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For leaves of Dentzia scabra, enclose stamped envelope ; 

 others if good material enclosed. — Dr. Martin, New Brompton. 



P. glaber, Bui. obscurus, V. piscinalis, H. arbustorum, in 

 exchange for other British land and freshwater or marine shells. 

 — W. Dean, 50 Canning Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley, Lanes. 



Ammonitbs, belemnites and other cephalopods wanted in 

 exchange for fossils, shells, rocks, minerals, &c. — John Hawell, 

 M.A., Ingleby Greenhow Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Fossils from magnesian limestone, lias, &c, offered in 

 exchange for fossils, shells, &c. — John Hawell, M.A., Ingleby 

 Greenhow Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Helix fusca and numerous other British shells offered in 

 exchange for other shells, fossils, &c. — John Hawell, M.A., 

 Ingleby Greenhow Vicarage, Northallerton. 



I should like to correspond with naturalists in any part of 

 the world, and especially in S. Africa, S. America, and 

 Australia. — \V. M. Roberts, F.Sc.S., Abergynolwyn, R.S.O., 

 Merionethshire, N.W. 



Pritchard's "Infusoria," 1861, Ralfs' '* Desmidias," i84<?, 

 Cooke's " Freshwater Algae," 1882, Gosse's "Tenby," student's 

 microscope, by Watson & Sons, condenser, live cage, &c. 

 Exchange for books with illustrations by Cruikshank, Row- 

 landson, Leech, Aiken, Phiz, sporting books, early editions of 

 Dickens, "Titmar^h," and other popular authors. Lists in- 

 vited. — F. W. N., 72 Victoria Road, Great Yarmouth. 



Will exchange clutches of coot, moor hen, great black- 

 backed, lesser black-backed, herring, and common gulls, kitti- 

 wake, great skua, curlew, lapwing, ringed-plover, snipe, missel 

 thrush, common, Arctic, sooty and Riippell's ferns, mute swan, 

 guillemot, razor bill, ringed guillemot, and puffins, for clutches 

 of other species. — Commander Young, R.N., Rodwell, Wey- 

 mouth. 



Wanted, a bit of fresh stem of Euphorbia splendens ; vege- 

 table preparations offered in exchange. — Walter White, Litcham, 

 Swaffham. 



Some of the best varieties of cerei, phyllocacti (various 

 colours), stapelias, &c, in exchange for shells, cool greenhouse 

 orchids, or offers. — E. R. F., 82 Abbey Street, Faversham. 



Wanted, to exchange plants for herbarium. Lists ex- 

 changed. — E. C. Robinson, 46 Fishergate, Preston, Lanes. 



I shall be glad to exchange land, freshwater, or marine 

 shells, brass rubbings or curios. — Archibald Hy. McBean, 

 S. Denys, Southampton. 



Pitchstone and spherulite from Arran, in exchange for 

 fossils or minerals. — E. Carrick, Sharon Street, Dairy, Ayr- 

 shire, N.B. 



Beautifully preserved sea-urchins (with or without spines), 

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

 insects. — T. W. Paterson, 18 Polwarth Crescent, Edinburgh. 



Will exchange British and foreign marine mollusca for 

 fossils from Norwich, crag or pleistocene deposits. — W. A. 

 Loydell, 20 Stanley Gardens, The Vale, Acton. 



Offered. — "The Naturalist," Hobkirk and Porritts' series, 

 Nos. 1-4, 6-13, 49-84. Wanted. — Land and freshwater shells, 

 or eggs of British birds in clutches. — Chas. Oldham, Ashton- 

 on-Mersey, Manchester. 



For exchange. — Carrion crows, rooks, magpies, black head 

 gulls, kittiwakes, puffins, guillemots, razor bills, jackdaws, 

 willow warblers, hedge warblers, moor hens, partridges, ring 

 doves, whitethroat, one Yorkshire leal, one sparrow hawk, two 

 long-eared owls, &c. ; some of above in clutches if required. 

