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HARD WICKE'S SCIENCE- G OS SIP. 



Silurian. Valuable shells required in exchange, or offers. 

 Address — Miss F. M. Hele, Fairlight, n Elmgrove Road, 

 Cotham, Bristol. 



Grevili.e's "Alga? Britannica," Landsborough's "History 

 of British Sea-Weeds," Gifford's "Marine Botanist," West- 

 wood's " British Butterflies," all with coloured plates through- 

 out ; also photographic lantern-slides of micro objects, offered 

 for natural history works, especially in ornithology, and good 

 micro slides. — Stewart, 17 Upper Gilmore Place, Edinburgh. 



Leaves of rhododendron hyb. (gives a splendid scale), vege- 

 table ivory sections, Chelifer latreillei, and other material, 

 given in exchange for one slide. — Geo. Parish, 124 Kingston 

 Road, Oxford. 



Offered, " Beetles, British and Foreign," by James Dun- 

 can, edited by Sir William Jardin. Contains a great number 

 of coloured plates ; condition equal to new. Wanted, slides to 

 illustrate human anatomy and pathology. — R. Beer, Elmwood, 

 Bickley, Kent. 



Will give a "Demon" detective camera, and a few recent 

 numbers of "Nature." for named varieties of H. pomatia, 

 aspersa, nemoralis, hortensis, virgata, cantiana, and other 

 shells, or named minerals. — Chas. Pannell, jun., East Street, 

 Haslemere. 



New Zealand shells for exchange — marine, land, and fresh- 

 water. Wanted, foreign land and freshwater shells not in 

 collection. A good exchange will be given for any of the 

 ■following British species : Vertigo Zilljeborgi, V. tumida, 

 Succinea oblonga, living examples of Zimniea glutinosa or 

 Geomalacus maculosus, living or in spirit. — W. A. Gain, 

 Tuxford, Newark. 



Foreign stamps wanted, also old English stamps. Will give 

 shells, micro-slides, or books in exchange. — A. Alletsee, 1 South 

 Villa, Kensington Road, Redland, Bristol. 



Scalaria clathratula, Eulima polita, E. distorta, E. stenos- 

 toiua, E. bilineata, Cerithium reticulatum, Cerithiopsis tuber- 

 cularis, C. metula, C.pulchella, Turritella communis, Rissoa 

 fulgida, R. soluta, R. cingillus, R. vitrea, R. proximo, R. 

 crenulata, R. punctura, R. costata, Trophon muricata, T. 

 ■rudis, Utriculus obtitsus. Wanted in return, good specimens 

 of "coal ferns" from coal measures, and good and perfect 

 tiilobites; also Grattan's "British Marine Algae," for other 

 British marine shells and polished geological specimens. Write 

 to — A. J. R. Sclater, Bank Street, Teignmouth. 



Cambrian, ordovician, and silurian fossils, and volcanic 

 rocks from S. David's and Cumberland, for exchange. Wanted, 

 triassic, juiassic, and cretaceous fossils. — W. H. Banks, Ridge- 

 bourne, Kington, Herefordshire. 



Wanted, British and foreign shells not in collection. 

 Offered, North American land and freshwater shells. — Thos. 

 W. Reader, 171 Hemingford Road, London, N. 



" Grevillea," vol. ii. Nine odd numbers to exchange for 

 diatoms or other algae.— Rev. H. W. Lett, Aghaderg Glebe, 

 Loughbrickland, co. Down. 



Senecio viscosus, L., from Lanarkshire, offered for good 

 specimens of plants not in herbarium. — E. G. Gibb, 5 Kersland 

 Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow. 



Wanted, Grattan's " Sea-weeds," or other modern work on 

 marine algae, in exchange for micro-slides, bouks, &c. — J. T. 

 Neeve, 68 High Street, Deal. 



Wanted, Triton cancellinus, Fusus turricula, F. mar- 

 moratus, F. tuberculatus , Phos roseatus. Offered, imitations 

 of precious stones, ruby, sapphire, emerald, amethyst, tur- 

 quoise, &c. — W. Jones, jun., 27 Mayton Street, London, N. 



