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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



T. G. — Get "Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural 

 History Specimens," edited by J. E. Taylor, published by 

 Messrs. W. H. Allen, price 3J. 6d. 



C. H.— You will find Adams' "British Birds and Their 

 Eggs" useful. The coloured plates are well done, and will 

 help you. Montague Brown's " Manual of Taxidermy " will 

 give you all the as.-istance you require. 



Dr. Forbes (Leith). — Many thanks for the coloured photo- 

 graph of the dodo, and 5 our kind and generous remarks. 



A. W. Harrison.— Consult Sir Robert Balls' " Story of the 

 Heavens," also Skertchley's " Physical History of the Uni- 

 verse." 



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EXCHANGES. 



Aneylus fluviatilis, Planorhis glaber, P. albus, P. spirobis, 

 P. dilatatus, Physa hypnorum, Helix nemoralis, H. hortensii, 

 H. arbustorum, H. aspcrsa, Pupa umbilicata, and A tin Jon 

 cygnca, in exchange for land, freshwater and marine shells, or 

 fossils. — Albert Walton, 44 CanningStreet, Burnley. 



Can any conchologist oblige me with a couple of specimens of 

 Helix obvoluta ? I will send in return twenty species of shells 

 from neighbourhood of Burnley. — Francis C. Long, 8 Cog 

 Lane, Burnley, Lancashire. 



Wanted, foreign shells (not British) in exchange for land, 

 freshwater, and marine shells from the vicinities of Port Eliza- 

 beth and Algoa Bay. Lists exchanged. — John Farnuhar, 

 33 Upper Hill Street, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. 



Will exchange eggs of rook, hooded crow, crow, pheasant, 

 moor hen, partridge, sand martin, landrail, common sandpiper, 

 jay, magpie, redpole, tree sparrow, yellow ammer, garden 

 warbler, chaffinch, greenfinch, wry neck and red-backed shrike, 

 for natural history specimens, star-fish or echini preferred — not 

 necessarily British. — Hugh B. Preston, 54 Lexham Gardens, 

 Kensington, W. 



WiLLexchanee 140 Ceylon bird skins, prepared for mounting, 

 and quantity of ant live larvae, for other natural history objects. 

 — Dr. Clements, 3 Prospect Road, Chatham. 



Duplicates. — P. albus, P. carinatus, P. spirobis, Physa 

 hypnorum, Lint, truncatula, Z. glaber, Z. nitidus, Pupa 

 umbilicata, C. tridens, C. lubrica, &c. — Wanted, Pis, nitidum, 

 Z. excavatus, H. aculeata, H. concinna, Balia pet-versa. — 

 F. C. Long, 8 Cog Lane, Burnley, Lancashire. 



Offered. — Leenwenhoek's Works on the Microscope, 

 2 vols, in 1, date 1800; "Baker on the Microscope Made 

 Easy," 1769; and parts 1 to 20 inclusive of Dr. M. C. Cooke's 

 "Grevillea," in exchange for vols, of Science-Gossip for the 

 years 1872 to 1877 inclusive. — Dr. Webb, 2 Brougham Terrace, 

 We-t Derby Road, Liverpool. 



Wanted, supplement only to "Wood's Index Testaceo- 

 logicus." — C. L. Smout, 8 Trinity Street, Hastings. 



Shells from the north London district in exchange for 

 .9. ovale, S. lacustre, P.fontinale, P. pusillum, P. nitidum, 

 P. roseum, U. margaritifer, U. pictorum, B. Leachii, V. 

 cristata, P. lineatus, P. nitidus, P. nautileus, P. glaber, 

 P. dilatatus, P. hypnorum, L. glutinosa, L. glabra, A. 

 lacustris, V. pellucida, various species of zonites, H. arbus- 

 torum, H. concinna, H. hispida, H. sericea, H. revelata, 

 H. fusca, H. pisana, H. rupestris, H. pulchella, H ' . obvoluta, 



B. montanus, P. ringens, P. umbilicata, P. marginata, 

 various species of vertico, C. Rolphii, C. biplicata, C. tridens, 



C. lubrica, A. acicula, C. minimum, and A. lincata. — J. W. 

 Williams, M.A., D.Sc, 51 Park Village East, London, N.W. 



