X CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX B.— THE FISHERIES. 



ra::e. 



VIII. Sauford. Notes upon the hiijtoby of the American whale fishebt. By F. C. 

 Sanfuid 205 



IX. iSoutbwell. The bottle-xose whale fishery in the Xorth Atlantic Ocean. By 

 Thomas Southwell, F. Z. S 221 



X. Extracts from the first ax.nlal report of the Fishery Board of Scotland for the 

 year ending December 31. 1882 229 



A. Scientific investigations proposed by the Fisbciy Board of Scotland, as necessary 



for the improvement of the fisheries. 



B. The effect of fixed engines on the salmon fisheries. A prize essay on '' Salmon Legis- 



lation in Scotland." Bj- J. M. Leith. 



C. The herriujc, cod, and ling fisheries of 1882. 



XI. CoUiii^i. History OF the Tile-fish. By Capt. J. W. Collins. Two plates. Special index 237 



XII. Storer. Memor.vxda of methods employed by fishermen for "barking" and in 



OTHER WAYS PRESERVING NETS AND SAILS. By F. H. Storer 29& 



APPENDIX C— NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 



XIII. CoUinS. XOTES on the habits and methods of capture of VARIOUS SPECIES OF SEA 

 birds that occur ON THE FISHING BANKS OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF XORTH AMERICA, AND 

 WHICH ARE USED AS BAIT FOR CATCHING CODFISH BY XEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN. By J. W . 



Collins. One plate. Special index 311 



XIV. Bean. List of the fishes collected by the United States Fish Comjiission at 

 Wood's Hoi.L, Mass., during the summer of 1881. By Tarleton H. Bean 339 



XV. Smith. Beport on the Decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dkedgings off the 

 east coast of THE United States IN 1883. By Sidney I. Smith. Ten plates. Special index.. 345 



XVI. Hensen. On the occurrence and quantity of the eggs of some of the fish of the 

 Baltic, especially those of the Plaice (Platessa platessa), the flounder (Platessa 

 VULGARIS), AND THE COD (Gadus mokrhua). By V. Eensen. One figure. Special index. 427 



XVII. Ryder. A contribution to the embryography of osseous fishes, with special 



REFERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COD (GADUS MORRHUA). By John A. Ryder. 12 



plates and one figure. Special index 455 



XVIII. Ryfler. On the preservation of embryonic materials and small orgam.sms. to- 

 gether WITH hints upon EMBEDDING AND MOUNTLSG SECTIONS SERIALLY. By John A. Kyder C07 



XIX. Blake. A report to the United States Centennial Commission upon the principal 

 AQUARIUMS ABROAD IN 1873. By William P. Blake. Two figures C31 



XX. Verrill. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off 



THE southern COAST OF NEW ENGLA.^;D, AND OF SOME ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA OF VINEYARD 



Sound. By A. E. Venill. Special index 641 



APPENDIX D.— THE OYSTER. 



XXI. Boncboii-Brnndely . Report to the Minister of the Marine relative to oyster- 

 culture UPON THE shores OF THE BRITISH CHANNEL AND THE OCEAN. By G. Bouchon- 



Brandely, Secretary of the College of France. Special index 673 



XXII. Broc-chi. Report on the condition of oystee-culture IN Fbanck m 1881. By Dr. 



P. Brocchi 725 



XXIII. TVin«Iow. Report of experiments in the artificial propagation of oysters 

 CONDUCTED AT BEAUFORT, N. C, AND Faie Haven, Conn., IN 1882. By Lieut. Francis Wine- 

 low, U. S. N. One plate 741 



XXIV. Ryder. An account of experiments in oysteb-culture and observations belat- 

 INGTHERETO. (Second Series.) By John A. Ryder 763 



XXV. Ryder. The metamorphosis and post-laeval stages of development of the otb- 

 TER. By John A. R.yder. Three figures 779 



XXVI. Pnys«gur. On the cause of the geeenlng of oysters. By M. Pnys^gur. Witha 

 supplementary note on the coloration of the blood coi-puscles of the oyster. By John A. 

 Ryder. One figure 793 



APPENDIX E.— PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES. 



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XXVn. inather. Account of eggs repacked and shipped to foreign countries, undeb 

 the direction of the United States Fish Commission during the winter of 1882-'83. By 

 Fred. Mather 809 



