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18851— Hoek. P. P. C. Coiiiparutivo examinatiou of cultivated and uncultivated 

 oysters, with the view to determine the number which, durinj,' the lirst 

 year, took part in reproduction. <Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1885. 

 Washington, 1885, vol. v, pp. 193-196. 



Translated by Herman Jacobson from pp. 481-495 of Tijdschriffc der Noderlandsche Dier- 

 liundige Vereeniging, Supplement Dell 1. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1883-84. 



These experiments were made in Holland, and, being conducted under very unfavorable 

 crrcurastances, were, according to the writer, not conclusive. 

 1885 j— Hopson, W. B. An Essay on the Oyster Industry of the United States. 

 New York: The McWilliams Printing House, 1885. 8°, 78 pp. 



Discusses: (]) Oyster cultivation in Connecticut; (2) Experiences in oyster-planting in 

 Connecticut; (3) Enemies of the oyster; (4) Food of the oyster; (5) Anatomy of the oyster; 

 (6) "Drinking oysters"; (7) The oyster trade of Boston and Providence; (8) The Connecti- 

 cut trade ; (9) The oyster trade of New York City ; (10) Shipping seed oysters to California ; 

 (11) European shipments; (12) Blue points; (13) Rockaways; (14) Shrewsburys; (15) The 

 oyster trade of Delaware Bay; (16) The Baltimore trade; (17) Chesapeake Bay oyster 

 Industry; (18) Hints regarding the cooking of oysters. 

 1885 k— Hunt, Arthur R. Resting position of oysters. <Nature, London, Novem- 

 ber 5 and December 17, 1885, vol. xxxiii, pp. 8 and 154. , 

 Argues that they rest on the convex side. 

 1885 1— Mather, Fred. Successful oyster-culture. <Forest and Stream, New York, 

 October 1, 1885, vol. xxv, pp. 190-191. 

 Describes the experiments of the author in 1885. 

 1885 m— Mobius, Karl. Report on planting Canadian oysters near the Island of 

 Aaroe, in the Little Belt, November 6, 1881. <Bulletin U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, 1885. Washington, 1885, vol. V, pp. 257-260. 



Describes the details of the planting of 17 barrels of oysters in Kovember, 1884. The 

 success of the operation was not noted. 

 1885 11— Mobius, Karl. Resting position of oysters. <Nature, London, November 

 19, 1885, vol. XXXIII, p. 52. 

 Replies adversely to T. J. Cunningham's arguments on this subject. See 1885 g. 

 1885 o— Pike, R. G. ; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. Fourth Report of the Shell 

 Fish Commissioners of the State of Connecticut, to the General Assem- 

 bly, Jantiary session, 1885. Middletown, Conn., 1885. 8°, 32 pp. 



Completes the official designation of the natural oyster reefs under the exclusive juris- 

 diction of the State of Connecticut. Refers to the proceedings of the commissioners and 

 the general condition of the oyster industry in 1884. Appendix contains the shellfish 

 enactments of 1884. 

 1885 p— Pike. R. G.; Hudson, W. M., and Bill, J. A. Fifth Report of the Shell Fish 

 Commissioners of the State of Connecticut, to the General Assembly, Jan- 

 uary session, 1886. Middletown, Conn., 1885. 8°, 26 pp. 



Contains notes on the procedures of the commissioners and the condition of the 

 oyster industry of Connecticut in 1885, and the shellfish enactments of the State during 

 the same year. 

 1885 q— Rice, H. J. The propagation and natural history of the American oyster. 

 <Siipplemeut to the Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries of the State 

 of New York, in charge of the Oyster Investigation. Albany, 1885. 8°, 

 pp. 71-137. 



A brief summary of the present knowledge regarding the natural history of Ostrea vir- 

 giniana, and its application to the waters of the State of Ifew York. Discusses particu- 

 larly the distribution of the species, structure of the shell, the coarse anatomy of the 

 animal, the generative organs, feed oysters, food of the oyster, coloration of the oyster, 

 its friends and enemies, artificial propagation, and the methods of obtaining spat. 

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