164 



THE CANADIAN OYSTER 



Larvae, bivalve — 



construction of series of 5 



identification of 34 



Larvffi, oyster i 1, 23 



caring for 121 



description of shell of 42 



identification of 6, 34 



increase in bulk of 117 



literature on 38 



measurements of 36 



mode of catching with plankton 



net 33 



reddish colour of 44 



shell-bearing 28 



shell-less 23 



sizes of 24, 83 



when shell forms 29 



time of occurrence of 37, 83 



variations in nmnber of 81 



Larval shell, description of 43 



Larval stage, ignorance concerning. .. 117 



Leases to oyster areas 122 



Leeuwenhoek, discoveries of... .3, 38, 45 

 Legislation restricting oyster fishery. . 105 



Leuckart, Rudolph 70 



Lennox island 95 



Lime — 



importance of 91 



oysters burned for 104 



Limestone "4 



Literature — 



on oyster culture, for fishermen 122 



on the oyster larva 38 



on the oyster 2, 3, 138 



Little B3lt, Denmark, planting of 



Canadian oysters in 125 



Little Curtain island 95 



Liver ^9 



formation of 29 



of spat ^^ 



Lobsters, transplantation of, from 



Atlantic to Pacific 128 



Locomotion of larva 45 



London, England, as oyster market... 110 



Long Island sound — 



spat obtained from 113 



gravel used for bottom in 112 



Loven, on origin of palps 61 



Lucrino, lake 107 



Lymnceus 28 



M 



Macoma 35, 53 



Macromere 18 



Mactra (roimd-clam) 35, 53, 74 



lateralis 97 



Maine 96 



Maine, gulf of 96 



Malpeque, P.E.I...6, 24, 31, 44, 53, 79, 



81, 82, 85 



author's work at 117 



biological station at 4 



occurrence of larva at 83 



sahnity at 91 



temperature of sea at 92 



time of spatting at 120 



wharf 95 



Malpeque (Richmond) bay... 4, 37, 94, 95 



lobster factories at 129 



proposed experiment station on. . . 123 



Malpeque oysters, price of 100 



Mantle 26 



of larva 48 



of spat 66 



Manner of development 2 



Man, the oyster's greatest foe 103 



■March Water 82, 95 



Marennes, famous green oysters of.... 109 

 Marine and Fisheries Department, 



1896 Report quoted 128 



Massachusetts 96 



Maturation, described 16 



McBride, E. W., criticism of 41 



McDonald, Colonel 38 



Mediterranean sea 3, 9 



M6n6gaux 70 



Mesoderm 22, 24 



Mesodesma 53 



Mexico, gulf of 9 



Micromere 18 



Micron, defined 13 



Micropyle 15 



Microscopic measurement 13 



Middle island 95 



Miramichi bay, N.B 23 



profusion of oysters in 9 



salinity at 91 



Mdbius, K 3, 38, 54 



Modiola (horse-mussel) 35 



plicata 97 



Modiolaria 28 



Mollusca 8 



