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1878 d — King, John T. The Auatomy, Propagatiou and Cultivatiou of the Oyster. 

 Waahingtou, D. C. Harvey & Holden, 1878, 12^, 32 pp. 



A popular summary of -well-known facts relative to the natural history of the oj'ster, 

 with notes on the oyster industry of Chesapeake Bay. See 1879 A. 



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

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



Refers to the inauguration by the U. S. Coast Survey of an investigation of the oyster 

 beds of James River, Virginia, and of Tangier and Pocomoko Sounds, Maryland and Vir- 

 ginia. 



1878 f — Smith, E. A. Ostrea assuming the sculpture of another shell {Trochus 

 maculatus) to which it adheres. <^Froceediugs Zoological Society, Lou- 

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



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



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

 vol. I, pp. 185-189. 



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

 og om de i den henseeude anstillede Forsijg. Kopenhagen, 1876. Nordisk Tidskrift for 

 Fiskeri. Discusses briefly Ostrea edulis and the oyster areas of Europe. 



B78 h — "Woodward, S. P. Manual of the Mollusca, third edition, ^Vith appendix 



by R. Tate. London, 1878, 8°, with numerous plates aud woodcuts. 

 .8781 — ParUamentary 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 Culturists 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 Prosobrauchiate Gasteropods. <^Chesapeako Zoological Labora- 

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

 121-142, 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 Haven, December, 1879, vol. xviii, pp. 425-427. 



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

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



1879 c — Brooks, W. K. Propagating oysters. <^Science 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 Buckland, 

 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. London. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1879. 

 8°, 282 pp., 1 map. 



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

 "Wales. 



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



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

 1879 f — 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 the structure of the blood corpuscles of the oyster. 

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

 The results of a microscopical examination with a lens of 1,200 diameters. 



