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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



J. C. H.— The subscription list to the " Handbook of British 

 Fungi " was closed in July last. It will be published com- 

 plete in a few weeks. 



W. C. H.-We should not insert such a paragraph without 

 some less romantic attestation or explanation. 



E. L. (Hull) and •' Ignoramus."— We insert no queries, 

 unless accompanied by name and address of querist, written 

 legibly. 



G. M. G.— Sphagnum tubsecundum.—R. B. 



T. R.— Hypnum molluscum /3 condensatum, a peculiar form 

 with leaves scarcely curved. — It. B. 



J. C. D.— No. 1. Grimmiu apocurpa. No. 2. Madotheca 

 platyphylla.—R. B. 



E. M. P.— See our answer to L. M. C. in last number of 



Sl'IKNCE-GoSSIP. 



H. B.— Nothing very extraordinary in a bird so easily tamed. 



A. D. R.—Flustru membranacea. Get Landsborough's 

 " British Zoophytes," about six shillings, published by 

 Routledge & Co. 



H. T.— So long ago, but we think it was a failure. 



H. T. (Oxford).— Try Dulau & Co., Soho Square, London. 



A. N.— No. 1. If you mean the " Musk Deer," it is grami- 

 nivorous, like other deer. No. 2. No. No. 3. Conferva in 

 any stagnant ditch. No. 4. We do not think you will be 'cute 

 enough to find truffles. 



E. S. We can only recommend a free use of water, chloride 

 of lime, and even of fumigation with sulphur. 



R. V. T. — The yellow Lichen is Placodium fulgens, Sm. ; 

 the other, Lecidea vesicularis, Hoffm. — L. L. 



j. s.-We cannot comprehend your design, the query is so 

 vague. 



R. L — The" Journal of the Quekett Club" (one shilling) 

 may be had of Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. 



W. H.— It is declared to be Clausiliu nigricans, sent to 

 Worthing by post. 



R. S. H. (Basingstoke).— The shells so very long in hand 

 are referred to Lymnxa stagnate, without doubt, but are a 

 peculiar form. 



S. T.— For "Insect catalogues" see paragraph under 

 " Zoology " in the present number. 



S. W.— A good quill, a bad cork, some cotton wool, but not 

 a shadow of votvox came to hand. 



F. B.—Hypecoum grandiflorum, Benth. A native of Spain 

 and the East. — B. 



J. F. — It is Pitccinia Buxi. 



T. B. — On bark Hysterium angustatum. 



J. A. — On Gagea lutea is Uromyces concentrica. 



F. R. S.—" American Naturalist" may be had of Trtlbner 

 & Co., Paternoster Row. Price 35 cents a number, or four 

 dollars a year. 



T. H.— It would have been satisfactory, perhaps, had you 

 whispered in your clever Toad's hearing your great desire to 

 know why he swallowed a spider. 



H. E.— Fossils from the Cornbrash of Peterborough, are 

 the Serpula quadrata of Phillips, described in his "Geology 

 ot Yorkshire," vol. i. p. 117 (found in the Cornbrash of 

 Newton Dale, Yorkshire). They do not however branch as 

 H. E. states.— H. W. 



EXCHANGES. 



Several named species of fossil Foraminifera from the Lias 

 of the North of Ireland, for any good microscopic objects of 

 equal value. First send list to Wm. Gray, Mount Charles, 

 Belfast. 



Wanted, a specimen of Ophioglossum milgatum, for Asple- 

 nium septentriunale or other fern.— J. B. Lyall, Peebles. 



Wanted, B. Land and F. W. Shells in Exchange for others 

 or Lcpidoptera. — W. H. Broadhead, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. 



jEcidi'JM ViOLffl, JE. ranunculacearnm , Puccinia urn- 

 hdliferarum, and other Fungi, for other objects.— T. Brittain, 

 Park Street, Green Heys, Manchester. 



Deutzia Scabka offered for stamped address and any 

 object of interest. Lists exchanged. — Address Dr. Webb, 108, 

 White Rock-street. Liverpool. 



London Catalogue op Plants, 6th Edition, Nos. 34, 

 62, 154, 677, 1077, 1255, and others, for any of the following: 

 Nos. 03, 289, 292, 302, 424, 483, 491, 652, 686, 700,711,873.876, 

 965, 1043, 1047, 1049, 1064, 1095, 1242.— F. A. Lees, Mean- 

 wood, Leeds. 



LARV4K or Pupre of Orgyia facelina for local larvce or 

 pnpee or imagos. — F. R. S. Salterheble, Halifax. 



