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Ostrea Virginica, Gmelin. American or Virginia oyster — Continued. 



33092. Shediak, New Brunswick. G. F. Mathew. 



33093. Buctouehe, New Brunswick. G. F. Mathew. 



32978. Sheepscot River, Maine. From extinct beds. R. Dixon. 



33555. Sheepscot River, Maine. From extinct beds. Dr. C. A. White. 



32810. Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts (var. borealis). Dr. Win. Stimpsou. 



33448. East Greenwich, R. I. A. A. Wilson. 



Providence River, Rhode Island. 



33518. Natives, transplanted in 1881 to soft bottoms. Jason S. Pierce. 



33523. Natives, three years old, transplanted when two years old to soft 



bottoms. Jason S. Pierce. 



33524. Natives; old. Jason S. Pierce. 



33530. Natives from Jolly Banks bed, hard bottom. Jason S. Pierce. 



Coast of Connecticut and north shore of Long Island. 



32790. Greenwich, Conn. B. J. M. Carley. 



33528. New Haven, Conn., three years old, transplanted to Providence 

 River in spring of 1882. Jason S. Pierce. 



Bridgeport, Conn. 



33492. Point No Point. "Seed." Wheeler Hawley. 



33488. Housatonic River. "Seed." Wheeler Hawley. 



33496. Point, No Point. "Seed." Wheeler Hawley. 



33396. Guilford River. "Seed." Wheeler Hawley. 



33403. Cultivated oyster twelve to fifteeu years old. Wheeler Hawley. 



33391. Two years old ; transplanted to Jamacia Bay, Long Island, when 

 six months old. Cornelius Vreeland. 



South Norxvalk, Conn. 



32957. One year old. Hoyt Bros. 



32962. Three years after transplanting. Hoyt Bros. 



32966. Five to twenty years old. Hoyt Bros. 



32972. Hoyt Bros. 



North Coast of Long Island. 



Huntington Harbor. 



33382. From hard bottom. Wilson Beardsley. 

 33386. From soft bottom. Wilson Beardsley. 

 33390. Natural growth. Wilson Beardsley. 



Oyster Bay. 



33377. Planted on hard bottom. H. A. Townsend. 

 33376. Planted on hard bottom. H. A. Townsend. 



33381. Planted on hard bottom one year. Eighteen months old. H. A. 



Townsend. 

 33408. Natural growth on hard bottom. One year old. H. A. Townsend, 

 33407. Natural growth on hard bottom. H. A. Townsend. 



33378. Plauted on soft bottom. H. A. Townsend. 



33379. Natural growth on soft bottom. H. A. Townsend. 



