324 REPOltT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1879 h — King, John T. Wouders and Food Luxuries of the Sea. The Auatomy, 

 riopagation, Habits, Food, and Cultivation of Oysters, Clams, Crabs, 

 Lobsters, Fish, and Maninose, and their Migrations. Baltimore, 1879, 16^-', 

 152 pp. 



Tlie data relative to the oyster are largely a modificaliini of a paper publi.shed in 1878. 

 See 1878 d. 



18791 — Lockwood, Samuel. The natural history of the oyster. <;The Sea World, 

 Branford, Conn., vol. i, Nos. 2-7, August 18-September 21, 1879. 

 A reprint of 1874 b. 



1879k — Mobius, Karl. How can the cultivation of the oyster, especially on the 

 Cerman coasts, bo made permanently prolitable? <^ Report U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 1877. Washington, 1879, vol. v, pp. 875-884. 



Translated by Herman Jacobsoii from circular No. 3 of tlio Doiitnche Fischerei- Vereiu, 

 Berlin, March 21, 1877. Describes thelocation and chari'.cterof llie nadiral oy.ster-gronndu 

 oi Germany, the reasons for there being no oysters on the barren grounds, and the methods 

 for and ditliculties of utilizing the latter. 



1879 1— Patterson, Carlile P. Investigations of Oyster Beds: Questions to Oys- 

 tormen. Washington, 1879. Royal 8*^, 21 pp. 



Contains 187 questions relative to the oyster beds, oysters, and the oyster industries. 

 This jjublication was issued for distribution to the Cliesapeako oystermen, to aid in tko 

 investigation, the results of which are noted in 1882 j. 



1879 m — Robinson, John A. Abstract of laws regarding oyster fishing in the sev- 

 eral States from Maine to Virginia, inclusive, except Counecticnt. <^The 

 Sea World, New Haven, October 15, 1879, vol. i. No. 9. 



Cites briefly the regulations of these States, under tlio following captions: (I) By whom 

 private rights of cultivation may be granted. (2) To whom licenses may be granted. (3) 

 Extent of area gi-antcd. (4) Form of conveyance. (5) Conditions on which land may be 

 granted. (6) Fees for granting private oyster beds .and taxes thereon. (7) Forfeitures of 

 planting gTounds. (8) Special licenses for oystoring. (9) Dredging licenses and prohibi- 

 tory provisions. (10) Special provisions. 



1879 n — Sinimonds, P. L. Oysters and other edible niollusca. <^The Commercial 



Products of the Sea. New York, 1879, 8'\ viii -|- 484 pp. 

 1880a — Balfour, Fr. M. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology. Loudcm, 1880. 

 8^, vol. I. 

 Treats of Lamellibi-anchiata on pp. 214-223. 



1880 b — Brooks, W. K. Development of the American oyster. <A])pendix to 



Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland. January, 1880. 

 pp. 1-81, 10 plates. 



Describes the first successful attempt to propagate the Ontrea virgimana. and is the 

 standard authority on the anatomy and development of this species. See 1880c. 



1880 c — Brooks, W. K. The development of the oyster. ^Studies from the Bio- 

 logical Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1880, No. iv, 

 pp. 1-106, 10 plates. 



A reprint of 1880 h. 

 1880 d — Brooks, "W. K. The acquisition and loss of a food yolk in molluscan eggs. 

 <^Studies from the Biological Laboratory, Johns Hopkins I'uiver.sity, 

 r>altimore, No. IV, pp. 107-116, one plate. 

 1880 e — Brooks. W. K. Observations upon the artilicial fertili/ation of oyster eggs 

 and on the embryology of the American oyster. <[Annal8 and Magazine 

 of Natural History, London, January, 1880, Fifth series, vol. v, pp. 82-83. 

 A reprint of 1879 6. 

 1880f — Brooks, W. K. Biology of the American oyster. <^North Carolina Medical 

 Press, Wilmington, January, 1880, pp. 253-258. 

 A brief summary of 1880 b. 



