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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO COPcRESPONDENTS. 



All cnramunicatioiis relative to advertisements, post-office 

 orders, and orders for the supijly of this Journal, should be 

 addressed to the Publishkr. All contributions, books, 

 and pamphlets for the Editor should be sent to 192, 

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 butions should not be received later than the 1 5th of each 

 month. No notice whutfirer ran be taken 0/ cnmmimifn- 

 tions which do not contain the name and address of the 

 wtiter,not necessarily for publication, if desired to be with. 

 held. We do not undertalte to answer any queries not 

 specially connected with Natural History, in accordance 

 with our acceptance of that term ; nor can we answer 

 queries which might be solved by the correspondent by an 

 appeal to any elementary book on the subject. We are 

 always prepared to accept queries of a critical nature, and 

 to publish the replies, provided some of our readers, besides 

 the qnerist, are likely to be interested in them. We do not 

 undertake to return rejected manuscripts unless sufficient 

 stamps are enclosed to cover the return postage Neither 

 can we promise to refer to cr return any manuscript after 

 one month from the date of its receipt. All microscopical 

 drawings intended for publication should have annexed 

 thereto the powers employed, or the extent of enlargement, 

 indicated in diameters (thus: x 320 diameters). Communi- 

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 Wherever scientific names or technicalities are employed, it 

 is hoped that the common names will accompany them. 

 Lists or tables are inadmissible under any circumstances. 

 Those of the popular names of British plants and animals 

 are retained and registered for publication when suffi- 

 ciently complete for that purpose, in whatever form may 

 then be decided upon. Auup.ess, No. 192, Pkxadilly, 

 London, W. 



L. H. S.— The late nest of Song Thrush is probably a second 

 liatch. It is not uncommon, especially as the autumn was 

 so fine. 



E. H. S. — Not an uncommon occurrence, especially after a 

 wet season. 



H. F. P. — Ti-idontium (Dicranum) pellucidum. — R. B. 



J. S. W. Durham. — The remains of plants embedded in 

 mica-schist are not fossil, but merelv roots which had pene- 

 trated through the softer portions of the rock and been left 

 there : the same circumstance may frequently be observed in 

 boulder clays. 



Rev. G. Pinder.— Answer next month. 



S. A. Brennav. — The list of white varieties of wild flowers 

 has not been received. 



T. S. — Green variety of Fluor Spar (Fluate of Lime), pro- 

 bably from Alston Moor, Cumberland, where it is common. 

 E. A., Clifton. — CampyJus linearis. 



B. L. T. — 1. Tapes pidJastra. 2. Xassa reticulata, both 

 common British marine shells. 



S. Williams.— The Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthics ocel- 

 latus) , 



J. A. — Mrs. Keating was the lady to whom stamps were 

 sent. She is very likely travelling about. 



R. E. L. — You omitted to inclose the fern whose name was 

 required. 



H. J. —No. 1. Tunicate {Butryllus). No. 2. A lichen 

 {Lecidia), 



H. T. M.— The shells are of the commonest kind, and their 

 names might have been found in any elementnry work on 

 British conchology. No. 1. Lymnea stagnalis ; 2. Planorbis 

 corneas; 3. Planorbis mart^inatus ; 4. Planorbis vortex. 



E. H. S. — No. 1 is the Wedge-rust fungus {ilelampsora). 

 No. 2. Oak-spangles. 



T. E., Bucks. — A common fossil in the Lias formation 

 {Gryphea incurva). Probably from the drift-beds, where it 

 had been re-deposited. 



L. D. — See Lyell's "Antiquity of Man," also Lubbock's 

 " History of Civilisation." 



.1. O., Liverpool. — We shall be happy to assist you as far as 

 possible; but first " try." 



R. N. — Probably " White rust " (Cistupvs candidvs) ; leaf 

 much decayed. 



Pktra. — A good recipe for cleaning skeletons will be found 

 elsewhere in our columns. 



EnwARn B. — Not a seaweed at all. Se3 Sciexck-Gossip 

 or November laat. 



R- S. A., Birkenhead.— 1. Uydrobia silviB. 2. Rissnii. 