Wanted, good cabinet specimens of malachite, jet, tin ore, 

 rock-crystal, amethyst, bismuth, copper pyrites, felspar, horn- 

 blende. Will give good exchange in Alston Moor minerals. — 

 William Hetherington, Nenthead, Alston, Cumberland. 



Microscope slides, chiefly diatoms, in exchange for other 

 slides ; diatoms preferred. — E. A. Hutton, Broadbottom, 

 Manchester. 



Science-Gossip wanted, bound or in parts, for 1881. Good 

 specimens of minerals and carboniferous fossils in exchange. — 

 P. J. Roberts, 4 Shepherd Street, Bacup. 



What offers in exchange for British birds' skins, mostly 

 summer plumage — stonechats, wheatears, winchats, swallows, 

 pied and yellow wagtails, pipits, tree sparrows, linnets, &c. ? — 

 H. Knights, 14 Beaconsfield Road, Yarmouth. 



Octopus vulgaris, cuttle-fish, sea mouse, sea spiders, tere- 

 bella, sea cucumbers, spawn of the pea and spider crabs, &c, 

 in spirit, in exchange for marine shells, beetles, and British 

 butterflies. — F. W. Alstead, 31 North Street, Jarrow. 



Wanted, Rutley's, Bristow's, or any standard work on 

 mineralogy. Good natural history books, &c, will be given in 

 exchange. — W. J. Weston, Beckley, Sussex. 



Wanted, micro-slides in exchange for vols, of "Chemical 

 News," and "Journals of Chemical Society," in good con- 

 dition, or offers. — Stanley James, Broad Street, Worcester. 



Will exchange a series of fossils from " the great oolite 

 limestone" of Northamptonshire, for a similar series from the 

 same formation in other localities, Minchinhampton preferred. 

 — A. Soydell, 19 Chaucer Road, Acton, W. 



Duplicates, lepidoptera. Ulmatas, fine, and vespertaria, 

 fair; also eggs of guillemot, including fine varieties, and 

 numerous land and freshwater shells. Desiderata numerous. 

 —William Hewett, Howard Street, York. 



Duplicates. — Zonites drafiarnaldi, Clayton-le-Moors' 

 habitat, Helix fusca, H. sericea, Vertigo edentula, Planorbis 

 dilatatus, Limtuea palustris, var. minor, L. truncatula, 

 var. minor. Helix hortensis, var. minor, Paludina contecta. 

 Wanted, Lintnaa involutus, L- peregra, vars. Burnetti, lacus- 

 tris, maritima, lutea, succiniformis, and Succinea oblonga. — 

 R. Wigglesworth, 13 Arthur Street, Clayton-le-Moors, Lanes. 



Wanted, good specimens of Limnea glutinosa. Offered, 

 earth from Loch Kinnord, Aberdeenshire, containing diatoms. 

 — John R. B. Masefield, Rosehill, Cheadle, Staffordshire. 



Wanted, part 7 of Kirby's " European Butterflies and 

 Moths." Will exchange Science-Gossip for April and May, 

 1889, for same. — F. Kemp, 133 Brecknock Road, N.W. 



Helix limbata, vars. serratina and albina, Pomatias ob- 

 scurant, Hyalina olivetorum, from Pau, in exchange for rare 

 English land and freshwater shells. — Rev. J. W. Horsley, 

 Woolwich. 



Wanted, any books on the microscope, and foreign shells, 

 in exchange for British marine shells, and choice microscopic 

 slides of all kinds. — R. Suter, 5 Highweek Road, Tottenham, 

 London. 



Duplicates. — Anodonta anatina, Neritina fluviatilis , By- 

 thinia Leachii, Valvula piscinalis, V. cristata, Planorbis 

 nitidus, P. carinatus, P. corneus, P. contortus, Physa hyp- 

 norum, P. fontinalis, Limnea glutinosa, L. stagnalis, An- 

 cylus lacustris, Succinea putris, S. elegans. Helix cantiana , 

 H. virgata, H. ericetorum, Clausilia rugosa, Hydrobia ulva, 

 H. ventrosa, &c. Desiderata, other shells or natural history 

 specimens. — J. W. Boult, 17 Finsbury Grove, Fountain Road, 

 Hull. 



