328 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1882 k— Anonymous. Success iu oyster culture. <Forest and Stream, New York, 



Septcuiber 14, 1882, vol. xix, p. 121. 



A description of tlie experjnientfl made by Prof. Heury J. Rice in the summer of 1882. 

 See 1S83 aa. 



1883 a — Anderson-Smith, W. Oyster Culture iu Scotlaud. Selection of tbe Prize 



Essays of the International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1882. Lon- 

 don, Blackwood, 1883. 



1883 b — Anderson-Smith, W. Various Methods of Oyster Culture. Selection of 



the Prize Essays of the International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh, 



1882. Loiulcu, Blackwood, 1883. 

 1883 c — Atwater, W. O. Report of progress of an investigation of the chemical 



composition and economic values of tisli and invertebrates used for food. 



<Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1880. Washington, 1883, vol. Vlii, pp. 



231-286. 



Con<iiiii8 an account of au.nly.ses of oystei-s, iuchuling description of e.nmplcs, tabular 

 Btatcmcnts of results, and methods of analyses; also summarizes the more immediately 

 practical results oftbework, especially in its relations to the nutritive values oftbe samples 

 analyzed, the detailed accoiint of tbe more abstract investigations being reserved for 

 another report. See 1885 a. 



1883 d — Bouchon-Brandely, G. A report on oyster-culture iu the Mediterranean. 

 <Koport U. S. Fish Commission, 1880. Washington, 1883, vol. viii, pp. 

 907-930. 



Translated from pp. 45-103 of Eapport au Ministre de I'lnstruction publique sur la Pisci- 

 culture en France ct VOstri^'iculture dans la Mfediterranee, par 'M. Bouchon-Brandely. 

 Paris, 1878. E.^trait du Journal Offlciel des 16, 17 et 18 Mai, 1878. Small 8^, 103 pp. 



Discusses the methods and conditions of oyster-culture as prosecuted at Lake Fufiaro 

 I'arento. Toulon, Peninsula of Giens, Berre, Caronto, Thau, Leucate, and Agay. 



1883 e — Bouchon-Brandely, G. Report relative to the generation and artificial 

 fecundation of oysters. ^Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1882. Wash- 

 ington, 1883, vol. II, pp. 319-338. 



Traii.slated by John A. Ryder from Rapport relatif Jl la g6n6ration et k la f6condatioii 

 artificielle des buitres, adress6 au Ministre dela Marine et des Colonies, par M. Bouchon- 

 Brandely. Journal officiel de la Rcpublique Franyaise. December 16 and 17, 1882, pp. 

 6762-6704 and 6778-6782. 



This is at present the standard authority on the embrjology and biology of Ostrea 

 angulala, or Portuguese oyster. See 1883/. 



1883 f— Bouchon-Brandely, G. The Generation and Artificial Fecundation of Oys- 

 ters. Parliamentary paper, Loudon, 1882. 

 Anolher traiLslation of the preceding paper. 



1883 g — Coste, Jean Jacques. Report on the oyster and mussel industries of France 

 and Italy. < Report U.S. Fish Commission, 1880. Washington, 1883, vol. 

 viii, pp. 82.5-884. 



Extracted and translated from pp. 89-193 of Voyage d'Exploration sur le littoral de la 

 France etdel'Italie. Deuxi6me <!dition. Paris, 1861. 4°, 297 pp. This well-known report 

 pictured the success of tLe oyster-cultural processes of Italy and strongly urged their 

 introduction on tbe French coast, and resulted in the institution, under the jiatronage of 

 Is^apoleon III, of a series of experimental measures, ■which have finally resulted iu the 

 present important oyster industry on the coasts of Franco. The following aulyccts are 

 discussed in the translation: (1) Artificial oyster beds of Lake Fusaro. (2) Green oysters 

 of Marennes. (3) Mussel weirs of the Bay of Aiguillon. (4) Condition of the oyster beds 

 along tbe coasts of France, and the necessity of restocking them. (5) Artificial oyster 

 beds created in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. (6) Restocking of the Basin of Arcachon. (7) 

 Appliances suitable for the reception of oyster spat. 



1883 h— Cox, James C. On the edible oysters found on the Australian and the 

 neighboring coasts. <Proceedings Linna-au Society of New South Wales, 

 Sydney, 1883, vol. vii, pp. 122-134 and pp. O-w-.^OO. 



Describes thirteen species occurring on those coasts, with notes on the oyster beds and 

 the oyster industry. 



