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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



EXCHANGES. 



Indian birds' skins in exchange for micro mounts or re- 

 quisites, scorpions, centipedes, &c, in spirit for dissection, &c. 

 Any objects of natural history collec'.ed for exchange. Corre- 

 spondence invited. — R. de H. St. Stephens, A.R.S.M., the 

 Eastern Mysore Gold Company, Limited, Kolar Road, Province 

 of Mysore, Central India. 



Offered. — Acilius sulcatus and larva;, and Limnea stag- 

 nalis. Wanted. — Hydrophilus and Planorbis Cornells, for 

 aquarium. — Thomas D. Sellers, Deepdale, Davenport Park, 

 Stockport. 



Wanted, many species of birds' eggs, particularly clutches 

 with data. Offered, British lepidoptera.— W. K. Mann, Wel- 

 lington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Duplicates, Unio mar gar it if er (L.), from the only Lan- 

 cashire locality, and other good shells. Desiderata, British 

 and foreign land and freshwater shells.— W. Hy. Heathcote, 

 M.C.S., East View, Preston. 



Dragonflies wanted from all parts of the British Isles, 

 fresh and unset preferred. Offered, lepidoptera, A. adippe, 

 A. euplirosyne, A. selenc, A. puphia, G. rhamni, L. sinapis, 

 T. rubi, &c. — W. Harcourt Bath, Birmingham. 



Dragonflies wanted from all parts; of the world. Offered, 

 land and freshwater shells, arachnida, collection of grasses, 

 natural history books, &c. — W. Harcourt Bath, Ladywood, 

 Birmingham. 



Duplicates. — Planorbis glaber, Planorbis nitidus, Coch- 

 licopa tridens, Physa hypnorum, Zonites crystallinus, and 

 others. Wanted, Bulimus montanns, Pisidium roseum, An- 

 cylus lacustris, Physa fontinalis, and others not in collection. 

 — John Clegg, Sandholme Villas, Todmorden. 



Small collection of birds' eggs, some side-blown ; also 

 Kearley's "Wonders and Curiosities of Animal Life," cloth, 

 gilt. What offers in foreign stamps? — H. Langford, 4 Gill 

 Street, Nottingham. 



To Egg Collectors. — Have several rare Riippell's and sooty 

 tern's eggs to exchange for clutches of British birds' eggs ; 

 must be side-blown, one-hole, and full data. — Commander 

 Voung, R.N., Rodwell, Weymouth. 



Wanted, European or foreign coleoptera, in exchange for 

 S. African lepidoptera, coleoptera, or hymenoptera. — R. M. L., 

 c.o. T. D. Butler, Esq., Duke's Road, Rondebosch, near 

 Capetown, S. Africa. 



British mosses, about 120 varieties, in exchange for scien- 

 tific books or apparatus. — G. A. Barker, 1 Northwold Road, 

 Upper Clapton, E. 



Eggs. — Kingfisher, cuckoo, buzzard, nightjar, twite, heron, 

 ring ouzel, dipper, goldfinch, &c, all one-hole, this season's 

 eggs, in exchange for others. — Jas. Ellison, Steeton, Leeds. 



Wanted, eggs of tits, shrikes, hawks, warblers, buntings, 

 plovers, finches, grebes, &c, in exchange for other rare eggs, 

 in sets or separate. — Jas. Ellison, Steeton, Leeds. 



Collins's histological microscope in mahogany case, with a 

 i-inch objective by Beck, all quite new and in splendid con- 

 dition, no further use for it. What offers? — E. Wagstaff, 

 3 Waterworks Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 



Wanted, to exchange British for North or South American 

 plants. I have a large number of species which are not native 

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

 26 Stodman Street, Newark, Notts. 



Birds' eggs, side-blown, wanted, in exchange for lepidoptera. 

 Have elpenor, fuciformis, stellatarum, atropos, convolvuli, 

 ocellata, bucephalus, nupta, dominula, plantaginis, pinastri, 

 ligniperda, ligustri, monacha, aprilina, butes, and others, and 

 many butterflies. — Wheldon, chemist, York. 



