332 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FiSfl AND FISHERIES. 



18B3 ap — Winslow, Francis. Catalogue of the Economic Mollnsca and the Appa- 

 ratus and Appliances used iu their Capture and Preparation for Market, 

 Exhiluted by the United States National Museum at the Great Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883. Washington, 1883, 8°, 86 pp. 

 On pp. 14-44 the author discusses the hiology of Ontrea virginiana and the oyster in- 

 dustry iu the Uuiteu States, with statistics of the business, the latter being abstracted 

 from 1881 e; and on pp. C2-8j is given a list of tlie materials exhibited by the U. S. National 

 ^ Museum for illustrating the oyster and the oyster industry. 



1883 aq — Winslow, Francis. Chesapeake oyster beds. <[ Science, Cambridge, 

 - September 28, 1883, vol. ii, pp. 440-413. 

 A review of 1882 j. 

 1883 ar— Anonymous. Progress in oyster culture. < The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 



October 29, 1883, p. G. 

 1883 as — Anonymous. Artitieal oyster rearing. <^ Chambers' Jotufual, Edinburgh, 



1883, vol. LX, pp. 602. 

 1883 at — Anonymous. Oysters in China. ^Special catalogue of the Chinese collec- 

 tion of exhibits for the International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883. 

 Describes the methods of oyster-culture on the coasts of China. 

 1883 au — Anonymous. The United States at the Fisheries Exhibition. < Engi- 

 neering News, London, September 14, 1883, vol. xxxvi, pp. 2li)-230. 

 A brief review of an address delivered by G. Brown Goode at the Groat International 

 Fisheries Exposition, Loudon, 1883. 



3 883 av — x\nonymous. The Oyster Epicure: Collation of Authorities on the Gas- 

 tronomy and Dietetics of the oyster. Now York, White, Stokes and Allen, 

 1883, 12^, 61 pp. 



The following branch subjects are discussed: (1) When in season ; (2) How to eat it; 

 (3) IIow to serve it; (4) AVliat to drink withit; (5) How many to eat; (6) How to open it; 

 (7) Iloasted in its own shell; (8) Which to choose, and where; (9) Dietetics of the oyster; 

 (10) Famous oyster eaters. 

 1883 aw — Bouchon-Braudely, G. Oyster culture in France. <^The Fish Trades 

 Gazette and National Fisheries Record, London, June 2, June 9, and 

 June 16, 1883, vol. i, pp. 30-31, 64, and 92-93. 

 A reprint of 1883 d. 

 1883 ax— Bonchon-Brandely, G. On the sexuality of the common oyster ( 0. edulia) 

 and that of the Portuguese oyster (0. angulaia). Artificial fecundation 

 of the Portuguese oyster. < Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1882. 

 Washington, 1883, vol. ii, pp. 339-341. 



Translated by John A. Ryder from De la sexualitfi chez I'huitre ordinaire (O. edtilig) et 

 chez rhuitre portugaise (O. angulata). Fecondation artificielle de I'huitre portugaise. 

 Comptes rendr.s hebdomadaires des Stances de I'Acadfimie des Sciences. Vol. xcv, No. 5 

 (31 Juillet, 1882), pp. 256-259. Paris, 1882. 

 1883 ay — Faber, G. L. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof. Lon- 

 don, 1883, Royal 8°, 292 pp. 

 1883 az — Seal, Matthew (Chairman). Royal Commission on the Fisheries of Tas- 

 mania. Report of the Commissioners, together with General and Critical 

 Observations on the Fisheiies of the Colony; Classified Catalogue of all 

 the known species; Abstract of the Minutes of Proceedings of the Com- 

 mission; Evidence taken before Commissioners; Statistics, etc. Tas- 

 mania: William Thomas Stoutt, Government Printer, Hobart, 1883. 4°^ 

 LXVi-f 86 pp. 



Contains numerous brief references to the oysters and the oyster industries of Tas. 

 mania, and the regulations governing the taking of oysters. 

 1883 ba— Hoek, P. P. C. Oyster culture in the Netherlands. <Report U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 1880. Washington, 1883, vol. viii, pp. 1029-1035. 

 Translated from Circular No. 2, 1879, of the Deutsche Fischerei-Vereiu. 



