X CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX B.— THE FISHERIES. 



Page, 

 vril. Sauford. Xotes upon the history of the American whale fishery. By F. C. 



Sanfoid 205 



IX. !§outhwelI. The bottle-nose whale fishery in the Xorth Atlantic Ocean. By 

 Thomas Southwell, F. Z. S 221 



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



YEAR ENDIN'G DECEMBER 31, 1882 229 



A. Scientific investigations proposed by the Fisherj- 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." ByJ. M.Leith. 



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



XI. Collins. History of THE Tile-fish. By Capt. J. "W. Collins. Two plates. Special index 237 



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

 OTHER ways preservixg NETS AND SAILS. By F. H. Storer 295 



APPENDIX C— NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 



XIII. Collins. KOTEB ON the habits and METHODS OF CAPTURE OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF SEA 

 BIRDS THAT OCCUR ON THE FISHING BANKS OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, AND 

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



Collins. One plate. Special index 311 



XIV. Scan. List of the fishes collected by the United States Fish Commission at 

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



XV. Sniitb. Report on the Decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the 

 EAST coast of the United States IN 1883. By Sidney I. Smith. Ten plates. Speci.il 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. Ryder. On the preservation of EMBRTON^c materials and small organisms, to- 

 gether with hints upon e.mbedding and mounting sections serially. By John A. Ryder 607 



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

 AQUARIUMS ABROAD DJ 1873. By William P. Blake. Two figures 631 



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



THE southern COAST OF NEW ENGLAND, AND OF SOME ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA OF VINEYARD 



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



APPENDIX D.— THE OYSTER. 



XXI. Rouchon-Brandely. 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 



XXn. Broccbi. Report ON THE condition of oyster-cultuee m France in 1881. By Dr. 



P. Brocchi 725 



XXIII. Winslow. Report of experiments in the artificial propagation of oysters 

 conducted at Beaufort, N. C, and Fair Haven, Conn., in 1882. By Lieut. Francis Wins- 

 low, U. S. N. One plate 741 



XXIV. Ryder. An account of experiments in oyster-culture aito observations relat- 

 ing thereto. (Second series.) By John A . Ryder 763 



XXV. Ryder. The metamorphosis and post-larval stages of development of the oys- 

 ter. By John A. R;yder. Three figures 779 



XXVI. Pay segur. On the cause OF the GREENING OF oysters. By M. Pnys^gnr. 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. 



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

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

 Fred. Mather 809 



