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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



To CORRESPOXDENTS AND EXCHANGERS. — As ve HOW 



publish Science-Gossip at least a week earlier than hereto- 

 fore, we cannot possibly insert in the following number any 

 communications which reach us later than the 8th of the 

 previous month. 



J. Gregory. — The specimens you enclosed are those of 

 silicified and partially opalized wood. Thin sections would 

 show microscopic structure. 



A. Milne (Carnforth). — Vou had better state definitely what 

 you have to exchange, in the manner of our last page. Send 

 the specimen up, and we will see if it can be named. 



C. Fletcher. — The specimen sent is a fragment of micaceous 

 granite. The glittering, silvery-looking crystals imbedded in it 

 are those of mica. 



W. H. —We cannot undertake to name A ustraliaii zoophytes. 

 We are not aware of any general work which has been pub- 

 lished on them. 



"Querist." — No. i is Alyssiiin calychium ; No. 2, 

 Veronica Bnxhaninii. 



W. M. P. — Many thanks for the sample of DIatomaceous 

 earth from Inverness-shire. 



A. 1j. desires to know the name, price, and publisher of any 

 book on Scottish entomology. 



S. C. L. is desirous of knowing if there is a flora of Cumber- 

 land and Westmoreland, or of the North-western counties of 

 England published. If so, by whom and at what price. Per- 

 haps some of our friends will reply. 



J. L. Mitchell. — All queries to be answered and specimens 

 to be named, should be addressed to the Editor of Science- 

 Gossip, 192, Piccadilly, London. 



GwALi.\. — For information as to how to keep sea-anemones, 

 salt-water, &c., consult "The Aquarium," by J. E. Taylor, 

 published by Hardwicke & Bogue, 192, Piccadilly, London. 

 The best fossiliferous locality, nearest to Caermarthen, is 

 Llandovery, where you get abundance of Silurian fossils. 



Erratum. — In our notice of the Watford Natural History 

 Society's Transactions, for Herefordshire read Hertfordshire. 



C. A. O. — No. 9 of your list of objects sent is a marine 

 sponge, but too small and imperfect to determine which. It 

 appears to be a Grantia. The rest of your objects will be 

 named in due course. 



Dr. W. J. D. — One of the slides has mounted the Water 

 Scorpion {A'ejia ciiiered). Many thanks for the other slides. 

 The one queried will be answered duly. 



W. E. Green. — i. Ptychoinitrimii polypJiyllnin ; 2. Khaco- 

 mitriunt laiuiginosiiiii ; 3. Hypnuin Schrcberi ; 4. Ditrichiiiii 

 flexicaJtle ; 5. Bryitin palletis. 



J. C. D. — I and 3. Miiiwn horntcin ; 2. Hypimin S'cvai-tzii; 

 4. I\I)tium cnspidatiiin. 



A. SoMMERvii.LE. — I. HypHuiH Serpens; z. H. froelonc^utu ; 

 3. Tortida riiralis ; Berkeley's " Handbook of British Mosses," 

 and Leighton's " British Lichens." — R. B. 



EXCHANGES. 



Send three well-moimted Microscopic Slides for a sample 

 tubs of splendid pure, unmi.ved gathering of Diatoms (Gom- 

 phonema), enough for thirty slides. — John L. Mitchell, ^q, 

 Gilmore-place, Edinburgh. 



Wanted, all or part of the back numbers of Science- 

 Gossip, bound or unbour.d. .State lowest price. — John L. 

 Mitchell, 39, Gilmore-place, Edinburgh. 



British Land, Freshwater, and Marine Shells to exchange 

 for others. — W., The Hawthorns, Hawthorn-road, Bootle, 

 Liverpool. 



Wanted to loan, Watson's "Topographical Botany." All 

 expenses paid. — G. C. Druce, Northampton. 



ExcH.\NGE, a few specimens of Gagea lutea for other plants. 

 — (j. C. Druce, Northampton. 



For Hair of .Sea Mouse (unmounted) send object of interest 

 to T. Comlidge, 5, Norfolk-street, Brighton. 



Samples of a new Diatomaceous deposit, from Inverness- 

 shire, exchanged for other deposits, or gatherings of good 

 Diatoms or Polycystina;. — W. M. Paterson, Westfield-terrace, 

 Loftus-in-Cleveland. 



Chatychiuin iniuiimint, C. latninata, Plnnorbis glaber, 

 Zoniies puriis, Z. crystallinus, and Lepidoptera, offered for 

 fine perfect L. aincidariiis, H. piilchclla, IS. pe>-z>ersa, B. 

 acuius, Paiudina vivipara, or good marine species. — F. H. 

 Hedworth, Dunston, Gateshead. 



Dum^ril's " Sciences Naturelles," 2 vols., for good Micro- 

 slides. — F. W. Phillips, Maidenhead-street, Hertford. 



Wanted, Nos. 9, 65, 90, 119, 130, and others, for 131, 195, 

 260, 575, 285^, 873/;, and many rare plants. Lists exchanged. — 

 C. A. O., 76, Trafalgar-road, Old Kent-road, London. 



Wanted, good shells of Acme lineata, H. lamellata. H. 

 rotundata, var. alha, Zoniies e.vcai'aius, var. vitrina, or 

 other good shells, for Vertigo Mottlinsiana, l-^. alpestris, V. 

 ^nsilla, or V. augustior. — j. Whitwham, Cross-lane Marsh, 

 Huddersfield. 