 3. Kellia. 4. Nussu 7iifida. 5. Worm-tubes (Spirorbis) on 

 back of seaweed. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notice.— Only one " Exchange'' can be inserted at a time 

 by the same individual. The maximum length (except for 

 correspondents not residing in Great Britain) is three lijies. 

 Only objects of Natural Hi-tory permitted. Notices must be 

 legibly written, in full, as intended to be inserted. 



Wanted. — Some or all of the following ferns, established 

 plants, — need not be large. Adiantiim macro/ihyltum, tone- 

 7-itm (if true), and trnpeziforme ; Asplenium prceniorsum, 

 Iretum, and diniidiatuni ; for which a liberal exchange iu 

 other varieties will be given. List sent to select from. — 

 Address M. M., Post Office, Favershani, Kent. 



Send stamped and addressed envelope for a leaf of the 

 Evergreen Oak. Any object of microscopic interest accept- 

 able.— E. H. S., Norwood Lodge, Streatbam, Surrey. 



Wanted dried specimens of Nos. 5, ", 10, 30, 32, 43, 

 Loud. Cat., for other plants. — Address A. H., Spring Bank, 

 Burnley. 



Stales ok Pktrobius (land variety) and of Manrntomn 

 major (well mounted), for well-mounted microscopic slides. — 

 Rev. W. M. Hutton, Lezaque Vicarage, Ramsey, Isle of 

 Man. 



St.\tobi,asts of Atcvnnella fiingnsn (mounted) in exchange 

 for other good mounted microscopic objects.— John C. Hut- 

 cheson, 8, Linsdowne Crescent, Glasgow. 



P. CoRVDON for other lepidopte-a ; Bombyces preferred. 

 List to W. J. Lovett, Ho'ly Mount, Croydon, 



P01.VGAI.A OXVPTKRA, Pyrola nrenaria, &c., for British 

 Leguminifer<e, Ericacere, or Orchidacere. — J. H. Lewi?, 180, 

 Mill Street, Liverpool. 



ExcHANOE.— For Weevils, Wing-case of Diamord -beetle 

 (unmounted).— Edith Meyrick, Downshire Lodge, Blessing- 

 ton, CO. Wicklow, Ireland. 



Duplkates. Oalathea, t'rticas, Atalanta, Ocellatus, P. 

 Populi, Caga, Subaccipeda, Menthrasti, Sisniperda, Buce- 

 phala, Vinula, Qnercus (all bred); pupce of S. Pc^miH f < r 

 pupre of Carpini : my wants are numerous.— R. Garfit, Mar- 

 ket Square, Alford, Lincolnshire. 



Choice slides of selected Diatomacese in exchange for un- 

 mounted and unprepared insects in perfect condition, and 

 properly preserved in spirit or otherwise. — Address Arthur 

 C. Cole, 6(5, St. Domiiigo Vale, Everton, Liverpool. 



Egos.— Gyr Falcons', Merlins', and Great and Les'er White 

 Herons'. &c., for exchange for other effgs. — Address A. C. A., 

 Post Office, Staines. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine." December. 



"The Zoologist." December, if;;i. 



" Annals of Natural History," for December. 



"Insects at Home"; being a popular account of British 

 inserts, their structure, habits, and transformations, by the 

 Rev. J. G. Wood, M..\., &c. with upwards of 70O figures). 

 London : Longman, Green, & Co. 1S72. 



"Historical Geology," by Ralph Tate, F.G.S., &c. Illus- 

 trated. London : Lockwood & Co. 



" Quarterly German Magazine." November. 



" The American Naturalist." November. 



"Bird Life." December. 



" The Momitain," by Jules Michelet. London : T. Nelson 

 & Sons. 



"Nature, or the Poetry of Earth and Sea," by Madame 

 Michelet. London : T. Nelson & Sons. 



" Beautiful Birds in Far-t flf Lands," by Mary and Elizabeth 

 Kirby. Loudon : T. Nelson & Sons. 



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 — E. A. M. (accepted) .-W. H. L— T. G. B.-G. H. K.— J. D. 

 — H. H.-T. O. W.— Dr. J. C— H. H. H.— A. E.— J. F.— 

 S. A. B.— E. P. F.-F. C.-G. J. B.-A.C.-J. S.W.-E.L.— 

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