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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica." — Wanted, a good copy of 

 Wilson's " Mosses," in exchange for handsome microscope by 

 Mathews, Carey Street. — Dr. Roberts, Brynteg, Menai Bridge. 



P. glaber, L. peregra, and //. arbustorum, in exchange fur 

 land and water shells and fossils. — Albert Walton, 44 Canning 

 Street, Burnley. 



Duplicates. — S. pubis, S. elegans, H. nemoralis, H. hor- 

 tcnsis, H. arbustorum, H. aspersa, H. Cantiana, H. virgata 

 (var.), H. ericetorum, H. rufesccns, H. caperata, H. rotun- 

 data, C. litbrica, C. rugosa, C. minimum, L. stagnalis (var. 

 fragilis), L. trmtcatu'.a, B. tentaculata. Wanted. — //. Cartu- 

 siana, II. concinna. H. revelata, H. obvoluta, H. pygm&a, 

 B. viontanus, P. secale, &c. — Chas. A. Whatmore, Much 

 Marcle, Herefordshire. 



Wanted, Rimmer's "Land and Freshwater Shells," or any 

 other goud book on conchology, in exchange for Lyell's 

 " Students' Elements of Geology." — Chas. A. Whatmore, Much 

 Marcle, Herefordshire. 



For exchange, P. glaber and others for British land, fresh- 

 water and marine shells, or foreign specimens. — W. Dean, 

 50 Canning Street, Stonyholme, Burnley, Lanes. 



Foreign butterflies. Many fine duplicates in Orn., Papilio, 

 Morpho, and other orders ; also wings of brilliant species, such 

 as P. parts, U. rkypheus, M. menelaus, &c, for microscopic 

 work. — Hudson, Railway Terrace, Cross Lane, near Man- 

 chester. 



To Egg Collectors. — I shall be glad to exchange for side- 

 blown, one-hole, authentic eggs of British birds, clutches pre- 

 ferred. — J. B. Young, 2 Elgin Villas, Rodwell, Weymouth. 



What offers in good scientific books, &c, for "Knight's 

 Encyclopaedia, 27 vols., complete, in good condition (cost about 

 ;£io) ; Ward, Lock and Co.'s "Universal Instructor," in 3 vols, 

 (new); Kingsley's " Glaucus ; or, wonders of the Sea-shore" 

 (with coloured plates), new? — H. Patrit, 103 Camden Street, 

 London, N.W. 



Wanted, dragonflies from all parts of the British Isles ; 

 common species acceptable. Natural history books and speci- 

 mens offered in exchange. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, 

 Birmingham. 



Lindsay's " British Lichens," Stark's " Mosses," Gosse's 

 "Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica," Rymer Jones's "Aquarian 

 Naturalist," &c, offered in exchange for good works on 

 natural history, Kentish books, works on coins, or microscopic 

 accessories. — C. A. Grimes, Dover. 



Snail shells. — Wanted, a number of specimens, with or 

 without the animals, of commoner species of Helix, Zonites, 

 Clausilia, Bulimus, &c. Will send box of cover glass in ex- 

 change. — G. H. Pickering, 13 Balfour Road, Highbury, 

 London, N. 



What offers for five gerbilles, full grown, size of small rats ; 

 very hardy ; very little smell ; easily tamed — worth 5^. each at 

 "Zoo' ? — Ernest Robson, Dalton, Huddersfield. 



Would any readers of Science-Gossip kindly assist a 

 teacher in forming a school museum by sending him anything 

 suitable in natural history, &c. ? — T. W. Paterson, West 

 Fountainbridge School, Edinburgh. 



