiou8 of the American Fish-Cultural Association, 

 Eleventh Annual Meeting. New York, 1882, pp. 57-79. 



lleprint from Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. I, 1881. Washington, 1882, pp. 403- 

 41t». See 1882 c 



1882 g— Ryder, John A. Notes on the breeding, food, and causeof green colorofthe 

 oyster. <Forest and Stream, New York, May 25, 1882, and Juuo 1, 1882, 

 vol. XVIII, pp. 331-332 and pp. 349-351. 

 Abstract of 1882 e. 



1882 h— Ryder, John A. A suunn;iry of r.^cent progress in our knowledge of the 

 culture, growth, and anatomy of the oyster. <Forest and Stream, New 

 York, November 30, 1882, vol. xix, pp. 351-352. 



1882 i— Walpole, Spencer. Report on the manner in which the Heme Bay, Hamp- 

 ton, and Reciilver Oyster Company are Cultivating the Oj'ster Grounds 

 witliin tlie Limits of the Fishery granted them by ''The HernoBay Fishery 

 Act, 1864." I'arliamentary paper, London, 1882. 



1802 j — Winslow, Francis. Report on theoj-ster beds of the James River, Va., and 

 -. of Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds, Maryland and Virginia. <;Appendix 

 No. 11, K'eport U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1881. Washington, 1882. ' 

 4°, 87 pp., 3 maps. 



A report on tlio delineation of tlie oyster beds of the localities cited in the title, with 

 notes on the tides and currents, density of tlio waters, characteristics and abundance of 

 the oyst^ira, eflects of ice and gales, with general notes on the condition of the llshory. The 

 throe maps indicate the locations of tlie oyster beds. See 1879 I and 1880 1. 



