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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



galls." For figures and descriptions, see Taylor's " Playtime 

 Naturalist" (Chatto & Windus, price 3.?. 6d.). 



W. Sampson requests the names of any papers, books, &c, 

 treating on the egg and larval stages of the coleoptera. 



EXCHANGES. 

 Fragmentary rhaetic shark spines, nemacanthus and hy- 

 bodus, offered for other fossils. — T. Stock, 16 Glen Park, 

 Eastville, Bristol. 



Offered, Erasmus Darwin's '* Phytologia," first edition, 

 quarto, boards; Darwin's " Zoonomia," second edition, two 

 vols., quarto, calf; also Science-Gossip for 1884 and 1889. 

 What offers?— H. Roberts, 60 Princess Road, Kilburn, London. 

 Drelgings containing a beautiful variety of shells, forams, 

 also drift containing a rare variety of shells, echinii spines, 

 micro offers, &c. What offers? — A. J. R. Sclater, M.C.S., 

 23 Bank Street, Teignmouth. 



Wanting a secondhand silver watch to present to a lad, I 

 will give in return rare British shells, fossils, polished geo- 

 logical specimens (correctly named and localised), or micro- 

 scopic objects.— T. E. Sclater, Bank Street, Teignmouth, 

 Devon. 



Science-Gossip, complete from commencement, good con- 

 dition ; vols. 1 and 2 bound. What offers?— Adlington, 

 Boughton Fields, Worcester. 



What offers for a Powell and Zeland's improved microscope 

 (monocular), in case, with all accessories, polarizing apparatus, 

 &c. : original cost 100/. Apply for particulars to Mrs. George 

 Glossop, Newland House, Twickenham. 



Wanted, Braithwaite's "British Moss Flora," any parts 

 except first five, in exchange for books, flowering plants, 

 mosses, &c. — J. A. Wheldon, 32 Langham Street, Ashton- 

 under-Lyne. 



Rossall School. — Will any one kindly help to stock a 

 museum in this school ? Natural objects of all kinds are 

 wanted. Cost of packing and carriage will, of course, be paid. 

 — R. A. Clarke, Rossall School, Lancashire. 



I have numerous duplicate fossils for exchange: from the 

 red crag, tellina, turritella, purpura, &c. ; from the chalk, 

 inoceramus, terebratula, micraster, ananchytes, &c. ; from Port- 

 land, oolite, trigonia, ostraca,&c, and others. I want Cambrian, 

 Silurian, and Carboniferous fossils, especially the last-named. 

 Should be glad to hear from collectors in the northern counties. 

 — Edwd. A. Martin, 21 Carew Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey. 

 Offered, clutches of black-headed gull, bullfinch, Arctic 

 and common terns, carrion crow, chaffinch, hooded crow, jack- 

 daw, eggs of tree sparrow, lapwing, coot, sandpiper, curlew, 

 eider duck, black-footed penguin. Wanted, osprey, hobby, 

 merlin, chough, crossbill, &c— F. W. Paple, 62 Waterloo 

 Street, Bolton. 



Wanted, insect cabinet. Offered, British marine shells, 

 collection of star- fish, all well preserved and ready mounted for 

 cabinet. Full particulars to W. D. Rae, 9 Claremont Terrace, 

 Alpha Road, Millwall, London, E. 



What offers for sixty British birds' eggs, including redwing, 

 shrike, guillemot, coot, moor-hen, pheasant, partridge, swallow, 

 spotted crake, black tern, sandmartin, linnet, titmice, buntings, 

 warblers, magpie and jackdaw, &c. — Miss A. Glossop, 

 Twickenham. 



Wanted, London clay and other tertiary fossils. Cam- 

 brian, ordovician, silurian, and volcanic rocks given in ex- 

 change. Lists exchanged. — W. H. Banks, Ridgebourne, 

 Kington, Herefordshire. 



The "Playtime Naturalist," "Robinson Crusoe," works of 

 Mrs. Hemans, all well-bound books, and in good condition. 

 What offers?— Richd. B. Corbishley, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lanes. 

