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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Offeked, Indian pappoose-holder, doll, redstone fipe bowl, 

 tow and arrows, buckskin tobacco-pouch, mocassins, land, 

 freshwater, and marine shells. Wanted, land, freshwater, and 

 marine shells, especially from southern countries. Send lists. — 

 Thomas E. Addy, 54 North Franklin Street, Janesville, Rock 

 Co., Wisconsin, U.S.A. 



Wanted, British ferns and grasses in exchange for flowering 

 plants or books. — J. W. B., 56 Vine Street, Liverpool. 



An herbarium of British plants and mosses for what offers? — 

 J. H. Lewis, F.L.S., 145 Windsor Street, Liverpool. 



A collection of botanical books and others for other books 

 of general interest. — J. H. Lewis, F.L.S., 145 Windsor Street, 

 Liverpool. 



Wanted, a genuine clutch, with full data, of eggs of golden 

 eagle, must be Scotch. — G. T. Phillips, Wokingham, Berks. 



Wanted, Pisidium roseum, Bytkiiiia Leachii, Limnaa glu- 

 tinosa and involuta, Testacella haliotidca, Helix laincllata, 

 ffelix pyg)ii<ra, Helix obvoluta, Bulimus moktanus, Clansilia 

 biplicata, and Acme lineata. Good exchange. — F. R. Fitz- 

 gerald, Clifford House, Harrogate. 



Wanted, vol. i. of Dr. Jeffreys' "British Conchology " and 

 Hartings' " Rambles in Search of Shells." — F. Fitzgerald, Har- 

 rogate. 



Wanted, fossil land and freshwater shells. Good exchange. 

 — Fit7gerald, Harrogate. 



Wanted, eggs of barn and long-eared owls, jay, chough, 

 Dartford warbler, green woodpecker, red grouse ; also nests of 

 British and foreign birds. Good exchange. — Fitzgerald, Harro- 

 gate. 



For exchange: — Coins. — Silver: Elizabeth. Copper: Jas. II., 

 Wm. III. & Mary, Wm. III. Copper: Guernsey (8 doubles 

 and 4 doubles), St. Helena (halfpenny), Nova Scotia (halfpenny), 

 Columbia, Sierra Leone Company li anna). Silver: Hong 

 Kong (10 cents). Copper : Belgium (5 cents and 2 cents), Nor- 

 way : Carolus XIV. (2 shillings), Carolus XV. {2 ores), Oscar 

 (5 skilling). Canton Schwyz (2 rappen). Eggs. — Wild duck, 

 moorhen, plover, red-backed shrike, great tit. — F. R. Arundel, 

 Friends' School, Saffron Walden. 



Nevada diatom deposit, clean, i oz., for four good diatom or 

 foraminifera slides, or for equal quantity of other cleaned diatom 

 deposit. — Hutton, Mottram, Manchester. 



Microscope, in good condition, monocular body, A and C 

 eye-pieces, three objectives forming one, frog plate, animalctila 

 cage, condenser, &c. ; will exchange for J-objective or offers. 

 Wanted, stage micrometer ; will exchange live or dead speci- 

 mens of Hydropkilus piceus (beetle). — W. Turner, 89 Terminus 

 Road, Eastbourne. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip for Feb. 1884, having a coloured 

 plate, in exchange for that of Jan. 1884, with coloured plate, or 

 -one mounted parasite micro slide. — T. S.Morten, 28 Haverstock 

 Hill, L .ndon, N.W. 



Wanted, eighteenth or nineteenth century tokens or coins, 

 or medals ; exchange, fossils from chalk, Thar.et sands, etc. — 

 Fred. Stanley, Margate. 



Has any reader a superannuated rain gauge to dispose of? 

 Required for class illustration, not for actual rain measurement : 

 its being defective for latter purpose will not matter, if perfect 

 enough to illustrate the principle. — Wm. Jacobs, 12 Selwyn 

 Villas, Munster Road, Fulham, S.W. 



Any reader of Science-Gossip possessing a catalogue to one 

 of the £$ $ s - collections of minerals and fossils by the late Mr. 