Wanted, larva of Ocellatus caga and Quercus ligustri ; 

 will give in exchange various lepidoptera, preserved larva, 

 dispar, coleoptera, or No. 1 of Lang's " Butterflies of Europe." 

 List sent.— Walter Copley, 17 Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge. 



Wanted, to exchange plants for herbarium; correspondence 

 invited. — E. C. Angel, 4 Saville Row, Bath. 



Offered, i-plate camera and lens, two double slides, stand 

 and two vulcanite developing dishes. Wanted, micrographic 

 dictionary. — R. Williamson, 137 Ardgowan Street, Glasgow. 



Animal hairs for micro mounting. About twenty different 

 and interesting kinds used in the textile manufactures, in 

 exchange for rare British or foreign birds' eggs or skins. — 

 H. B. Booth, 25 Northfield Place, Manningham, Bradford, 

 Yorkshire. 



Will exchange, in sets or separate, eggs of merlin, ruff, 

 cuckoo, kingfisher, nightjar, &c, for warblers, jays, hawks, 

 landrails, tits, finches, buntings, owls, plovers, crows, and 

 many others. — Jas. Ellison, Steeton, Leeds. 



Offered. — Clutches of kestrel, S. hawk, dipper, stonechat, 

 grasshopper, warbler, chiffchaff, goldcrest, and tomtit, corn 

 and reed buntings, lesser redpoll, bullfinch, rock dove, common 

 sandpiper, oyster-catcher, heron, mute swan, cormorant, kitti- 

 wake, great black-backed and herring gulls (nests with several), 

 eggs of gudlemot, razor-bill, puffin, gannet, manx, sherwater, 

 storm petrel. Please de-cribe clutches offered in exchange for 

 above. — R. J. Ussher, Cappagh, Lismore. 



H. cantiana in exchange for other land and freshwater 

 shells or fossils. — W. Crossley, 15 Barker Street, Cornholme, 

 near Todinorden. 



About fifty species of marine algae, in exchange for rare 

 marine, land and freshwater shells. Also stamp album (back 

 rather damaged), containing about 400, many rare varieties, in 



exchange for marine, land and freshwater shells. — John Jos. 

 Holstead, 19 Millholme Terrace, Upperby Road, Carlisle. 



Offered.— "British Moths" (Duncan), with 30 coloured 

 plates; "English Folk Lore" (Dyer). Wanted. — Bentham's 

 "Illustrations of British Flora." — I. Smith, Monkredding, Kil- 

 winning. 



P. glaber and P. dilatatus in exchange for other British or 

 foreign land, freshwater or marine shells. — W. Dean, M.C.S., 

 50 Canning Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley, Lancashire. 



Shells, coins and fossils in exchange for British or foreign 

 butterflies or moths named and set. — F. Stanley, M.C.S., 

 6 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Wanted, larvae or pupae of any of the larger British or 

 foreign lepidoptera, in exchange for British marine, land or 

 freshwater shells, or English coins. — F. Stanley, 6 Clifton 

 Gardens, Margate. 



Fine specimens of H. nemoralis and H. ericetorum from 

 Portrush, co. Antrim, Ireland, in exchange for good varieties 

 of the same from other localities, or H. pisana, Cantiana 

 cartusiana, Fusca lapicida, C. Rolpliii, L. aricularia, &c. — 

 T. H. Hedworth, Dunston, Gateshead. 



Fifty-four species of British butterflies, including iris, 

 artaxerxes, swallow-tails, frittilaries, vanessas, hairstreaks, 

 blues, and many others— some very rare and valuable, in 

 exchange for British birds' eggs. Send lists with desiderata to 

 — A. Hollis, St. Johns, Antony, Cornwall. 



