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HA RD WICKE ' S S CIENCE- G SSI P. 



Wanted quickly, ants, ecitons, &c., from all parts of the 

 world. State desiderata.— Mark L. Sykes, New Lane, Winton, 

 near Manchester. 



Acme lineata and Vertigo pusilla offered for V. angustior, 

 V. Moulhisiana, and L. involida.—W . Hy. Heath cote, 

 M.C.S., Frenchwood Street, Preston. 



Offered, L. C, 8th ed. :— 191, 563, 680, 886, 934, 984, 993, 

 1055, 1410, 1490, 1491, 1494. >590. 1618. Desiderata, 79, 115, 

 137, 138, 147, 221, 297, 300, 330, 339, 354, 355, 373, 621, 634, 

 733. 7Si> 824, 826, 1074. — H. Masterman, a6 Belmont Place, 

 Kelso. 



Dried specimens of the flower Parnassia pahtstris, to be 

 exchanged for a living specimen of the black water-beetle 

 Hydrous pice-US. — B. C. Robinson, Oakamoor, Stoke-on-Trent. 

 Duplicate eggs of kestrel, thrush, mistletoe thrush, black- 

 bird, hedge-sparrow, whitethroat, skylark, yellow bunting, 

 chaffinch, house-sparrow, linnet, rook, magpie, guillemot, 

 oystercatcher, partridge, red grouse. Desiderata : hobby, pere- 

 grine falcon, teal, cormorant, shag, gannet, raven, quail, 

 dotterel, and others.— F. \V. Paple, 62 Waterioo Street, Bolton. 

 Offered, T. testitdinalis, L. divaricata, L. pallidula, T. 

 lorealis, F. gracilis, T. trtmcatus, &c. Wanted, other marine 

 duplicates.— F. Simpson, 51 Loch Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 



Wanted, a coprolite, polished or otherwise, also Productiis 

 Jwrridus and Helix pomaiia. Offered, Limncxa stagnalis, 

 L. peregra. Helix aspersa, H. hortensis, H. arbustorum, 

 H. rupestris, H. nemoralis, H. rufescens. Pupa umbilicata, 

 Clausilia mgosa, &.C.—A. Whitworth, 65 Talbot Street, 

 Southport, Lancashire. 



Vols. viii. and ix. of " The Boy's Own Paper," in monthly 

 parts, in exchange for fossils, natural history books, or offers. 

 — Ernest O. Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



Wanted, Pinguicula vitlgaris, P. alpitia, Primula farinosa, 

 P. Scotica, also American specimens of Spiranilics Romanzo- 

 I'iana, living or dried plants (the former preferred), in exchange 

 ior Pinguicula grandiflora, and other rare and local South of 

 Ireland species. Lists sent.— R. A. Phillips, Ashburton, Cork. 

 Offered, L. C, 8th ed. 1—95, 271, 3661:, 367, 379, 621, 639, 

 6395, 666, 721, 774, 886, 1180, 1203, 1211, 1247, 1339, 1429, 1743, 

 in exchange for others. Wanted, British and foreign specimens 

 of Hyptium Swartzii, hians, and dispalatum, also H. abie- 

 tiniim (Scotch). — H. W. Monington, 167 Broomwood Road, 

 Clapham Common, S.W. 



Offered, P. vivipara, L. iruncatula, Unio tumidus, £>. 

 polymorpha, Sph. rivicola, H. pulchella, arbustorum, erice- 

 iorum, caperata; B. obscurus, C. tridens, also quantity of 

 micro material and slides. Wanted, a few good diatom sHdes, 

 botanical, biological, and shorthand works, bound. — J. C. 

 Blackshaw, 4 Ranelagh Road, Wolverhampton. 



Offered, Jardine's "Nat. Library" (Humming-birds and 

 other vols.) and Wilson's "American Ornithology." Wanted, 

 EUicott's "Commentary on Old Testament."— J. H. K., 

 lA Penn Road, Holloway, N. 