Wanted, Anacharis ahinnstrnm and Valisneria spiralis, 

 or other plants for aquariums, for Silkworms' Eggs. — D. Jones, 

 97, Percy-street, Caermarthen. 



Slides of post-pliocene Foraminifera, &c., in balsam, also 

 '■ Journal of Horticulture " for 1876, for Coal Fossils or polished 

 Sections of Corals, &c. — J. Carpenter, Cheshunt, Herts. 



Carboniferous Microzoon, a recent Foraminifer, mounted, 

 and named in species, for iinmoiinted Fossil Polyzoa and 

 Foraminifera, or recent foraminiferous material or fossil earths. 

 — G. R. v., Hill-top, AttercUffe, .Sheffield. 



For Biipicurnm rotnndifolium, Silcnc coHica,Senesio squa- 

 lidus, Anchitsa senipertnrens, or F>-anlcenia lievis, &c., send 

 stamp and address to W. G. Piper, care of Sutton & Co., Bank- 

 plain, Norwich. 



Wanted to exchange, .some E. Indian Lepidoptera for 

 British local species. — W. S. R., 36, Euston-square, W.C. 



Have about one hundred cases suitable for micro slides and 

 for herbarium specimens ; will exchange for Photo Apparatus, 

 or otherwise. Any one wanting any can have particulars per 

 post. — W. Tylar, 165, Well-street, Hockley, Birmingham. 



BRiTiSH^Coleoptera, S. E. coast, well set, for Books. — R. H., 

 66, Carlton-square, Mile-end, E. 



Branched Hairs from Mullein, Crystals of Strychnine, and 

 other objects to exchange. — Edward Howell, Yeovil. 



Aneroid Barometer, Duple.v Thermometer, self-registering, 

 silent Metronome, and Drum Clock with alarum and horizontal 

 movement, in exchange for Microscope, or Rhumcorf coil, of 

 same value. — J. Liddy, 6, Harman-street, Kingsland, N. 



Wanted, Moore and Brady's "Middle and Upper Lias of 

 South-west of England" (Somersetshire Nat. Hist. Soc Pro- 

 ceed. 1865-66). Fossils or cash offered. — Address, E. W., 21, 

 West Bar-street, Banbury. 



Wanted, Eggs of Birds of India. Can offer British and a 

 few North American eggs. Hindostanee correspondence 

 invited. Send full lists of duplicates to T. W. Dealy, 142, 

 Clarance-street, Sheffield. 



Wanted, good Silurian Trilobites, in exchange for European, 

 American, Australian, Canadian, Brazilian, Indian, Chinese, 

 Hawaiian postage-stamps, also from Natal, Jamaica, Trinidad, 

 and Barbadoes. Only a limited number of the latter six. — 

 Address, M. L., 88, High-street, Bridlington, Yorkshire. 



Wanted to exchange, British Land and Freshwater Mol- 

 lusca for other British and Foreign .Shells. Land shells pre- 

 ferred. — Harry Nelson, 65, Freehold-street, Leeds. 



A Twelve-inch Plate Electrical Machine, with discharges, 

 &c., complete in case, for Microscopical Apparatus. — Apply to 

 A. C. Rogers, 132, High-street, Southampton. 



Good Microscopic Slides offered in exchange for Scientific 

 Books or Instruments, or unmounted material. — R. H. Philips, 

 28, Prospect-street, Hull. 



ExcH.\NGE, a few North-American Bird-skins, three Red 

 Squirrels, and one Flying Squirrel. Desiderata : Eggs of 

 British Sea-birds. — j\lr. John Dearden, Bishop's-buildings, 

 Oldham-road, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Wanted to exchange, Ohio Unionidce, Helicid<e, other 

 Land and Freshwater Shells, for British Land, Freshwater, 

 Ac, .Shells. — J. P. Patterson, Washington, C. H. Fayette & Co., 

 Ohio, U.S. 



Wanted, a Raven's Skin in good condition for mounting ; 

 good exchange in other British Birds' Skins. — C. H. Robinson, 

 Lynnfield House, West Hartlepool. 



For Membrane of Bat send a stamped directed envelope to 

 W. H. (Jomm, Somerton, Somerset. 



Wanted, Moore's " British Ferns and their Allies" : offered 

 in exchange, Stark's " British Mosses," quite new, coloured 

 plates. — Address, F. L. Poulton, 6, Southfield-road, Cotham, 

 Bristol. 



Nos. 40 and 1283, seventh edition London Catalogue, for 

 other flowering plants or mosses. — J. .S. Wesley, Wetherby, 

 Yorkshire. 



Well-mounted slides of Spicules of Corsican Holothnria 

 and Pedicellariie of U raster ^lacialis, for Plenrosigvia fas- 

 ciola, or other Pleurosigmata dry, or Eggs of Lepidoptera for 

 mounting. — T. H. Buffhain, Clarendon-road, Walthamstow. 



BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED. 



" The Complete Peerage, Baronet.age, Knightage, and House 

 of Commons for 1877." London : Hardwicke i^ Bogue. 



" Vis-Inertia;, and Recent Explor.-itions. " V>y W. L. Jordan. 

 F.R.Cr.S. London : Hardwicke & Bogue. 



■' I'he British Bird-Preserver." By Samuel Wood. London : 

 F. Warne & Co. 



" The Argonaut." April. 



"Monthly Microscopical Journal." April. 



"Popular Science Review." April. 



'■ Potter's American Monthly." March. 



"American Naturalist." Alarch. 



"Yorkshire Naturalist." April. 



" Land and Water." 



" Journal of Applied Science." 



" Canadian Entomologist." March. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