 Send lists of duplicates and desiderata to — E. G. Potter, 

 19 Price Street, York. 



Duplicates. — Euonymella, psi, caia, grossulariata, salicis, 

 pallens, ova of dispar. Desiderata very numerous. — F. W. 

 Paple, 62 Waterloo Street, Bolton. 



Duplicates, L. C., 8th ed. — 5c, 27, 39, 40, 41, 64, 79, 81, 

 82, 85, 91, 137, 166, 176, 234, var. Floydii, 249, 273, 29r, 317, 

 335. 336, 353. 3$6£, 372, 479. 494. 5°5. 5M^, 5 '4™. 543. 639, 

 680, 692, 774, 799, 808, 812, 859, 863, 865, 901, 910, 940, 944, 

 954, 966, 973, 1043, 1077, 1109, 1126, 1164, 1191, 1192, 1196, 

 1224, 1227, 1230, 1270, 1335, 1344, 1346, 1394, 1421, 1475, 1545, 

 1550, 1561, 1563, 1617.— A. Wheldon, Chemist, York. 



In exchange for six slides I will send forty varieties of animal 

 hair. — Arthur H. Williams, Hythe. 



Wanted, foreign butterflies or moths, either set or in 

 papers ; exchange duplicates of same, or fossils, shells or coins. 

 — F. Stanley, 6 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Wanted. — Z. glaber, H. revelata, obvoluia, P. secale, A. 

 lineata, B. perversa, U. tumulus, P. lineatus, glaber, L. 

 glutinosa, &o, in exchange for other land and freshwater 

 shells. — T. A. Lofthouse, 67 Grange Road, Middlesbro'. 



Wanted, pupae or imagines of British or foreign lepidoptera ; 

 will give shells, &c, in exchange. — T. A. Lofthouse, Grange 

 Road, Middlesbro'. 



Liassic and magnesian limestone fossils offered in exchange 

 for mountain limestone fossils.— John Hawell, M.A., Ingleby 

 Vicarage, Northallerton. 



British and foreign ammonites wanted. Exchange fossils, 

 &c. — John Hawell, M.A., Ingleby Vicarage, Northallerton. 



Will exchange Humboldt's "Travels in South America" 

 (new), published by Bohn, for good copy of Carpenter on the 

 "Microscope and its Revelations." — Francis Lannin, 1 Marl- 

 borough Terrace, Londonderry. 



Will exchange " Nature," bound volumes 23 and 24, or 25 



and 26, in splendid condition, for Davis's "Practical Micro- 

 scopy," in good condition.— J. Hunter, Sea View, Buncranna, 

 co. Donegal. 



Wanted. — Varieties of Helix rotundata. Helix hispida, 

 except subru/a, Limnea palustris, and Pupa ringens. Offered. 

 — Pupa secale, Helix rupestris; and Carychium minimum. — 

 Miss Eyre, Swarraton Rectory, Alresford, Hants. 



I have a number of spare plates (coloured), as issued in my 

 "British Birds," suitable for framing, which I should be glad 

 to exchange for birds' eggs, or insects, British or foreign. — 

 S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park Museum, Huddersfield. 



Wanted, to correspond with collector who could supply 

 Ophiocotna Jiliformis, O. bellis, U. violacea, U. hispida, 

 Echinus lividus, £. neglectus, E. placenta, Brissus lyrifer, 

 &c. — C. Jefferys, Warren Street, Tenby. 



Helix obozmlata, Bulimus montanus, Pupa ringens, Tesla- 

 cella, both species, and Succinea oblonga wanted. State return 

 required.— C. Jefferys, Warren Street, Tenby. 



Lutraria oblonga, Solen pellucidus, Ianthina rotundata, 

 Ovula patula, Solecurtus antiquatus, &c, wanted. State 

 returns required.— C. Jefferys, Warren Street, Tenby. 



Duplicates. — Andrena fasciata, cf, Xomada borealis, Q T 

 &c. Wanted, rare and local aculeate. Hymenoptera. — G. E. 

 Frisby, 6 Church Street, Maidstone. 