Offered, Kirby's "Text-Book of Entomology," 1885, 

 almost new. Wanted, good micro-slides, or offers. — J. Lahore, 

 171 Waddell Street, Glasgow. 



Offrred, corals, polyzoa, shells, sponges, Drusy cavities in 

 flint, flint showing sponge structure, for polishing all from the 

 chalk, in exchange for good geological specimens, corals or 

 shells. — W. Gamble, 2 West Street, New brompton, Kent. 



Duplicates of named British diptera. Desiderata, named 

 British micro lepidoptera, hymenoptera, hemiptera, orthoptera, 

 neuroptera.— C. J. Watkins, King's Mill House, Painswick, 

 Gloucestershire. 



Pine microscopical cabinet, well fitted, with room for 504 

 slides, in 21 drawers. Also about 250 slides representing all 

 departments of microscopy. What offers? Send for list of 

 slides to— W. Henshall, The Hollies, Bredbury, near Stock- 

 port. 



Ant-lion larvae and shells of Helix ho'mastoma, Ceylon, in 

 exchange for mounted entomological slides.— Dr. Clements, 

 Frindsbury, Rochester. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"A Catalogue of Maps, Atlases, Books, &c," issued or sold 

 by E. Stanford, Charing Cross.— " The Book-Lover's Leaflet," 

 by Messrs. Pickering and Chatto.— "Our Fancy Pigeons," by 

 Geo. Ure (London: Elliot Stock).— "The Philosophy of 

 Clothing," by W. Mattieu Williams (London : Thomas Laurie). 

 — " Magnetism and Electricity," by J. Spencer (London : 

 Percival & Co.). — "Practical Inorganic Chemistry," by E. J. 

 Cox (London: Percival & Co.).— " Illustrated Handbook of 

 British Dragonflies," by the editor of " Naturalist's Gazette " 

 (Birmingham: Naturalist's Publishing Co.).— "The Effect of 

 Use and Disuse," by W. Piatt Ball (London: Macmillan).— 

 "The Birth and Growth of Worlds," by Professor A. H. Green 

 (London: S.P.C.K.). — "Elementary Treatise on Hydro- 

 dynamics and Sound," by A. B. Basset (Cambridge: Bell, 

 Deighton & Co.).—" London of the Past," by J. A. Ainscough 

 (London: Elliot Stock).— "Natural History of the Animal 

 Kingdom," by W. F. Kirby (London: S.P.C.K.).—" Bulletins 

 of the U.S. Geological Survey," Nos. 54-57 (Washington).— 

 " Annotated List of the Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of 

 Wight," by the Rev. J. E. Kersall.— Wesley's " Natural 

 History and Book Circular." — American Microscopical 

 Journal." — "American Naturalist." — " Canadian Entomolo- 

 gist."— " The Naturalist."— "The Botanical Gazette."— " The 

 Gentleman's Magazine." — "The Midland Naturalist." — 

 " Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes," &c, &c. 



Communications received up to the 14TH ult. from : 

 T. K — I. T. R.— A. B. G.— Dr. G. C. M.— J. W. S.— W. H. 

 — 1. W W.— F. W. M.— H. M.— H. W. P.— E. S.— M. B. M. 

 — T A. L.-L. A. D. M.— E. S. S.-J. H.-A. W. W.— 

 A M.-T. S. S. J.— K. S. S.— P. Q. K.-R. A. P.— W. E. C. 

 _T w.-J. M. M.-J. E. K.— F. G. S.-F. C. F.-W. H. C. 

 — F. M. H.— F. J. W.— J. O. B— R. B.— C. P.., jun.— 

 W A. G.— E. A. H.— H. W.— B. C. R— H. E. G.— W. H.— 

 P. T. R— W. H. B.— A. A.— J. W. B.— F. K.— Capt. L.— 

 Rev. J. W. H.-A. S.-W. J. J., jun.— T. E. S.-J. T. N — 

 W H.-J. R. B.-E. G. G—T. S.-H. W. L.-W. I. W.- 

 v W . A.— J. C. K.— R. W.— S. J.-R. H. M.— R. S.-T. L. 

 A. H. S.-W. W., jun.— E. M. W.— H. C— C. E. S.— 

 w G . C— J. E. R.— G. W. R.— E. W. S.— H. D.— M. M.— 

 M. W.— W. T.— J. H.— &c. &c. 



