320 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1873c — Veirill, A. E. Report upon the iiivortobrate animals of Viney.ird Sonnd 

 and tbo adjacent waters, with an account of the physical cliaracteiistics 

 of the region. <Report U. S. Fitsh Commission, 1871-72. Vv'ashington, 

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



Enumerates and dosoribos, on pp. 472-478, the animals found iuli;il)itinj4 oystor-beds in 

 brackish waters off the southern coast of Now England. 



i874a — Chambers, William. Sea fu«h and oysters. <^Cliainber3' Journal, Edin- 

 burgh, Ja*uary 17. 1871, vol. 51, pp. 43^6. 



A. review i)f James (}. Bertram's "Harvest of the Sea," London, 1?65, with orij;inal obser- 

 vations. 



i874b — Lockwood, Samuel. The natural history of the oyster. <Popular Sci- 

 ence Monthly, New York, No. 31, November, 1871, pp. 1-20, and No. 32, 

 December, 1874, pp. 157-173. 



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

 known naturalist. See 1879 t. 



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

 Ostrea virr/'niiatia, with sonic account of the Bucephalus culcnlus, nov. spec. 

 ^Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Decembers, 1873, 

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



Concludes that Oatrea virginiana (the American spcc'os) is heniiaphrodite. Aiso states 

 that the food of oysters along the South Candina coast consists largely of diatoms and 

 sporules of algip. 



1874 d — "Whiteave.% J. F. Report on further deeji-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 Marine 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 jirincipally to the oyster industry of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 the observ.ations being based on an examination of the oyster beds of Northumberland 

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



1874e — Whiteaves, J. F. Notes on the marine fisheries, and particularly on the 

 oyster beds, of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. <Cauadian Naturalist, 1874, 

 vol. VII, pp. 336-349. 



An abriilged reprint of 1874 d. 



1874 f— Whiteaves, J. F. Report on Deep-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 1874 d. 

 1875— Buckland, Frank. 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 tlie oyster lisherics along the coast of Norfolk, England, 

 on pp. 21-'2:i and 42-45. 

 1876a — De Broca, P. On the oyster iudustries of the United States. <Rei)ort 

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

 pp. 271-320. 



Translated from fitude sur I'industrie hnitri6re des l5tats-Unis, faite par ordre do S. E. 

 IT. lo Compto de Chassolnup Laubat, ministre de la marine et des colonies. Suivie de 

 divers apcr(,'us sur I'industrie de la glace en Am^'rique, les bateatix de pficlio pourvus de 

 glacifires, les reserves flottantes k poisson, la iiicho du maquereau, etc. Par il. P. Do 

 Broca, lieutenant de vaisseau, dirccteur des mou\ emonts du port du Havre. Nouvclle 

 C-ditioa,augmeut6o do divers documents et do notes. Paris, 18C5, 12mo. 2 pi., 266 pp. This, 

 the first extensive report on the economic a^id commercial phases of the oyster industry 

 iu the United States, is based on an investigation made in the summer of 1803 by tho 

 author, acting under instructions from the French Uoverumeut. 



