310 RErORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FIf=;HEinKS. 



1841b— Gould, A. A. Report (»n fcho Iiivertebrat.i ol' MiiSHacliiisftts, Coiiiprisiiijr tlie 

 Molliisca, Crustacoa, Annelida, and Radiata. Cambridge, 1841, 8 \ xiii + 

 373 pp., 15 plates. 



See 1870 d. 

 1843 a — Akeiiy, Samuel. Siiell'lish of Ricluiiond County. <^Tran.sartion8 of tlie 

 New York t^tate Agricultural Society, togetiuu' with an Abstract of the 

 Proceedings of the County Agricultural Societies for the year 1842. 

 Albany, 1843, vol. ir, p. 19(). 



KefV'i'.s to tlic oxliaiwtion of tlie natural oy.slcr reela and the(levelopinei)t nf the planting 

 indnsliy on the sdiilli side of Staten Island, New York. 



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

 prising Detailed DcecriptJons of all the Animals Hitherto Observed 

 witliin the State of New York, with Brief Notices of those Occa.sionally 

 Found Near its Borders, aud Accompanied bj' Appropriate Illustrations. 

 Part VI, Mollusca. Albany: W. &, A. AVhite &, J. Vis,scher, 1813, 4^, 271 

 pp., 40 plates. 

 Di.sciisses the occiu ronco and distrilnUion of oystens along tlie slioresof New York State. 



1846 — Reade, J. B. On the ciliaaud ciliary currents of the oyster. <^Rep()rtof the 

 Britisli Association for the Advancement of Science, lifteenth meeting, 

 1845. London, 1846, pp. 06-67. 



Describes the gullet of tbe oyster a.s covered witli fine, silky liairs or cilia, wliicli by a 

 waving motion cause a current of water to flow towards the month, thus .siii)iplyiiig the 

 niollnsk witli food. Also states that the food consists wholly of infusoria. 



1849 — Forbes, Edward, and Hanley, Sylvanu.s. On the geographical distribution 

 and uses of the common oyster {Oatrca cdulis). <^E(liuburgh New Philo- 

 sophical .lournal of Natural Science, Edinburgli, October, 1849, vol. xlvii, 

 No. xcn-, pp. :i3'J-248. 

 Rei)rint of part xx of Forbes and Hanley's History of J'>ritisb Mollusca. See 1853. 



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

 within the Gulf of St Lawrenc<! and Bay of (,'haleur. Frederictou : J. 

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

 Tbe oyster resources of New Brunswick are described on pp. i:!2-13;}. 

 1851 — Haywarde, Richard. The lirst oyster-eater. <::^The Knickerbocker, New 

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

 An arclui'ological discussion. 

 1852a — Williams, Thomas. On the structure of the Bronchi ;e or media nism of 

 breathing in the Pholades aud other Lamellibranchiate inollusks. 

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

 Advancement of Science; heldat Ipswich in , I uly, 1851. London, 1852, p. 82. 

 An abstract of tbe addre.ss delivered. 

 1852b— Anonymous. Shelllisli, their waysand works. <[The Westminster Review, 

 London, February, 1852. 

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

 1852 c — Anonymous. The happiness of oysters. <^Iuternati()nal Magazine, New 

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

 Extracted from 1852 b. 

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



Oysters in Deep \\'at('r During the Sunuiier Montlis. Loudon, 1852. 

 1853 — Forbes, Edward, aud Hanley, Sylvanus. On the gc()gr,ii>hical distribution 

 and uses of tlu' couimou oyster {Oxtrea e(Julis). <;ilistory of British Mol- 

 lusca, and their Shells. London, 18.53, gr. 8°, 4 vols., in8 plates. 



Indicates the location of tbe princii)al oyster beds of the British coast, including tb.ose 

 of Scotland and Ireljind, and refers to tlui existing tisbcry regiilations. D(8cril)es the 

 oyster enemies, ea]>e(ially the stai-tishes, whelks, sjHinges, and certain aiuielids. The work 

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