 T. Tennant (149 Strand), is requested to communicate with — 

 H. J. Torpey, 120 Gower Street, W.C. 



For exchange, scales of roach and black snake of Australia 

 for microscopical purposes. Minerals: sylvanite (telluride of 

 gold), auriferous quartz, Labradonte. Shells : Tapes virgiuea, 

 Cyprtea pantherina, Pentunculus glycimeris. All kinds of 

 natural history objects wanted in exchange ; also books on 

 natural history. — E. O. Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, 

 W. 



Wanted, to exchange a number of good dried specimens of 

 North American plants for continental or other foreign species. 

 Will also exchange with N. American collectors, giving British 

 and Continental in exchange. — A. E. Lomax, 56 Vauxhall 

 Road, Liverpool. 



I .itmenes coarctata, some splendid cells containing live grub 

 of this rare insect, all British. What offers ? — F. Dolamore, 

 Avenue Road, Bournemouth. 



Wanted, live or dead specimens of Vitrina pellucida and 

 varieties ; exchange given in freshwater shells. — W. E. Collinge, 

 Springfield Place, Leeds. 



Liassic and magnesian limestone fossils offered in exchange 

 for mountain limestone fossils. — John Hawell, M.A., In^leby 

 Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Micro Slides.— Pollen of Salvia patens, in glycerine jelly ; 

 Sphcerocrystals of cactus, dry; i liragmidium bulbosum, in 

 C. B. ; and Phragmidittm gracile, in C. B. ; to exchange for 

 other mounts. Mutual approval.— Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., 

 Aghaderg Glebe, Loughbrick'and, co. Down. 



Mosses. — Wanted, to exchange mosses from north of Ireland 

 with former or new correspondents. I have Climacium den- 

 droides in fruit. — Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., Aghaderg Glebe, 

 Loughbrickland, co. Down. 



For exchange, Dilatatus and others for other land and water 

 shells. — Sam. Cluugh, 21 Abingdon Street, Blackpool. 



Wanted, British marine shells in exchange for Vaccaria 

 " 'ggh'i, Dudrcsnaia coccinea, and other rare algae. — Mrs. 

 Hodgson, Chalgrave Vicarage, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. 



First-class lantern slides, 3i X 3i, consisting of photo-mi- 

 crographs of insects (whole and part), insects and vegetable 

 parasites, diatoms, botanical subjects, etc. ; list sent. Wanted, 

 good micro slides, microtome, J-inch or i-inch objective, or 

 offers.— W. D. Stewart, 2 Gilmore Terrace, Edinburgh. 



For exchange, " History of British India," by Edward 

 Thornton,_ 184s, 6 vols., cloth 8vo, in good condition; "The 

 Law relating to India and the East India Company," 1841, 

 cloth 4to., published at £3 3s. Books on natural history taken 

 in exchange. — E. O. Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



A few good slides of spread diatoms in Tolu in exchange for 

 other slides of Diatomaceae — spread preferred. Send list. — 

 E. B. L. Brayley, Rockdeane, Hughenden Road, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



Ammonites, British and foreign, wanted ; exchange in fos- 

 sils, etc.— John Hawell, M. A., Ingleby Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Large collection of foreign shells offered in exchange for 

 British. — Miss Linter, Arragon Close, Twickenham. 



Good collections of minerals, including many fine and rare 

 cabinet specimens; also collections of Echinodern s. Will ex- 

 change for good shelis ; list on application. — Miss Linter, 

 Arragon Close, Twickenham. 



Unio margaritifer {{xom the only known Lancashire locality) 

 and A. cygnca and vars. for specimens of same species, or 

 U. tumidus and U.pictorum from other localities. — R. Standen, 

 Swinton, near Manchester. 



Wanted, tropical marine mollusca. Offered, "Popular 

 Conchology," by Agnes Catlow, 1843, describing families and 

 genera, with 312 woodcuts ; also " Common Objects of the Sea 

 Shore,'' by Rev. J. G. Wood ; "Geology for the Million," by 

 M. Plues ; and "Insect Transformations," part 2, 1810. — W. J. 

 Jones, jun., 27 Mayton Street, Holloway, London, N. 