Wanted, copy of Tate's "British Mollusks" (coloured 

 plates), and copy of each of the 1875 and 1876 "Botanical 

 Record Club" Reports.— W. Whitwell, 4 Thurleigh Road, 

 Balham, S.W. 



Will exchange "An Arrangement of British Plants," sixth 

 edition, 4 vols, (illustrated), by Withering, for a turntable, or 

 illustrated books on British land and freshwater shells, or 

 offers. — J. B. Beckett, Trinity Place, Friars Lane, Great 

 Yarmouth. 



What offers for a collection of British marine, land and 

 freshwater shells, named and localised? — J. B. Beckett, Trinity 

 Place, Friars Lane, Great Yarmouth. 



Will exchange last year's Science-Gossip (December 

 number missing) for fishing tackle.— Arthur Patterson, Yar- 

 mouth. 



Wanted, a few hymn books, in fair condition, containing 

 psalms and hymns with supplement, or otherwise, prepared for 

 the use of the Baptist denomination. Will give British or 

 foreign shells, fossils or minerals, or polished corals, Devonian 

 specimens. — A. J. K. Sclater, M.C.S., 23 Bank Street, Teign- 

 mouth. 



Wanted, Wood's "Index Testaceologicus," complete. Will 

 give a rare exchange in fossils, minerals, British and foreign 

 shells, polished specimens of the Devonian corals and sponges 

 (tine sorts), sections of corals for mounting (some very rare 

 sorts). — A. J. K. Sclater, M.C.S., 23 Bank Street, Teignmouth. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" Planetary and Stellar Student," by J. E. Gore (London r 

 Roper and Drowley). — " Entomology for Beginners," by Dr. 

 A. S. Packard (New York: Henry Holl & Co.).— "The Geo- 

 logical History of the British Islands," by A. Jukes-Browne 

 (London: Longmans). — "The Asclepiad." — "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." — 

 "American 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." — " The Speak- 

 ing Parrots" (part 5). — "Research," — "British Dogs," by 

 Hugh Dalzell (parts 22 and 23). — "Proceedings Bristol 

 Naturalists' Society." — "Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Soc." 

 — "Proceedings S. London Entomol. and Nat. Hist. Soc." — 

 Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc."— " Third Report, City 

 of London Coll. Sci. Soc," &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the 13TH ult. from : 

 C. P.— A. C. Y.— W. H. M.— B. M. C B.— A. M.— M. C L. 

 —J. N.— W. H. B.— E. M. H.— G. H. B.— L. K.— J. B.— 

 S. K. S.— W. J. S.— G. E. H.— W. L. W. B.— C. H.— 

 K. L. D.— F. W. F.— E. E. L.— L. A.— W. L. W. E.— 

 S. L. M— G. O. D.— F. N.— W. W.— R. W. C— G. E. F.— 

 F. L.— A. J. K. S.— F. H.— H. A. F— P. H. M.— C. J.— 

 J. R. W.— J. S.-C. K.— J. C— J. H.— W. D. S.— E. C. C— 

 R. H. R.— F. B. W.-G. W. R.— W. D. C— S. W. R.— 

 J. T. R.— F. W. A.— D. W. B.-J. I. N.— A. A.— W. H.— 

 W. E. R.— J. W.— S. L. M.— W. O.— C. A. W.— J. H.— 



W. M. R F. E. Z.—W. D.— W. M. W.— J. B. Y.— F. W. H. 



—A. W. S.— H. S.— E. G. P.— F. W. P.— F. W. P.— E. C— 

 A. L.— A. H. M. B.— E. C. R.— W. H. W.— I. A. W.— 

 W. W.— W. A. S— C. O— E. S.— E. R. F.— M. B. B.— 

 F. W. N.— A. G. T.— J. A. H— T. A. L— A. H. W.— A. S. E. 

 — L. F.-F. S.— H. W. B.-J. S.— C. D. B.— J. H.— J. M.— 

 F. L.— T. F. H.— C. P.— H. L.— G. F.— R. S.— J. H.— 

 J. H. W., &c. &c. 



