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THE CANADIAN OYSTER 



Oviduc; 10 



Oyster harbour, B.C. — 



abundance of Pacific oysters in. . . 130 



transplanted oysters at 127 



P 

 Pacific oceans- 

 cultivation of Atlantic oysters in.. . 7 



transplanting oysters to 124 



Pacific oyster — 



description of 130 



eggs and sperms ol' 131 



inferior to Atlantic species 131 



Palps — 



of spa^ 71 



possible origin from velimi dis- 

 cussed 61 



Paludina 28 



Parks, oyster 109 



Patella 28 



Peck 70 



Pecten (scallop^ 6, 35, 53, 60 



irradians 97 



Pedal ganglia 49, 64, 74 



Pelecypoda 45 



meaning of term. 70 



Pelsenecr, P 70 



Perc6 island 96 



Phylogenetic development 60 



Phylogeny of lamellibranchiate gill.... 70 



Physical environment of oyster 1, 90 



Pigment spots (eye-specks) 49, 74 



Pipette, use of, in obtaining l^ivalve 



larvae 33 



Pisidium 28 



Places where oysters abound 1 



Plankton 9 



definition ol' 31 



methods, advantages oi... .31, 119, 120 



nets, bivalve larvae in 4 



preservation of samples of 37 



study of, at Malpeque 6 



taken in Hammond and Nanoose 



bays 127 



Plankton net — 



description of 32 



mode of employment of 33 



use in obtaining oyster larvae 32 



use of 80, 82, 117 



use of, to obtain bivalve larvae .... 40 



Planorbis 28 



'Planting,' as practised in New Jersey. Ill 



Plei.stocene fossils 97 



Pocomoke sound 78 



Point du Chfine, N.B 37 



Position, natural, for oysters 93 



Posterior adductor muscle 67, 71 



Prince, E.E 130 



on breeding in B.C. oysters 133 



on larvae of B.C. oyster 134 



on obtaining larvae with net 41 



Prince Edward Island — 



distribution of oysters in 9 



fluctuations of oyster catch ir 99 



legislation re oyster fishery 105 



oyster and quahaug areas in 6 



oyster-producing bays in 94 



oyster production in 98 



red sandstone of 44 



Problems to be solved 1 



Prodissoconch (larval shell) 6, 55 



measurements of 58, 59 



Production, statistics of oyster 99 



Proliferation 17, 23 



Pronucleus 17 



Propagation, artificial 24, 107 



as practised by Brooks, Rice and 



Ryder 114 



experiments of Nelson with 115 



inadequacy of 119 



Propagation, natural 107 



Protection at entrance of oyster bays. . 94 



Protoplasm 13, 29 



Prototroch 24, 29, 44 



Protozoa 102 



Q 



Quahaug 5, 7 



determination of larva of 36 



fishery 100, 103, 105 



larvae of 44 



R 



Radial symmtcry 68, 74 



Ral/sia verrucosa 56 



resemblance to oyster spat 53 



Ram (Grover) island 82, 85, 95 



Ram Island point 8, 36 



favourable place for catching spat . 54 



Receptive spot 15 



Recttmi 49 



formation of 26 



Reproductive organs 10, 14, 75 



Research, difficulties of 2 