Offered.— L. C, 8th ed.: 5, 13, 34, 40, 43, 45, 65, 76c, 94, 

 95. 9 6 > 9 8 > I2I » '49. l6 4. '68, 191, 309, 352, 526, 557, 559, 590, 

 656, 741, 754, 776, 777, 979, 1102, 1104, 1237, 1240, 1361, 1363, 

 138s, 1386, 1389, 1475, 1545, 1592, 1595, 1606, 1609, 1616, 1654, 

 1657b, 1694, 1719, 1724, &c. Many desiderata, especially 

 hieracia. — Miss E. Armitage, Dadnor, Ross, Herefordshire. 



I should like to correspond with some one, in any part of 

 the world, who is forming a collection of British and foreign 

 birds' eggs (side -blown preferred), with a view to exchange 

 specimens. — H. B. Booth, 25 Northfield Place, Manningham, 

 Bradford, Yorkshire. 



Duplicate, Unio margaritifer. Wanted, American unios. 

 — W. Hy. Heathcote, M.C.S., East View, Preston. 



P. dilatatus and arbustoruni, C. tridens, Bui. obsenrus, and 

 others, in exchange for other British land and freshwater or 

 marine specimens. — W. Dean, 50 Canning Street, Stoneyholme, 

 Burnley, Lancashire. 



Exotic butterflies. — Papilio ulysscs, 9, Buddha, cf and 9, 

 Homerus, Morpho adonis, and other rarities, fair condition ; 

 also wings of morphos and urani, as for microscope. Wanted, 

 Papilio ascanus, rf, montrouzieri, &c. — Hudson, Railway 

 Terrace, Cross Lane,- Manchester. 



Wanted, Scotch copper coins and gun money, in exchange 

 for British' copper coins, Aclierontia atropos, &c. — W. P. H., 

 26 Market Place, Newark. 



Offered. — L. C., 8th ed. : Nos. 137, 257, 300, 337, 342, 415, 

 547, 590, 636, 651, 899, 960, 1171, 1367, 1393, 1417, 1521, 154°. 

 1560, 1571, 1582, 1506, 1617, 1620, 1623. Many desiderata. — 

 W. A. Clarke, The Grove, Chippenham, Wilts. ,_ _ 



Oological specimens wanted : conchological specimens will 

 be given in exchange. — Jos. S. Galizia, M.C.S., 64 Piazza. 

 Celsi, Valletta, Malta. 



Wanted, complete back volumes of Science-Gossip and 

 " Journal of Conchology," also scientific books; Maltese land 

 and sea shells given in exchange. — Jos. S. Galizia, M.C.S., 

 64 Piazza Celsi, Valletta, Malta. 



Wanted, examples of the algae, seaweeds of all kinds, 

 growing on the Welsh coast of the Bristol Channel ; foreign 

 algae or other plants in return.— I. Gifford, Parks, Minehead, 

 Somerset. 



Offered.— Thirty-one Nos. Science-Gossip, 1885-6 ; thirty- 

 one Nos. "Naturalist's World," 1884-6 ; twelve Nos. "Prac- 

 tical Naturalist," 1883.— E. J. Dufty, Luxford, Notts. 



What offers for mounted or unmounted sections of various 

 organs of frog (most of them injected); also vegetable sections 

 (fern, bean, &c.)? Wanted. — Frogs and other organisms re- 

 quired for Huxley's biological course ; also micro apparatus. — 

 Richard Ferdinand Tomlins, 82 High Street, Gosport. 



Cyclostoma elcgans, Helix virgata, Bythinia tcntaculata, 

 and several other varieties of land, freshwater and marine 

 shells, in exchange for other varieties. Lists.— F. Stanley, 

 M.C.S., Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Would be glad to correspond with persons interested in the 

 smaller marine life, with a view to exchange the same for that 

 of freshwater, vegetable or animal, microscopic or otherwise, 

 most suitable for mounting, or aquarium purposes. — Jos. I. 

 Newton, 202 Blandford Street West, Ashton-under-Lyne, 

 Lancashire. 