Well-mounted slides of Foraminifera, Echinodermata, Po- 

 lyzoa, Diatomacese, fish scales, crystals, and spicula, in ex- 

 change for other well-mounted slides ; lists exchanged. — W. M. 

 Ranson, The Cottage, Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool. 



British and foreign specimens of marine and land shells 

 offered for others not in collection. — J. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, 

 Sunderland. 



Harting's " Rambles in Search of Land and Freshwater 

 Shells," coloured plates, and "Reign of Law" (Argyll), for 

 continental Anodons or Unios, or good figures or tracings of 

 same. — George Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



Engravings of varieties of Anodons and Unios for specimens 

 of shells of various forms of British or continental anodons or 

 Unios. — George Roberts, Lofthouse, Wakefield. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Bees and Bee-keeping," vol. ii., by Frank R. Cheshire 

 (London : Upcott Gill). — " Living Lights," by Charles F. Holder 

 (London : Sampson Low & Co.). — " The Creator and Creation," 

 by W. H. Dallinger (London: T. Woolmer). — "The Micro- 

 scope," translated from the German of Professor Carl Naegeli 

 and Professor S. Schwendener (London: Swan Sonnenschein, 

 Lowrey, & Co.). — " Elements of Mineralogy," by F. Rutley 

 (London: Thomas Murby).— "The Young Collector Series: 

 Ants, Bees, Dragonflies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies," by 

 W. H. Bath (London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co.). — 

 "The Photographer's Indispensable Handbook," by Henry 

 Sturrhey (London: Iliffe & SonK — "An Elementary Treatise 

 on Light!and Heat," by Rev. F. Wilkins Aveling, M.A., B.Sc. 

 (London: Relfe Bros.). — " Elementary Microscopical Manipu- 

 lation," by T. Charters White (London : Roper & Drowley). — 

 "Proceedings Folkestone Nat. Hist. Soc." — "Geology of 

 Portland Promontory, W. Victoria," by G. S. Griffiths. — 

 "Ottawa Naturalist" — "Journal of Conchology." — "The 

 Microscope." — "The Naturalist's Monthly." — "Annals of 

 Botany," No. 2. — "Journal Quekett Micro. Club," Dec. — 

 " Feuille des Jeunes NatiTalistes." — "Essex Naturalist" — 

 "American Monthly Microscopic Journal." — "Journal of 

 Microscopy" — "Century." — "Gentleman's Mag." — " Bel- 

 gravia." — "Midland Naturalist." — "Wesley Naturalist." — 

 "American Naturalist." — "Victoria Naturalist." — " Garner." 

 — " Amateur Photographer." — " British Dogs," No. 13.—" The 

 Naturalist." — &C, &c, &c. 



Communications received up to the 8th ult. from : 

 J. S.— F. M.— C. P.— H. D. G.— C. P.— Rev. H. W. L.— 

 A. G. T.— F. R. A.— H.— F. R. F— J.— W. B.— C. W. D.— 

 J. E.— P. J— T. D. A. C— R. G. W.— L. N.— G. A. P. C— 

 J. J. M. I. -A. G. T.— J. H. L.— J. E.— W. H. W.-F. S.— 

 X. H.— W. J.— R. P.— F. C. G.— H. J. T.— E. C. M.— 

 A. H. A.— J. B.— W. T.— E. A. H.— A. R.-T. S. M.— 

 A. E. L.— W. A. C— H. H.— E. O. M.— B. T.— Dr. S.— G. R. 

 —P. F. G.—J. T. T. R.-W. M. R.— G. E. E., jun.— T. W.— 

 W. J. J., jun.— T. W. C. -R. S.— L.— J. H.— W. E. C— 

 E. B. L. B.-E. C. M.— E. C— T. S.— W. D. S— T. C— E. S. 

 — C. P. L.— J. B. B.— S. C— F. E.— J. E. F.-Rev. J. E. W. 

 —J. C.-C— A. T— H. P. S.— J. E.-B. T.— C. L. L.— 

 R. D. P.-T. H. -A. R I. W.-&C 



