350 KEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1892 a — Atwater, W. O. Tlie clieraical composition and nutritive valuoa of food 

 fishes and aquatic invertebrates. <^Report U. S. Fisli Commission, 1888. 

 Washington, 1892, vol. xvi, pp. 079-868. 



On pp. 850-8G0 is given a discussion of the vahie of oysters as food, the statements 

 and deductions being based on examinations of many specimens from various localities. 



1892 b— Battle, John D. An investigation of the coast waters of South Carolina 

 witli releronce to oyster-culture. <^Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1890. 

 Washington, 1892, vol. X, pp. 303-330, 7 maps. 



A report of the operations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk in the 

 ■winter of 1800-91 in surveying and determining the position and extent of oyster beds 

 and of bottom areas not then jiroducing oysters, .but suitable for their cultivation. 



1892 c — Bauset, S. P. Oysters. <^ Annual Report of the Department of Fisheries of 

 the Dominion of Canada, 1891. Printed by order of Parliament. Ottawa 

 Printed by S. E. Dawson, 1892. pp. 34-39. 



A report on the condition of the oyster industry of Canada during the preceding sea- 

 sons, with notes on the regulations for the licensing of oyster-grounds. 



1892 d — Bedloe, Edward. Some Chinese fishes. <^Forest and Stream, New York, 

 February i, 1892, vol. xxxviii, p. 104. 



Describes the " bamboo oysters " of Foocbow, Amoy and Taiwaufoo in Formosa, and 

 the methods of culti\atiug them. 



1892 e — Collins, J. "W. Statistical review of the coast fisheries of the United 

 States. <Koport of U. S. Fish Commission, 1888. Washington, 1892, vol. 

 XVI, pp. 271-378. 

 Reports the extent of the oyster product of the United States in 1888. 



1892 f — Collin.s, J. W. Rej)ort on the Fisheries of the Pacific coast of the United 

 States. <Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1888. Washington, 1892, vol. 

 XVI, pp. 3-269. 



Contains brief notices of the oyster industry of Slioalwater Bay and Puget Sound, 

 Washington, and of San Francisco Bay, California. 



1892 g — Dean, Bashford. The physical and biological characteristics of the natural 

 oyster-grouiuls of South Carolina. <^Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1890. 

 Washington, 1892, vol. x, pp. 335-3G2, pi. lxi-lxvii. 



This report aims to point out the natural advantages ottered by the State for successful 

 oyster-culture, and discusses tlie characteristics of the " raccoon reefs," reasons for 

 absence of oyster spat in deep water, food of (he South Carolina oyster, analyses of the 

 waters over tlio oyster beds, etc. 



1892 h — Dean, Bashford. Report on the present methods of oyster-culture in 

 France. <Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1890. Washington, 1892, vol. 

 X, pp. 362-388, plates lxix-lxxviii. 



From the personal observations of a biologist familiar with the oyster industry in 

 sever.al of the United States. 

 1892 i— Hicks-Beach, Michael (President). Second Annual Meeting of Repre- 

 sentatives of Authorities under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act, 1888. 

 Tuesday, 21st June, 1892. London. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery 

 Office, 1892. 4°, 35 pp. 



The close season in England for foreign oysters is discussed on pp. 25-27. 



1892 j — Kellogg, James L. A contribution to our knowledge of the morphology of 

 lauu'llibranchiate mollusks. <^ Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 1890. 

 Washington, 1892, vol. x, pp. 389-136, plates Lxxix-xciv. 



1892 k — NeLson, Julius. Report of the biologist. <[Twclfth Annual Report of the 

 New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and the Fourth Annual 

 Report of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station for 

 the year 1891. Trenton, N. J., The John Ij. Murphy Publishing Co., 1892, 

 pp. 177-2.32. 



A record of experiments conducted in the summer in Virginia, New York, and New 

 Jersey with a view to discovering a practicable and economical method of artificially 

 fertilizing and growing oysters. 