 Vertigo pygtncea, Bidimus obscurus, Bulimus acutus, vars. 

 strigata and bizona. Pupa marginata, and Helix ericetorum. 

 Wanted, other land or freshwater shells.— Cairus, Queen 

 Street, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Small collection of about seventy_ copper and silver coins, 

 tokens, &c, including 1842 American cent., 2 Anticosti, 

 Chinese, Roman, Hungarian, curious Afghanistan, Old Irish, 

 &c, also quantity of foreign stamps. Desiderata, section 

 cutting-machine, minerals, micro material, cabinet specimens 

 of Crustacea, or Plattner's " Work on the Blowpipe." First 

 good offer taken. — H. Durrant, 4 Boulton Road, West 

 Bromwich. 



Wanted, Pisidium roseum, Helix revelata, H. fusca, H. 

 pygmcea, and Bulimus montanus, in exchange for Hydrobia 

 vlv<e, H. ventrosa, H. Jenkinsii, and Helix pomatia. -L. O. 

 Grocock, M.C.S., 13 Lower Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent. 



Offered, V. cristata, P. lineaius, contortus, L. glutinosa, 

 S. elegans, &c. Wanted, //. fusca, V. antivertigo, Z- purus, 

 and others not in collection.— A. A. Moore, 20 Fernlea Terrace, 

 Harwich. 



Bulbs of Gladiolus gaudavensis, many varieties, in exchange 

 for bulbs of named narcissi, lilies, tigridias (white), sparaxis, 

 babianas, &c— Rev. W. W. Flemyng, Clunegam Rectory, 

 Portlaw, co. Waterford, Ireland. 



Wanied, Yarrell's "History of British Birds," 4th edition. 

 Offered, H. C. Lang's "Butterflies of Europe," unbuui.d, 

 "Entomologist," 1885, bound.— Oliver A. Wei**, S7 Harborne 

 Road, Birmingham. 



Wanted, British marine shells not in collection. Offered, 

 British marine. Foreign correspondence invited. — E. R. Sykes, 

 13 Doughty Street, London, W.C. 



Offered, Z. nitidulus, Z. crystallinus, Z. purus, Balea 

 perversa, Clausilia rugosa, var. dubia, Pis. nitidum, L. 

 peregra, var. acuminata, Anc-,l>is Jiuviatilis, Limnipa trun- 

 catula, L. palustris, M. decollatum, &c. Wanted, H. fusca, 

 H. cartusiana, and other shells. — A. Whitworth, 65 Talbot 

 Street, Southport, Lanes. 



Wanted, uncut pathological material, slides, bocks, papers, 

 &c, relating to the science of pathology, or microscopical 

 accessories, in return for histological slides and mateiial. — 

 F. G. Jones, Department of Medic'ne, University of Pa., 

 Ph : ladelphia, Pa., U.S.A. 



Offered, a great number of rare microscopical, optical, and 

 mathematical books, air-pump for mounting, &c. Wanted, 

 objectives, or good Jackson stand. — Taylor, 26 Marchmont 

 Street, London, W.C. 



A collection of eocene fossils, named and localized, com- 

 prising 100 species, 1000 specimens. Exchange for electrical 

 apparatus, perfect terebratulas, or offers. — E. H. V. D., 

 1 Adelaide Terrace Bournemouth. 



Duplicates. — H. lamellata, H. fusca, P. ringens, &c. 

 Desiderata, P. nitidum, roseum, L. involuta, Sue. virescens 

 and oblonga, H. obveluta, A. lineata, any of the vertigoes 

 except pygmea and edentula. — T. A. Lofthouse, 67 Grange 

 Road, Middlesborough. 



Wanted, foreign shells in exchange British marine, land 

 and freshwater shells, and choice microscopic slides of every 

 description. Foreign correspondence invited. — Richard Suter, 

 5 Highweek Road, Tottenham, London. 



Wanted, any named varieties of Helix aspersa, nemoralis, 

 hortensis, arbustorum, cantiana, pisana, virgata, caperata* 

 ericetorum, &c, in good condition. Offered, Helix pygtncea, 

 PI. naulileus, var. crista, and very many others. — A. Hartley, 

 8 Cavendish Road, Idle, near Bradford, Vorks. 



The medical and pharmaceutical students' collection of 

 specimens, 120 packets, all nimed. Will exchange for store 

 boxes, setting-boards, natural history books, or what offers? — 

 W. L. Balmbra, The Cottages, Warkworth Station, Lesbury, 

 Northumberland. 