Offered, Clausilia Rolphii, Helix Carthusiana, H. cape- 

 rata major, H. virgata, alba and pitta, Clausilia laminata, 

 albinos, and others. Wanted, other rare and local species, or 

 varieties. — J. H. A. Jenner, 4 East Street, Lewes. 



Wanted, British hymenoptera, fossores, and anthophilae. 

 Micro-slides given in exchange. Write first.— H. Francis, 

 14 York Place, Clifton, Bristol. 



Offered, dredge, with net complete, 23 by 81 inches, 

 ■weighs loi pounds. Wanted, cabinet cork, or what offers? — 

 T. W. Paterson, iS Polwarth Crescent, Edinburgh. 



Wanted, back volumes of Science-Gossip, "Nature," 

 "Mind," Reviews, &c. ; also Darwin's, Spencer's, Huxley's, 

 Lubbock's, Allen's, and other scientific works.— H. Roberts, 

 fco Princess Road, Kilburn, N.W. 



Trans-sections of spine of hedgehog, in exchange for other 

 mounted slides or material.— W. J. W. Stocks, High Street, 

 Uppingham. 



Rare objects for the microscope, British shells, thin sections 

 of corals and sponges, Haldon greensand fossil shells. Wanted, 

 a secondhand silver watch, to give to a boy. Will anyone 

 oblige me with one in exchange for any of the above '1 — Thomas 

 Sclater, Bank Street, Teignmouth, Devon. 



What offers for Cuvier's "Nat. History," 4 vols., 800 

 coloured plates ; Buffon's " Nat. Hist." 9 vols., 300 capper 

 plates, and Buffon's "Nat. Hist, of Birds," 9 vols., 200 copper 

 plates? Wanted, Sowerby's "British Wild Flowers," and 

 works on fungi — John E. Winkworth. 



Eggs. — Duplicates of dipper, 1. redpole, swift, red grouse, 

 g. plover, c. guillemot, razor bill, cormorant, roseate tern, 

 laughing gull, h. gull, and others. Desiderata : stonechat, 

 black grouse, ptarmigan, ducks, or others not in collection. — 

 Jas. Ingleby, Kavestone, near Ripon. 



Offered, insect setting-boards, butterfly net, last three vols, 

 of "Northern Microscopist," and Davis's "Practical Micro- 

 scopy." Wanted, Spry and Shuckard's " Coleoptera," and 

 coleoptera, or fossils. — J. B. Mayor, Grange Avenue, Levens- 

 hulme, Manchester. 



Wanted, clean copies of " Nature " (complete vols.), bound 

 or unbound, vols. 25-39, tioth inclusive, any or all. — A. G. 

 Tansley, 167 Adelaide Koad, London, N.W. 



Offered, fifty foreign stamps, including Cape of Good 

 Hope, Brazil, Finland, Barbados, Jamaica, Turkey, &c., all 



different, in exchange for a few British fossils. — Richard B. 

 Corbishley, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lanes. 



Wanted, a microscope, with or without accessories, in 

 exchange for Argau materials. — A. Cox, 8 Victoria Street, 

 Brighton. 



Wanted, good microscopic slides or fossils, in exchange for 

 vol. i. "Prestwich Geology." — G. Jervis Smith, Ennerdale, 

 Rydal Road, Streatham, S.W. 



Wanted, Harpa tiobilis, Triton amis, Polydonia radiatus, 

 Turri bicingulata, Terebra duplicata, tigrina, Haliotis iris. 

 Pleura babylonica, arcta, one good specimen of each. Offered, 

 a fashionable gold scarf pin. — W. Jones, jun., 27 Maytoa 

 Street, Holloway, N. 



Eggs for exchange : capercaillie, ptarmigan, black grouse, 

 cuckoo, woodcock, owls, buzzards, whimbrels, golden eye, 

 shieldrake, and many others. Wanted, telescope, books, and 

 many other species of eggs. — J. Ellison, Steeton, Keighley. 



Hairs of any of the following in exchange for objects of 

 interest, or twelve varieties for good mounted slide : lion, tiger, 

 leopard, black and white bear, hysena, racoon, jackal, white 

 and blue fox, wolf, sea-calf, red and grey squirrel, and others. 

