LII EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



EiDGWAY, Egbert. Catalogue of the aquatic and fish-eating birds 

 exhibited by the TJ. S. l^ational Museum. 



[London Exhibition, part C, pp. 46.] 



WiNSLOW, Francis. Catalogue of the economic moUusca and the ap- 

 paratus and appliances used in their capture and preparation for 

 market. Exhibited by the TJ. S. National Museum. 



[Loudon Exhibition, part D, pp. 86.] 



Brown, James Temple. The whale fishery and its appliances. 



[London Exhibition, part E, pp. 116.] 



Bean, Tarleton H, Catalogue of the collections of fishes exhibited 

 by the TJ. S. I^ational Museum. 



[London Exhibition, part F, pp. 124.] 



Eakll, E. Edward. The Spanish mackerel, CyMum maculatum 

 (Mitch.) Ag. ; its natural history and artificial propagation, with 

 an account of the origin and development of the fishery. 



[From Report for 1880, pp. 395-426.] 



McDonald, Marshall. Specifications for the superstructure of the 

 fishway proposed for the Great Falls, Potomac Eiver, Maryland, 

 pp. 3. 



Baird, Spencer F. Eeport of the Commissioner for 1880. A.— In- 

 quiry into the decrease of food-fishes. B. — The propagation of 

 food-fishes in the waters of the United States. 



[From Report for 18S0, pp. xvii-slvi.] 



Potts, Edward. Freshwater sponges : what, where, when, and who 

 wants them. 



[From Bulletin for 1883, pp. 389-391.] 



Carp publications. — During the year 1883 two editions of Hessel's 

 pamphlet entitled " The carp and its culture in rivers and lakes" were 

 issued for general distribution. „ 



An additional pamphlet was prepared by Mr. Charles W. Smiley, 

 entitled "Carp and Carp ponds," containing: (1) Answers to 118 ques- 

 tions relative to German carp ; (2) directions concerning the construction . 

 of carp ponds. This pamphlet of 16 pages was the result of an eflbrt 

 to put into the form of questions and answers the principal facts which 

 the corresijondence of the Commission had shown that farmers and 

 others desired to have in reference to carp. The directions for con- 

 structing ponds were accompanied by 7 large illustrative figures. 



Later in the season a pamphlet of 32 pages by the same aisthor was 

 issued, entitled " Notes on the edible qualities of German carp and 

 hints about cooking them." This was prepared from replies from sev- 

 eral hundred circulars, which were sent to all parts of the country, ad- 

 dressed to persons who had received carp in 1879 or 1880. The testimo- 

 nies of several hundreds of these were given verbatim, and the general 