For exchange, L. C, 8th ed. : 175, 260, 54T, 6gr, 784, 914, 

 965, 1034, 1034 + sepium, 1070, 1088, 1089, 1098. 1100, 1248, 

 1256, 1398, 14^8, i-j-jod, and many others. Desiderata nume- 

 rous. — R. A. Phillips, Ashburton, Cork. 



Good pathological sections, larvae of ant-lion (Ceylon), and 

 some Ceylon beetles, scarabsida;, to exchange for mounted 

 slides, insects, or micro material. — Dr. Clements, Frindsbury, 

 Rochester. 



Duplicates. — Cyrena Tuminalis, Pupa ringens, turritella, 

 Rissoa violacca, otina, Japes aureus and virgineus, pectun- 

 culus, &c. Wanted, exotic molhisca. Foreign correspondence 

 invited. — Brockton Tomlin, The Green, Llandaff, S. Wales. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" Inorganic Chemistry : The Chemistry of the Non Metals," 

 by J. O. Benttler, M.A. (London: Reffe Bros.).— " Fresh- 

 Water Aquaria," by Rev. G. C. Bateman (London: Upcott 

 Gill).— "Our Fancy Pigeons," by Geo. Ure (London: Elliot 

 Stock).— "The British Moss Flora." by Dr. Braithwaite, 

 Part T3.— " Report of Bot. Exchange Club for 1889."—" Report 

 Penzance Nat. Hi-t. Soc, 1889-90."—" Report City of London 

 College Science Soc." — " American Spiders, and their Spinning- 

 Work," by Dr. McCook, vol. ii. (published by the author. 

 Academy of Nat. Science. Philadelphia).— " Sound, Light, and 

 Heat" (elementary stage), by J. Spencer (London: Percival 

 & Co.).— " Pasteur and Rabies," by T. M. Dolan, M.D. 

 (London : G. Bell & Sons).— "The Natural Food of Man," by 

 E. Densmore, M.D. (London: Pewtress & Co.). — " Proceed- 

 ings of the Bristol Naturalists' Soc."—" Report of Penzance 

 Nat. Hist, and Antiquarian Soc."—" W. P. Collins' Catalogue 

 of Scientific Books, ike."— " W. Wesley & Son's ditto."—'' Le 

 Diatomiste." — American Microscopical Journal." — "American 

 Naturalist." — ." Canadian Entomologist."—" Insect Life." — 

 "The Naturalist."— " The Botanical Gazette." — "The Gentle- 

 man's Magazine." — "The Midland Naturalist."— " Feuille des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes." — "The Microscope," &o, &c. 



Communications received up to the irTH ult. from : 

 W. J. S.-A. H.-J. W. S.-C P.-T. A. L.-R. S.— 

 I P. M. M.-J. B.-E. S.-W. L. B.-T. W. S.-W. S.- 

 E. H. V. D.-E. B.-T. S.-F. W. L.-J. W. S.-W. J. S.— 

 H. A. M.— T. A. L.-C. O.— H. F.— E. T. D.-E. A.— G. G. 

 — R A. C— E, A. M.-E. B.-G. W.— T. A. S.— A. J. R. S. 

 -A. G.-W. G. K.-R. C.-E. W.-M. H. B.-H. S.— 

 W. A. S.-T. S.— J. W. B.-T. W. P.-C. R.— J. A. W.- 

 E. R. A.-R. B. C.-L. O. G.-P. T.-H. R.-H. D.- 

 A A M.— K. F.-T. W. S.-M. S.— J. B. B.— A. W.— T. K. 

 _ R \v.— (). O. W.— J. W. W.— W. W. F.— S. W.— A. A. M. 

 _W H.-F. G. J.-G. T. S.— E. R. S -F. H. A.— G. E. C. 

 —J. A.— C. R.— E. A. M.— &c, &c. 



