332 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1833 ap — Winslow, Francis. Cataloguo of the Economi(5 Molliisoa and the Appa- 

 ratus and Ai)i)lianccs used in their Capture and Preparation i'or ^[arkct, 

 Exhibited by the United States National Musenni at the Great Inter- 

 national Fisheries Exhibition, Loudon, 1883. Washington, 1883, 8^, 86 pp. 



Oil pp. 14-41 the author discu.sses the hiologj' of Oitrea virginiana and the oyster in- 

 dustry ill the Uuiteu States, with statistics of the businesa, the latter being ab.strac-ted 

 from 1881 c; and on pp. 02-85 is given a list of tiieniatt^rials exhibited by tlieU. S. National 

 Museum for illustrating the oyster and the oyster industry. 



1883 aq — Winslow, Francis. Chesapeake oyster beds. <^ Science, Cambridge, 



September 28, 1883, vol. ii, pp. 440-443. 

 A review of 1882 j. 

 1883 ar — Anonymous. Progress in oyster culture. <^ The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 



October 29, 1883, p. (5. 



1883 as — Anonymous. Artilical oyster rearing. <^ Chambers' Joiufnal, Edinburgh, 

 1883, vol. LX, pp. G02. 



1883 at — Anonymous. Oysters in China. <Special catalogue of the CIiiue.se collec- 

 tion of exhibits for the International Fisheries P^xhibition, London, 1883. 

 Describes the methods of oyster-culture on the coasts of China. 



1883 au — Anonymous. The United States at the Fisheries Exhibition. <^ Engi- 

 neering News, London, September 14, 1883, vol. xxxvi, pp. 2.'l>-230. 



A brief review of an address delivered hy G. Brown Goode at the Groat International 

 rishories Exposition, Loudon, 1883. 



3833 av — Anonymous. The Oyster Epicure: Collation of Authorities on tlie Gas- 

 tronomy and Dietetics of the oyster. New York, White, Stokes and Allen, 

 1883, 12'^, 61 pp. 



The following branch subjects are discussed: (1) When in season ; (2) How to eat it; 

 (3) How to serve it; (4) "What to drink with it; (5) How many to eat; (6) How to open it; 

 (7) Koasted in its own shell; (8) "Which to choose, and where; (9) Dietetics of the oyster; 

 (10) Famous oyster eaters. 



1883 aw — Bouchon-Brandely, Gr. Oyster culture in France. <The Fish Trades 

 Gazette and National Fisheries Record, London, June 2, June 9, and 

 June 16, 1883, vol. i, pp. 30-31, 64, and 92-93. 

 A reprint of 18S3 d, 



1883 ax — Bouchon-Brandely, Q. On the sexuality of the common oyster (0. ediilis) 

 and that of the Portuguese oyster {0. anfjnlata), Artillcial fecundation 

 of the Portuguese oyster. < Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1882. 

 Washington, 1883, vol. ii, pp. 339-341. 



Translated by .John A. Ryder from De la aexualitfe chez I'huilre ordinaire (O. edulit) et 

 chez rimitre portugaise (O. angulala). F6condation artificielle de I'huitre portugaise. 

 Comples rondus hebJomadaires des Stances do I'Acaddmie des Sciences. Vol. xcv, No. 5 

 (31 Juillet, 1882), pp. 255-259. Paris, 1882. 



1883 ay— Faber, G. L. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fisli Thereof. Lon- 

 don, 188.3, Royal 8^, 292 pp. 



1883 az — Seal, Matthew (Chairman). Royal Commission on the Fisheries of Tas» 

 mania. Report of the Coinmissioner-s, together with General and Critical 

 Observations on the Fisheries of the Colony; Classified Catalogue of all 

 the known species; Abstract of the Minutes of Proceedings of the Com- 

 mission; Evidence taken before Commissioners; Statistics, etc. Tas- 

 mania: William Thomas Stoutt, Government Printer, Hobart, 1883. 4°^ 

 LXVi-t-86 pp. 



Contains numerous brief references to the oj'sters and the oyster industries of Tas. 

 mania, and the, regulations governing the taking of oysters. 



1883 ba— Hoek, P. P. C. Oyster culture iu the Netherlands. <Report U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 1880. Washington, 1883, vol. viii, pp. 1029-1035. 

 Translated from Circular No. 2. 1879, of the Deutsche Fischerei-Yereiu. 