Wanted, specimens of less common British birds (skins or in 

 flesh). Offered, five vols, of Science-Gossip (1865-9), and 

 other natural history books ; also some foreign bird skins. — 

 J. H. K., 18 Church Street, Commercial Street, London, E. 



I should be glad if any reader of Science-Gossip could let 

 me have a few live crayfish (Astacus Jluviatilis). — Chas. A. 

 Whatmore, Much Marcle, Gloster. 



Wanted, a student's microscope. Send particulars to — 

 Chas. A. Whatmore, Much Marcle, Gloster. 



Dana's 'Text-Book of Mineralogy" (4th ed., 1882), for 

 Geikie's large "Geology;" Sir G. Head's "Tour of Many 

 Days in Rome" (3 vols.), and Dalbono's "Roma Antica e 

 Moderna," for botanical literature ; Sir W. Jardine's " Strick- 

 land's Memoirs and Scientific Writings," for geological or 

 zoological literature.— Rich. McCully, Winchester Road, Rom- 

 sey, Hants. 



Maltese, and some foreign land and sea shells in exchange 

 for a good secondhand microscope. — Jos. S. Galizia, M.C.S., 

 64 Piazza Celsi, Valletta, Malta. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Geology for All," by J. L. Lobley (London; Roper and 

 Drowley). — "Flower Gardening for Amateurs," by Lewis 

 Castle (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.).— "Flora of the 

 N. East of Ireland," by Messrs. Stewart & Corry (Cambridge : 

 Macmillan).— " Handy Guide to Norway," by T. B. Wilson, 

 M.A. (2nd ed., London: Stanford).— " Bird's Nesting and 

 Bird Skinning," by Miller Christy (London: T. F. Unwin).— 

 "Speaking Parrots," by Dr. K. Russ, parts 1 and 2 (London: 

 T. F. Unwin).— "Trans. Chichester Nat. Hist. Soc." — "Illus- 

 trated Manual of British Birds," by Howard Saunders, Parts 

 iii. and iv. (London: Gurney & Jackson). — "Trans. Leeds 

 Geological Association."— " Synopsis of the Vertebrate Fossils 

 of the English Chalk," by A. G. Woodward.— "Journal of 

 Trenton Nat. Hist. Soc." — "Westmoreland Note Book and 

 Nat. Hist. Record."— "Proceedings Yorkshire Geol. and Poly- 

 technic Soc."—" Electricity versus Gas," by John Stent 

 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.).— "The Essex Natu- 

 ralist."— " Journal of Microscopy and Nat. Science." — "The 

 Sanitarian" (New York).— " Book Chat."— " Belgravia."— 

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

 Ottawa Naturalist."— "The American Naturalist."— "The 

 Victoria Naturalist." — "The Midland Naturalist." — " The 

 Amateur Photographer."— " Science News" (weekly).— "Proc. 

 Royal Soc. of New South Wales."—" The Botanical Gazette " 

 (Crawfords & Wille, Indiana).— "The Garner."— " Feuilles des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes," &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from : 

 Dr T W. W.— I. G.— J. H.— R. M. L.— W.— H. G.-I. D. S. 

 -Rev. C. J. S. B.-J. L.-W. K. M.-J. R.-W. H. B— 

 W. A -A. R. W.-E. B.-H. J. B.-G. W. B.-W. H. G.- 

 T W T — I D. A. C— F. H. W.— E. W.— G. D. T. R.— 

 r c - C P.— I. A. W.— G. A. B.— A. M.— W. H. G.— A. B. 

 — C. D. H.— J. E. G.-A. L. D.-J. L.— E. B.-R. H. B. N. 

 __ F H A— W. H. L.-W. H. H.— B. T.— W. H. B.— 

 C Y. R. N.— J. C M. C. S.— D. B.-C R.-N. A. L.— J. E. 

 _ G A . G — E. A.— M. E. P.-A. G. H.— F. J. G.— W. P.— 

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

 A' D — H. B. B.— W. P. H.— C. C-Wm. A. C— H.— 

 W H H — S. J. L.— J. F. H.— E. E. L.— R. McC— J. H. K. 

 -T B., iun.-A. H. S.-F. S. T.-J. I. N.-R. T. T.- 

 P. H. M.-J. L. M.-J. H. G.-E. J. D.-G. A. C.-C. A. W., 

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