THE NAUTILUS. 81 



Perhaps it does. But not for anything of special importance in 

 this connection, for Kieuer, many years before, gave us a pair of 

 figures quite as good ; not to mention that made by Sowerby some 

 years later. 



It should be understood that these references are not made in 

 defence of the present specific standing of the shells, but mainly in 

 deference to those readers who may have missed seeing my former 

 articles relating to them. The species, i. e., C. Greegori, is doubtless 

 already sufficiently fortified to prevent successful assaults from any 

 quarter. 



In conclusion, it might be Avell to add, that Mr. Smith's rather 

 emphatic "reminder" of my lack of courtesy, is wholly gratuitous, 

 and therefore does not call for comment. 



In the interest of peace, however, it is accepted "with thanks," 

 and filed for future courteous consideration. 



Philadelphia, October, 1893. 



THE SHEEPSCOTE RIVER. 



BY REV. HENRY W. W^NKLEY. 



The fauna of the eastern coast of New England, aside from the 

 species which characterize it as a whole, has a number of small areas 

 where the oyster, quahog and other southern forms exist. The most 

 conspicuous of these areas is Northumberland Straits, where the 

 oyster is abundant enough to be of commercial value. Other 

 points, where the Virginian fauna occurs, are a few sheltered spots 

 on the east coast of Nova Scotia, in Minas Basin, Casco Bay and 

 Massachusetts Bay, with a few outliers of less importance. 



These spots on the coast are widely separated from each other, 

 and have in the near neighborhood animals which are adapted to 

 the colder waters. Some few years ago the present writer published 

 a list of thirty species found in Northumberland Straits.^ The 

 present summer was spent in Wiscasset, Maine; this and a visit to 

 that place three years ago enabled me to dredge in many places in 

 the Sheepscote River. 



Wiscasset is ten or twelve miles from the sea and the river is 

 practically a salt water bay or fjord. Its depth is ten fathoms in 



^Bulletin VII — Nat. Hist. Soc. of New Brunswick. 



