310 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1841 b — Gould, A. A. Ropoi t ou the Invertebrata of Massachusotts, Coinprisiug the 

 Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. Cambridge, 1841, 8"=, xiii + 

 373 pp., 15 plates. 

 Seo 1870 d. 



1843 a— Akerly, Samuel. Shellfish of Richmond Conuty. <Transaction8 of the 

 New York State Agricultural Society, together with an Abstract of the 

 Proceedings of the County Agricultural Societies for the year 1842. 

 Albany, 1843, vol. ii, p. 196. 



Refers to the exhaustion of tlie natural oyster reefs and the development of the planting 

 industry on the south side of Staten Island, New York. 



1843b — Dekay, James E. Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna; Com- 

 prising Detailed Deecriptions of all the Animals Hitherto Observed 

 within the State of New York, with Brief Notices of those Occasionally 

 Found Near its Borders, and Accompanied by Appropriate Illustrations. 

 Part VI, Mollusca. Albany: W. & A. White & J. Vis.scher. 1843, 4°, 271 

 pp., 40 plates. 

 Discusses the occurrence and distrihiition of oysters along tlie shores of New York State. 



1846 — Reade, J. B. On the cilia and ciliary currents of the oyster. <Rep()rt of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Soience, fifteenth meeting, 

 1845. Loudon, 1846, pp. 66-67. 



Describes the gullet of tlie oyster as covered with fine, silky hairs or cilia, wiiich by a 

 waving motion cause a current of water to flow towards the mouth, thus sujijilying the 

 moUusk with food. Also states that the food consists wholly of infusoria. 



1849 — Forbes, Edxvard, and Hanley, Sylvanus. On the geographical distribution 

 and uses of the common oyster {Ostrea cdulis). <Ediuburgh New Philo- 

 sophical Journal of Natural Science, Edinburgii, October, 1849, vol. xlyii. 

 No. xciv, pp. 239-248. 

 Reprint of part xx of Forbes and Ilanley's History of British Mollusca. See 1853. 

 1850 — Parley, M. H. Report on the Sea and River Fisheries of New Brunswick 

 within the Gulf of St Lawrence and Bay of Chaleur. Fredericton: J. 

 Simpson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1850. 8°, 176 pp. 

 The oyster resources of New Brunswick are described on pp. 132-13;f. 

 1851 — Haywarde, Richard. The first oyster-eater. <^The Kniclicrbocker, New 

 York, May, 1851, vol. xxxvii, pp. 385-388. 

 An archffiological discussion. 

 1852a — Williams, Thomas. Ou the structure of the Bronchise or mechanism of 

 breathing in the Pholades and other Lamellibranchiate mollusks. 

 <Report of the twenty-first meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science; beldat Ipswich in July, 1851. London, 1852, p, 82. 

 An abstract of the address delivered. 

 1852 b — Anonymous. Shellfish, their ways and works. <^The Westminster Review, 

 London, February, 1852. 

 Discusses the "morals " of oysters. See 1852«. 

 1852 c— Anonymous. The happiuess of oysters. <International Magazine, New 

 York, March 1, 1852, vol. v, p. 311. 

 Extracted from 1852 b. 

 1852 d— Parliamentary Paper. Memorial and Letters Relative to Dredging for 



Oysters in Deep Water During the Summer Mouths. London, 1852. 

 1853— Forbes, Edward, and Hanley, Sylvanus. On the geographical distribution 

 and uses of the common oyster {Ostrea cdulis). <History of British Mol- 

 lusca, and their Shells. London, 18.53, gr. 8°, 4 vols., 198 plates. 



Indicates the location of the principal oyster beds of the British coast, including those 

 of Scotland and Ireland, and refers to the existing fishery regulations. Describes the 

 oyster enemies, especially the starfishes, wlielks, sponges, and certain annelids. The work 

 also contains many anatomical details.. Several other editions have been publiahed. 



