INDEX 



157 



Respiratory organs 68 



Retractor muscles 49, 71 



Rice, H. J 3, 37, 38 



on artificial propagation. . . .30, 31, 114 



on fixation of spat 40, 66, 84 



on interval preceding fixation 30 



on origin of palps 73 



on quantity of spat 85 



Richibucto estuary 94 



Richibucto, N.B 37 



temperature of sea ui 92 



Richmond (Malpeque) bay, P.E.I. ...4, 24, 



37, 54 



lobster factories at 129 



profusion of oysters in 9 



proposed experimental station at. . 123 



structure of 95 



Rock, kinds of, forming attachment 



for oysters 94 



Rockweed 35 



Rotation of oyster's body 71 



Ryder, John A 3, 37, 61, 74 



discussion of papers b;'- 39 



experiments in artificial propa- 

 gation 38, 114 



figure of spat 57 



on dimensions of spat at fixation . . 30 



on fixation of spat 66 



on growth of spat 86 



on ignorance of locomotory stages. . 30 



on lamellibranch gill 71 



on origin of palps and ;;iil- 72 



on quantity of spat 85 



on time of spawning 78 



opinion on byssus 66 



S 



Sable, cape 96 



Sable island 96 



Salensky, "W 3, 38 



Salinity 1, 24, 90 



at various places 91, 92 



at various depth?. 93 



of Pacific water; 128 



variations in 121 



Salt in sea-water, proportion oi' 91 



San Francisco, planting of Atlantic 



oysters at 125 



Sandstone 44, 94 



Saunder-, S 3, 38 



Saxicava 35, 53 



Scallop 6 



alas of..' 59 



determination of larva of 36 



Scheldt, estuary of 110 



Schiedt, Professor, quoted by Moore . . 134 



Schierholz, C 25 



Sections of larva? 50 



Seed oysters 107 



obtained in England from France . . 110 



price of 113 



production of, in United States. ... 113 



Segmentation 18 



cavity 19 



effect of gi-avitation on 20 



in Pacific oyster 133 



nucleus 17 



Segmenting stages, obtained in plank- 

 ton net 34 



Sense organs. . 74 



Series of larvae 5 



Seven Islands, Qu. 6 



Sex, determination oi' 12 



Sexes — 



distinct in American oyster 3 



in oyster of Eastern Canads 12 



Sexual reproduction 10 



Shediac, N.B 23, 24, 29, 37, 79 



oyster reservi 123 



salinity at 91 



temperature of sea at 92 



Shediac bay 94 



Shell, larval 28, 42 



measurements c; 43 



Shell, spat — 



asymmetry of GO 



measurements o' 58 



valves of 60 



Shell-bearing larva 28 



Shell-gland, need for renewed observa- 

 tion of 25 



Shell-less larva 23 



Shells, use as cultch 112, 113 



Shell-valves 26 



first appearance of 29 



Shippigan, N.B 37 



temperature of sea a ■ 92 



Shipyard basin 82 



Shipyard rivei 95 



Silver-shell 6, 45 



near relative of oyster 53 



Situation of oyster bays 94 



Sodium chloride 91 