For hair of Vampire Bat and Opossum send envelope 

 and object to E. J. Wilson, 43, Upper Cumming-street, Pen- 

 tonvillc, N. 



Wanted, Stratiote.i Aloides, or Water-Soldier, and Subu- 

 laria aquatica, orAwlwort, in exchange for other aquatic 

 plants. Address David Mitchell, Foundry-street, Halifax. 



Batrachospermum Moniliporme. — For this alga, send 

 stamp and object (other alga? preferred) to H. M. J. Under- 

 bill, 7, High-street, Oxford. 



Wanted, the scales of Tench, Chub, Bleak, Carp, Snig 

 Eel and Gudgeon, in exchange for others. Send list to 

 J. H. M. 17, Walham Grove, St John's, Kulham, S.W. 



Ox Parasites.— For stamped envelope and any object of 

 interest (seeds excepted)— J. Sargent, Jun., Fritchley, near 

 Derby. 



Palate op Limpet (unmounted), send stamped envelope, 

 or anything of interest.— R. H. Alderman, 14, Coal Exchange, 

 E.C. 



British and Foreign Shells, for Marine Animals.— 

 Wm. Cash, 1, Clarence-street, Halifax. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"Third Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and 

 other Insects of the State of Missouri." By Charles V. Riley, 

 State Entomologist. Jefferson City, Mo. 



"Monthly Microscopical Journal." No 29. May, 1871. 

 London, Robert Hardwicke. 



" George W. Childs." A Biographical Sketch by James 

 Parton. Philadelphia, U.S. 



" Land and Water." Nos. 275. 276. 277. 278. 

 "Journal of Applied Science." Edited by P. L. Simmonds. 

 May, 18"1. 



"Report of the Fruit-Growers' Association of Ontario for 

 1870," including the " First Report on the Noxious Insects 

 of Ontario." Toronto.'187l. 



" The Gold Yield of Nova Scotia." By A. Heatherington. 

 I860- 70. London: Trilbner & Co. 

 "The Gardener's Magazine," for May, 1871. 

 " The Animal World," for May, 1871. 



"The American Journal of Microscopy." No. 1. April, 

 1871. E. M. Hale, M.D., Editor. Chicago : G. Mead & Co. 

 " Crystal Palace Aquarium." Prospectus. 

 " Notice of a Fossil Forest in the Tertiary of California." 

 By Professor O. C. Marsh, of Yale College. 



" On the Geology of the Eastern Uintah Mountains." By 

 Professor O. C. Marsh, of Yale College. 



" Description of some new Fossil Serpents from the Ter- 

 tiary Deposits of Wyoming." By Professor O. C. Marsh, of 

 Yale College. 



" Clever Dogs, Horses, Sec, with Anecdotes of other 

 Animals." By Shirley Hibberd. London : S. W. Partridge 

 &Co. 



" Animal Sagacity." Edited by Mrs. S. C. Hall. London: 

 S. W. Partridge & Co. 



" Our Feathered Companions." By the Rev. Thomas 

 Jackson, M.A. London : S. W. Partridge & Co. 



" The Canadian Naturalist." Vol. V., No. 3. Sept., 1870. 

 Montreal : Dawson Brothers. 



" Memoirs of the Peabody Academy of Science." No. 2. 

 (No. 1 not received.) " Embryological Studies on Diplax, 

 Perithemis, and the Thysanurous Genus Isotoma." By A. S. 

 Packard, Jun. Salem, Mass. 



" Materialistic Theories : a Lecture delivered in connection 

 with the Christian Evidence Society."' By the Archbishop of 

 York. London : Hodder & Stoughton. 



" Science and Revelation : a Lecture delivered in connec- 

 tion with the Christian Evidence Society." By R. Payne 

 Smith, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. London : Hodder & 

 Stoughton. 



" A Practical Help to Teaching English Composition." 

 By B. E. S. Drake Bigsby, F.A.S.L. London : Thomas Mnrby. 

 " Murby's Scripture Manuals : Joshua and Judges." Lon- 

 don : Thomas Murby. 



"An easy Elementary Course of Latin." Book 3. Conju- 

 gation of Verbs. By William Dodds. London : Thomas 

 Murby. 



" Catalogus Coleopterorum Europe et confinium ; auct. 

 S. A. de. Marseul." London: Janson. 



"Notes on Chalcidiae." Part 2. By Francis Walker, 

 F.L.S. London : Janson. 



"American Naturalist," for May, 1871. 

 " Boston Journal of Chemistry," for May, 1871. 

 " Report of the Rugby School Natural History Society" 

 for 1870. 



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 C. L. J.-J. W. B.— R. V. T.- J. A. B.-J. B.— S. A. S.-\\ . G. 

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