OYSTER BIBLIOGRAPHY. 311 



1854a~ Seibold, C. Th. v. Anntomy of the liiviut<'l>i:it:i. Roston: rimilfland Liu- 

 coln, 1854, 8", 470 i)i>. 



The A(e])lialii iiie described on p\t. 184-222. 



1854b — Parliamentary Paper. Letters from the BoartI of Trade of April 28, 1847, 

 to the Commissioners of ('ustoins, and of July 31, 1819, to Messrs. Rayson, 

 Alston and Gibhs, on tlic Sul>,ject of the Oyster Fishery on the East Coast 

 ofLnglancL Lomlon, 1854. 



1855 a — Bush, George. A monstrous oyster shelL <[ Annals and Magazine of Nat- 

 ural History, London, February, 1855, pp. 91-92, 1 plate. 



I>e.sfribe.s a very large o.v.ster .sliell, which somewhat re.seinbleil tlio shell of Pliolas 

 Candida, and dis.'iis.so.s.its oiifjin. 



1855 b — Gray, J. E. A monstrou.s oyster shell. <^Aunals and Magazine of Natural 

 History, I^oiidon, Marcli. 1855, p. 210. 



A coiiliiniatiou of the I'oregoiiig di.scussion. 



1855 c — Henslo-w, J. S. A monstrous oyster shell. <[Annals and Magazine of Nat- 

 ural History, l^ondon, April, 1855, vol. xv, p. 314. 

 A ci'iitiiuiiitioii of the disrussion started hy Bnsli. See 1855«. 

 1856— Eyton, T. C. Tlie oyster and the oyster bods of the British shores. <Edin- 

 burgh New Philosophical Society of Natural Science, Edinburgh, October, 

 1856, vol. lY, No. II, pp. S54-355. 

 A rejirint of 1H57 r. 

 1857 a— Carpenter, Pliilip. Report on the present state of our knowledge Avith 

 regard to tin; moll iisca of the west coast of Noi-th America. <Report of 

 tietwenty-sixtli meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, held at Cheltenham in August, 1856. London, 1857, pp. 159-368. 

 Species of O.'^frca are listed and described. 

 1857 b — Eyton, T. C. ()> ster breeding. <Annual of Scientific Discovery, Lon- 

 don, 1857, p.3ii5. 



Calls attention to the etTect of the depth of water on the spawning sea.son of oysters 

 and computes the brood of three oyster.s at 3,000,000. 



1857 c—Eyton, T. C. The oyster and the oyster beds of the British shores. <Report 

 of the twenty-sixth meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, held at Cheltenham in August, 18.56. London, 1857, pp. 

 368-370. 



Discu.sses briefly: (1) The oyster beds of England and the laws respecting them; (2) 

 An account of the individual beds from the author's per.sonal observation and inquiries; 

 (:!) The natural hi.story of tiie oyster (Ostrea eduUs). See 1856 6. 



1857 d — MacAndrew, Robert. Report on the Marine testaceous molluscs of the 



northeast Atlanticaud neighboring seas, and thephysical conditions atfect- 

 ing their development. <Report of the twenty-sixth meeting of the 

 Biitish Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Cheltenham 

 in August, 18.56. Loudon, 1857, pp. 101-158. 

 Lists and describes Ostrea on pp. 114 and 1.35. 

 185 7 e— Parliamentary Paper. Directions for Giving Effect to Certain Rules Made 

 by the Committee of Council for Trade on May 21, 1857, Respecting the 

 Oyster Fisheries in the Seas between the British Lsles and France. Lon- 

 don, 18.57. 



1858 a— De Bow, J. D. B. Oyster Trade of Virginia, Baltimore, and Fair Haven. 



<Dc Bow's Commercial Review, New Orleans, March, 1858, vol. 24, pp. 

 259-260. 

 A stati.Htical review of the iudu.'itry iu each of the three loc.ilities mentioned. 



