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1881 i — Winslow, Francis. An .icconnt of an experiment in artificially fertilizing 

 the ova of the European oyster (Ostrea cdiilis). <^ Appendix to Report of a 

 Commissioner of Fislieries of Maryland, January, 1881. Hagerstown. 

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 Dosc'.-ibos the development of Ostrea edulis from tlie earliest phases. 



1881 j— Anonymous. Advent of the oyster. ^American, Philadelphia, 1881, vol. 



II, p. 324. 



1882 a— Brocchi, P. Oyster Culture on the Shores of the Channel and of the Ocean. 



Parliamentary paper, London, 1882. 



Translaipd by T. H. F.irrer from Journal Officiel de la R6publique Fraii5ai8e, Novem 

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1882 b — Horst, R. On the development of the European oyster (Ostrea edulis 

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 1882 c— Lockyer, J. N. The oyster industry of the United States. <;Nature, Lon- 

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 A review of 1881 e. 

 1882 d— Pike, R. G. ; Hudson, "W. M., and Woodruff, G. N. Report of the Com- 

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This first report of the Connecticut Sholltisli Commission describes the organization of 

 the Commission, the area and location of the natural oysler-gronnds of the State, the areas 

 of ground preempted, and the methods of culture pursued in the State. The appondis 

 contains the State laws regulating the oyster industries. One of the maps indicates tlie 

 location of the oyster-grounds, both public and private, and the other contains a sketch of 

 the triangulations executed in 1881 in connection with the oyster surveys. 

 1882 e— Ryder, John A. Notes on the breeding, food, and green color of the oyster. 

 <Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. i, 1881. Washington, 1882, pp. 

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Eeviews the history of investigations in the subjects noted and gives many original 

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1882 f— Ryder, John A. Notes on the breeding, food, and cause of green color of 

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1882 g— Ryder, John A. Notes onthebreeding, food, and cause of green color ofthe 



oyster. <Forestand Stream, New York, May 25, 1882, and June 1, 1882, 



vol. XVIII, pp. 331-332 and pp. 349-351. 

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 1882 h— Ryder, John A. A summary of recent progress in our knowledge of the 



culture, growth, and anatomy of the oyster. <Forest and Stream, New 



York, November 30, 1882, vol. xix, pp. 351-352. 

 1882 i— Walpole, Spencer. Report on the manner in which the Heme Bay, Hamp. 



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within the Limits ofthe Fishery granted them by "The Heme Bay Fishery 



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1882 j— Winslow, Francis. Report on the oyster beds of the James River, Va., and 

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A report on the delineation of the oyster beds of the localities cited in the title, with 

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 the oysters, effects of ice and gales, with general notes on the condition of the fishery. The 

 three maps indicate the locations of the oyster beds. See 1879 I and 1880 1. 



