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anchovies (i.e. t preserving them with spices) they can also be 

 made into sardines in oil at a less cost than the anchovies. It is 

 to be remarked that most of the sardines in oil sold in this 

 country are only sprats, menhadden, and pilchard. Mr. Harding 

 says that he inquired if sprats were ever used as manure in 

 Norway, and was told that they were far too valuable for that. 

 He also says that these Norwegian anchovies are a far greater 

 delicacy than the spurious sardines sold in this country. 



I have only to add that since the date of Mr. Harding's essay 

 the part of " Dr. Day's British Fishes " which includes the sprat 

 has been published (1883), and in it the author remarks that "an 

 important trade appears to be springing up at Lowestoft, where 

 they [the sprats] are being tinned as anchovies." I conclude by 

 asking if what is done in Norway and Lowestoft cannot be equally 

 and as profitably done on the Tay or the Forth ? 



Report on the Bibliography of the Land and Freshwater 



mollusca of the counties of aberdeen, kincardine, 



Forfar, Fife, Kinross, and Perth. 



By HENRY COATES, F.R.P.S. 



The following bibliography cannot be considered an exhaustive 

 catalogue of all that has been published with reference to the land 

 and freshwater mollusca of the counties embraced in the Union. 

 The limited time and opportunities at the disposal of the compiler 

 rendered this impossible, so that it is complete only so far as his 

 information goes. There may be references in other Journals and 

 Transactions of Societies to which he has not had access. Should 

 any of the readers of the Scottish Naturalist be aware of such 

 omissions, he will be glad if they will bring them under his notice, 

 in order that a supplementary list may be prepared. He has to 

 acknowledge his indebtedness to members of the Union who have 

 forwarded publications for his perusal, and also to Mr. Wm. Deni- 

 son Roebuck, Leeds, for valuable information. 



The following abbreviations are employed to denote the 

 Magazines referred to : — 