 — A. Draper, 179 Cemetery Road, Sheffield. 



Student's microscope (good) for exchange. — W. T. Caiman, 

 80 Nethergate, Dundee. 



What offers for biological atlas, by D. M'Alpine? A few 

 black, first red and first impressed penny postage, also some 

 first receipt stamps for exchange. — Walter HoUebon, Newark 

 House, Eastbourne. 



Wanted, to exchange a nice flat box, grooved to hold 

 250 microscope slides, for a double nose-piece or a B eye-piece. 

 — E. B. Fennessy, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"The Rotifera; or, Wheel-Animalcules," by C. T. Hudson, 

 assisted by P. H. Gosse (Supplement), (London : Longmans, 

 Green & Co.}.—" The British Moss Flora," by Dr. R. Braith- 

 waite. — Part XII. "Glimpses of Animal Life," by W. Jones, 

 F.S.A. (London: Elliot Stock).— "On the Production of 

 Secondary Minerals at Shear-Zone, in the Crystalline Rocks of 

 the Malvern Hills," and "The Present State of the Archsan 

 Controversy in Britain." " Lessons in Elementary Physio- « 

 graphic Astronomy," by John Mills. — " Solutions to the Ques- 

 tions set at the May Examinations of the Science and Art 

 Department" (1881-86). — "Building Construction," by Henry 

 J. Webb.— "Animal Physiology," and " Hygiene," by J. H. E. 

 Brock. — "Magnetism and Electricity," by W. Hibbert (Lon- 

 don : Chapman & Hall). — " Electricity in our Homes and 

 Workshops," by Sydney F. Walker (London: Whittaker & 

 Co.).— "Mr. Grant Allen's Botanical Fables," by Rev. J. 

 Gerard, S.J. (London : Catholic Truth Society).—" Mount 

 Vesuvius," by Prof. J. L. Lobley (London : Roper & Drowley). 

 — " Report and Transactions Guernsey Society of Natural 

 Science for 1882-88."— "Toilers in the Sea," by M. C. Cooke 



H. Marshall Ward (London: S.P.C.K.).— "Time and Tide; a 

 Romance of the Moon," by Sir R. S. Ball (London: S.P.C.K.). 

 — " The Story of a Tinder Box," by C. M. Tidy (London : 

 S.P.C.K.).— "Manures and their Uses," by A. B. Griffiths 

 (London : Geo. Bell & Sons). — " On the Creation and Physical 

 Structure of the Earth," by J. F. Harrison (London: Long- 

 mans, Green & Co.)." — " The Optical Magic Lantern 

 Journal." — " Journal of Conchology." — " Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History."—" Insect Life."— " Photographic Quar- 

 terly." — " Eighteenth Annual Report of the Chester Society of 

 Natural Science and Literature."— " Canadian Entomologist." 

 — "Research." — "The Century Magazine." — "The Amateur 

 Photographer."— "The Garner."— "The Naturalist."— " The 

 Botanical Gazette." — " Belgravia." — "The Gentleman's Maga- 

 zine." — "American Monthly Microscopical Journal." — "Wes- 

 ley Naturalist."— " The Midland Naturalist."— " Feuille des 

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

 Microscope." — " Cassell's Technical Educator," &c., &c. 



Communicatiovs received 

 H. W. B.-A. L. C— A. C. D.- 

 B.— H. W. L.— R. G. M.— B. 

 J. S. D.— H. W. L.— F. H. 

 J. W. D. M.— J. W. W.-A. 

 H. P. N.-E. O. M.— J. H. C 

 J. T. C— P. J.— R. S.— W. W 

 — H. E.— G. P.— H. M.— A. P 

 W. H. H.— A. L. C— J. S.— 

 C. C F.— H. W. M.— F. W. S. 

 —J. S.— J. B. P.— J. B.— A. G. 

 R. B. C— W. H. T.— J. I.— E 

 T. S.— W. J. W. S.— H. R.— H 

 — W. H.— J. E. B.— J. H. K 

 A. E. C— A. J. R. S.— S. P. H. 



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