CONTENTS. IX 



SVIII Bjjutig::saci. Speciai- results of tub investigations kelating to the herring 



AXl) IIKIUtING FISHERIES ON THE WEST COAST OF SvVEDE.V, MADE UUEIKG THE YEARS 1873 TO 

 Vc.S.i. By A. V. Ljungman 729 



XIX. Shiifcldt. The osteology of Amia calva, including certain special references 

 TO THE skeleton oI'' teleosteans. By K. W. Shufeldt, M. D., captain Medical Corps, U. 



S. Army. Fouiteen plates. One figure. Special index 747 



XX. Eiacn. OLiGOdLETOLOGiCAL researches. By G-Tiatav Eisen. Nineteen plates. Special 

 index 879 



XXI. Seal. The Aqua- vivarium as an aid to biological research. By Williani P. Seal. 

 Three plates 965 



APPENDIX E.— PEOPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES. 



XXII. JTIathcr. Account of eggs repacked and shipped to foreign countries under 

 direction of the U. S. Fish Commission during the season of 1883-'84. By Fred Mather. . 973 



XXIII. Clark. Report of operations at North ville and Alpena stations for the sea- 

 son of 1883-84. By Frank N. Clark 975 



XXIV. Stone, Eepoet of operations at the TJ. S. salmon-breeding station on the Mc- 

 Cloud River, California, during the year 1883. By Livingston Stone 989 



XXV. Stone. Report of operations at the U. S. trout-breeding station on the McCloud 

 River, California, during the year 1883. By Livingston Stone 1001 



XXVI. Atkins. Report on the propagation of Penobscot salmon in 1883-'84. By Charles 



G. A tkins 1007 



XXVII. Atkins. Report on the propagation of Schoodic salmon, in 1883-'84. By Charles 



G. At kius ■. 1011 



XXVI II. ITIcDonald. Report of operations at Central Station, TJ. S. Fish Commission, 

 during 1883. By Marshall McDonald. One plate 1017 



XXIX. Babcock. Report of shad operations conducted at Fort Washington, Mary- 

 land, IN THE SPRING OF 1883. By Lieut. "William C. Babcock, U. S. Navy 1035 



XXX. liow. Report of operations at the Havre de Grace shad-hatching station 

 DURING PART OF THE SEASO's OF 1883. By Lieut. W. F. Low, U. S. Navy 1043 



XXXI. Clark. Notes on experiments in penning shad and taking eggs at Battery 

 Station, Havre de Grace, Md., in 1883. By Frank N. Clark 1045 



XXXII. McDonald. Report of the division of distribution of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion FOR the year 1883. By Marshall McDonald 1051 



XXXIII. Wood. Report of operations in hatching eggs of Spanish mackerel in Chesa- 

 peake I>AY by steamer Fish Hawk during the summer of 1883. By Lieut. W. M. 

 Wood, U.S. Navy, commanding w. 1089 



XXXIV. JKite. Report upon apparatus and facilities needed for hatching Spanish 

 MACKEREL. By J. Alban Kite, M. D, Two figures 1095 



XXXV. Benccke. Utilizing water by fish-culture. By Prof. B. Benecke. Five plates. 1101 



XXXVI. Borne. How to raise carp and ojher pond fish which spawn in summer. By 

 Max von dem Borne II33 



XXXVn. Gasch. POND culture— THE food and spawning of carp. By AdolphGasch.. 1143 



APPENDIX F.— MISCELLANEOUS. 



XXXVIII. IVoodi Report o^ operations at Saint Jerome Station in laying out oyster 

 ponds by THE steamer Fish Hawk in 1883. By Lieut. W. M. Wood, commanding 1153 



XXXIX. True. Suggestions to the keepers of the U. S. life-sa'stng stations, light- 

 houses, AND light-ships, AND TO OTHER OBSERVERS, RELATIVE TO THE BEST MEANS OF COLLECT- 

 ING AND PRESERVING SPECIMENS OF WHALES AND PORPOISES. By Frederick W. True, Curator 



of Mammals in the U. S. National Museum. Eleven plates. Five figures. Special index... 1157 

 XL. Statements concerning the fisheries of seveeal countries. Compiled from the Con- 

 sular Report for 1882 and 1883 1183 



General Index 1201 