Over 100 species of well-preserved shells from the Paris 

 basin chalk, in exchange for shells and fossils from the British 

 Isles. Lists exchanged. — Monsieur Bonnet, 9 rue Mazagran, 

 Paris. 



Wanted, June gatherings of Pleurcsigma angulation, 

 estuarii,fasciola,formosum, elongatum, lacustris, Spencerii, 

 Parkeri, curvuhem, &c, in good quantities. Will give in 

 exchange fine deposits, either prepared or raw, Oamaru, 

 Simbirk, Springfield, and others. — J. Tempere, 168 rue 

 d'Antoine, Paris. 



Helix h&mastoma from India, and H. cantiana. What 

 offers? Also some old curios. List sent. — Archibald Hy. 

 McKean, S. Denys, Southampton. 



Wanted, a good gathering of J'olvox globator ; a good 

 exchange will be given in micro slides. — S. L., 15 Horton Lane, 

 Bradford. 



Duplicates, L. C, 8th ed. — 5a, 39, 40, 41, 81, 82, 176, 29r, 

 317. 36°*, 372, 479. 494. 505. 543. 576£. 639, 680, 835, 859, 865, 

 8 73. 9 OI > 9 IO > 94°. 944. 954> 9 6( >, 973. io 43. 127°. 1344. r 346, 

 T 475> '545. i55°> i5 6 3. 1756-— J- A. Wheldon, High Ousegate, 

 York. 



British and foreign birds' skins in exchange for others, or 

 eggs. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 



Duplicates. — Pterostichus picimanw;, Auch. oblongus, , 

 Scistus Jerrugineus, Hydra>na nigrita, Cistila murina, Lep- 

 tura livida, Saprinus maritimas, &c. Desiderata. — Nume- 

 rous species for types. — W. H. Bennett, n George Street, 

 Hastings. 



Wanted, student's microscope. Offered, Matthew Henry's 

 " Commentary," complete, 6 vols, (folio), and other books. — 

 S. E., 4 Padua Road, Penge. 



Wanted, many species of birds' eggs, particularly clutches 

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

 lington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Wanted, books of travels, especially scientific ; also general 

 natural history books. Lepidoptera, eggs, shells, &c., offered 

 in exchange. — W. K. Mann, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" Smithsonian Report" (1885).— The Cathie Gallery" (Wash- 

 ington). — "The Bacon-Shakspere Question," by C. Hopes 

 (London: T. G. Johnson). — "Proceedings Liverpool Geol. 

 Soc." — "Journal Royal Microscopical Soc." — "The Micro- 

 scope." — "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." — 

 " Americ.in Monthly Microscopical Journal." — "The Essex 

 Naturalist." — "The Midland Naturalist." — " Feuilles des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes." — " The American Naturalist." — " Journal 

 of Microscopy and Nat. Science." — " Scientific News "— 

 " Wesley Naturalist." — "Victorian Naturalist." — 'Journal of 

 Conchology." — " Cassell's Technical Educator." — " Life-Lore." 

 — " Research," &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from: 

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

 W. S.— J. R. W. C .— L. S.— W. C— E. C. A— F. C. L.— 

 G. H. W.-J. F.— I. F. H— P. F. G.— R. B. P.— W. G. C— 

 J. S.— I. D. A. C— A. H.— A. W.— C. C.—]. J. H.— 

 I. F. H.— W. M.— R. J. U.— W. D.— J. E.— W. C— W. B. B. 

 — F. N.— R. W.— A. B. G.— A. H.— G. R.— T. H. H.— 

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

 S. L. M.— W. H. B.-E. E.— D. A. W.— G. G. - J. I. R — 

 A. S.— A. H. M. R.— W. W.— J. T. M.— W. K. M.— W. H. B. 

 —J. B. B.— A. P.— G. D— C. H.— C. L. N.— E. 0. R.— 

 W. J. S.— K. P.— D. J.-A. W. H., &c. &c. 