Si'ECiES aud varieties of Sphaerium and Pisidium wanted from 

 any locality ; good exchange given in fossils or other shells. — 

 H. E. Quilter, 4 Cedar Road, Leicester. 



Magnesian limestone, liassic, and other fossils; also land 

 and freshwater shells offered for fossils, &c. — John Hawell, 

 Ingleby Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Wanted, ammonites from any formation. — John Hawell, 

 Ingleby Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Offered: — " Historia Muscorum Dilleni," 1741 ; " Bridel 

 Brideri Bryologia Universa," 2 vols., 1826; "Muscologia 

 Hibernica Spicilegium," by Dawson Turner, 1804; "Acharius 

 Lichenographia," 1810; all well bound, clean, and good as 

 new, with plates complete. Wanted, first-class work on 

 marine algae, and zoophytes. — J. Miles, 26 Sudely Place, Kemp 

 Town, Brighton. 



Wanted, two original Jubilee sixpences ; will give the 

 following micro-slides, Watson's mounts, in exchange, viz : 

 group of diatomaceae, Actinocyclus ralfsii, anchors and plates 

 of synapta, arranged ; foraminifera from Adriatic Sea, trans- 

 pare^ t; and selenite, b'ue and yellow; or would give a Mall- 

 wood's finder, in case. — Mathie, 127 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. 



Offered, "Antiquary," 12 parts for 1880; " Entomologist," 

 36 parts for 1882-4. Wanted, "Geology: Chemical, Physical, 

 and Stratigraphical," by Prestwich (Oxford, 1888). — J. Smith, 

 Monkredding, Kilwinning. 



Wanted, to borrow slides suitable for micro-photography; 

 prints given in exchange. — Edward Goodwin, Canon Court, 

 Wateringbury, Kent. 



Over 1000 species (many very rare) of British and foreign 

 shells offered in exchange for others (recent or fossils) not in 

 collection. Foreign correspondence particularly desired. — Miss 

 Lin er, Arragon Close, Twickenham. 



foi< di-posal, four plants of man orchis and two of large 

 buferfly orchis, latter showing flower buds. — W. H. Lowe, 

 24 Brodie Road, Guildford. 



Wanted, to exchange British for North or South American 

 plants. I have about 700 species which are not native in North 

 America. Printed list sent on receipt of address. — H. Fisher, 

 26 Stodman Street, Newark, Notts. 



Land and freshwater shells (British) in exchange for fossils, 

 dried plants, microscopic slides, or shells not in collection. — 

 W. Cros.-ley, 15 Barker Street, Cornholme, near Todmorden, 

 Vorks. 



Wanted, Macira subtruncata, Capulus Hutigaricus, Plen- 

 rotoma turricula; many others to offer in exchange. — W. J. 

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



Fifty-three is. parts of the " Intellectual Observer" (with 

 coloured plates), 1862-6: also "Gardening" (illustrated), from 

 March 1886 to Dec. 1887, unbound, in exchange for diatom or 

 other micro-slides. — W. E. Harper, Norfolk Road, Maidenhead. 



Low-power microscope with five object glasses (Lennie, 

 Edinburgh), in exchange for British beet'es, or good woik oi> 

 same. — W. Wallace, 28 Watson Street, Aberdeen. 



Marine algae. — Correspondents wanted with a view to ex- 

 change of specimens. — W. Wallace, 28 Watson Street, Aber- 

 deen. 



The Italian Microscopical Society (Acireale, Sicily) is form- 

 ing a library and a cabinet of slides, and will be very much, 

 obliged for anything donated to it. Address — The Italian 

 Microscopical Society, Acireale, Sicily. 



Wanted, skins of wryneck, mar-h and cole tit, shrike, pied 

 flycatcher, rock pipit, redstart (male), whitethroat, garden, 

 reed, marsh, and grasshopper warblers, chifFchaff. Offered, 

 equivalent in odd numbers of Science-Gossip, "Scientific 

 Enquirer," " Nature," and " Naturalist's World." — J. H. K., 

 18 Church Street, Commercial Street, E. 



For exchange, several species of British birds' eggs. List 

 on application. Wanted, Briti-h and foreign land, marine and 

 freshwater shells, named and localised, or fossils. — Ernest A. 

 Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



Wanted, Murex trunculus, L. ; British land and freshwater 

 shells in exchange. — Ernest O. Meyers, Richmond House,. 

 Hounslow, W. 



For exchange, fifteen species of Cypraea, unnamed and un- 

 realised. Wanted, eight species of named and localised British 

 or foreign marine shells not i'> collection, or plants. — Ernest O. 

 Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



Clausilia rugosa (var. tumidula) in exchange for varieties 

 and band-variations of H. nemoralis and hortensis. — Ernest O. 

 Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



Wanted, named foreign shells in exchange for British 

 species or tertiary and chalk fossils. — Fredk. Stanley, M.C.S., 

 6 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Wanted, exchanges in British land, marine and freshwater 

 shells ; have numerous duplicates in each class. Lists ex- 

 changed. — Fredk. Stanley, 6 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Wanted, secondhand photographic enlarging apparatus. 

 State size and particulars. — J. Bates, 20 Lord Street, Burnley. 



P. glaber and others in exchange for other land and fresh- 

 water shells, British or foreign.— J. Bates, 20 Lord Street, 

 Burnley. 



Foraminiferous material, dredged in Belfast Lough, in 

 exchange for mounted foraminifera.— Rev. H. W. Lett, Agha- 

 derg Glebe, Loughbrickland, co. Down. 



Wanted.— Exotic, British, or foreign Lepidoptera ; land and 

 freshwater shells, and gault fossils offered in exchange. — A. H. 

 Shepherd, 70 Brecknock Road, London, N. 



Wanted, specimens of dragonfl es (Odonata) from all parts 

 of the world. Will send in return N. American insects of any 

 order.— Philip P. Calvert, Entomological Section, Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 19th & Race Sts., Phila., Pa. U.S.A. 



Nests and eggs of humming birds, and other rare eggs, in 

 exchange, for clutches of rare British eggs.— W. Wells- Bladen,. 

 Stone, Staffs. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Geology for All," by J. Logan Lobley (London : Roper & 

 Drowley).— " The Microscope."— " Scientific News."— " Book 

 Chat."— "The Amateur Photographer."— " The Garner."— 

 "The Naturalist."— "The Botanical Gazette."— " Journal of 

 the New York Microscopical Society."—" Belgravia."— " The 

 Gentleman's Magazine."— " American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal."— " The Essex Naturali-t."— " The Midland Natu- 

 ralist."—" Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes."— " The American 

 Naturalist." — "Journal of Microscopy and Nat. Science." — 

 " Scientific News."—" Wesley Naturalist," &c, &c. 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from: 

 H. E. H.-J. H.-A. E. P.-A. B.-I. S.-W. J. H.— I. R. W. 

 -G. P.-W. G.— W. J. H.-J. H. C— R. H. L. J.— Dr. B— 

 P H. G.— T. T.— R. H. A— E. T. B.— H. W. P.— J. H.— 

 G. C.-A. C. G. C.-W. J. R.-J. H.-J. B. Y.-J. L. H - 

 W. D.— A. B.-H. F.-H. P.— P. F. G.-T. McG.— C. A. W. 

 —I. B.— J. B.— F. S.-Rev. R. C. C— E. O. M.— J. H. K.— 

 P. B. M.— S. C. H.— W. H. B.— E. M., jun.— H. W. L.— 

 G. P.-W. E. H.— H. F.— W. W.— W. J. J., jun.— W. C— 

 W. H. L.— J. E. L.— H. T.— E. G.— J. S.— W. M.— J. M.— 

 T. H.— T. W. B.— H. E. Q.— E. R.-G. R. G. H. P.— 

 t. A. G.-W. G.-E. G.-G. T. W. N.-F. C. L.— Dr. R.— 

 A. J.-J. J.-R. L. M.-B. H.-E. G.-Dr. A.-W. C.-E. P. 

 -J. B. M.— E. H. V.— P. H. C— W. W. B.— H. G.— A. H S. 

 —A. J. H. C.-G. H. W.-&C. 



