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1878 d — King, John T. Tho Auatomy, Propagatiou ami Cultivatlou of the Oyatcr. 

 Washington, D. C. Harvey & Holdeu, 1878, 12^, 32 pp. 



A popular siimiuary of well-known facts relative to the natural lii.story of tin; oyster, 

 with notes on tho oyster industry of Chesapeake Bay. See 1879 ft. 

 1878 e — Lockyer, J. N. Oyster beds of the Chesapeake Bay. <^Natuie, London, 

 October 17, 1878, vol. xviii, p. 653. 



Refers to the inaugur-ation by the U. S. Co.ist Survey of an iuve.sti>iation of the oyster 

 beds of James River, Virginia, and of Tangier and Pocomoko Soiindd, Maryland and N'ir- 

 ginia. 



1878f — Smith, E. A. Ostrea assiiniiug the sculpture of another shell {Trochua 

 maculatus) to which it adheres. <[Proceediugs Zoological Society, Lou- 

 don, 1878, p. 730, pi. XLVi, fig. 12. 



1878 g — Winther, G. On the geographical distribution of the common oyster. 

 <Annal8 and Magazine of Natural History, London, March, 1878, .5 ser., 

 vol. I, pp. 185-189. 



Abstract translation of Oni vore Haves Naturforhold med Hensyn til konstig Oestersavl 

 og om de i den lienseende anstillede Forsiig. Kopeuhagon, 1876. Nordisk Tidskrift for 

 Fiskeri. Discusses briefly Ostrea edulis and the oyster areas of Eui-ope.. 

 B78 h — Wood-ward, S. P. Manual of the Mollusca, third edition, with appendix 

 by R. Tate. Loudon, 1878, 8°, with numerous plates and woodcuts. 



,878 i — Parliamentary paper. Report to the Board of Trade upon Four Applica- 

 tions made under "The Sea Fisheries Act, 1868," for Orders for the Estab- 

 lishment of an Oyster Fishery in the River Blackwater. Loudon, 1878. 



1878 j — Anonymous. Society of Oyster Culttirists of Morbihan. Dublin, 1878. 



Explanatory pamphlet for the International Exposition of 1878. 



1879 a — Brooks, W. K. Preliminary observations on the development of the 



Marine Prosobranchiate Gasteropoils. <^Chesai)eake Zoological Labora- 

 tory, Scientific Results of the Season of 1878. Baltimore, 1879, pp. 

 121-112, one plate. 

 1879 b — Brooks, W. K. Abstract of observations upon the artificial fertilization 

 of oyster eggs and the embryology of the American oyster. <^American 

 Journal of Science, New Haveu, December-, 1879, vol. xviii, pp. 425-427. 



A concise statement of the observations published in tho report of tho commissioners 

 of fisheries of Maryland, dated January, 18S0. See 1880 b. 



1879 c — Brooks, W. K. Propagating oysters. <Scieuce News, 1879, vol. i, pp. 

 249-251. 

 A brief citation of the results noted in 18806. 



1879 d— Buckland, Frank, and Walpole, Spencer. Report by Frank Bucklaud, 

 Esq., and Spencer Walpole, Esq., Inspectors of Fisheries for England and 

 Wales, and Commissioners for Sea Fisheries on the Sea Fisheries of 

 England and Wales. Loudon. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1879. 

 8°, 282 pp., 1 map. 



Contains numerous brief references to the oyster beds along tho coast of England and 

 ■Wales. 



1879 e — Gray, Barry. Oysters and oyster eaters. <The Sea World, New Haven, 



November 17, 1879, vol. i. No. 14. 

 1879f— Hopson, "W. B. Catching oysters by steam power. <;The Sea World, 



New Haven, August 4, 1879, vol. i. No. 1. 

 1879 g— Hurlbutt, A. M. On tho structure of the Itlood cori)uscIcs of the oyster. 



<Medical Press, New York, 1879, vol. xxix, pp. 23-30. 

 The results of a miuruscopical oxauiiuatiou vrith a lens of 1,2UU diametorv. 



