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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



bae;o Coronopus, L.; No. 16. Polygonum (Could you send another 

 specimen of this species ?) ; No. 17. Glycerin Jlnitans, Sm. 

 Campanula patula alba, is far from common anywhere. 

 Plumbago laciest r is (Yes). 



J. A. (Coventry). — Hooker and Arnott's " Flora" is superseded 

 by Hooker's " Student's Flora " ; by all means secure this. 



R. A. B. (Glasgow). — Your specimens are : — No. 1. Equisrtum 

 Telmateia ; No. 2. Hieracium alpinum, L. ; No. 3. Briza 

 media, L. ; No. 4. F oa alpina ; No. 5. Festuca ovina (?) ; No. 4 

 was a curious viviparous specimen. 



J. Finnemore (Truro). — Smith's "Synopsis of the British 

 Diatomacese" is now a very scarce book. We received a 

 catalogue from a Berlin bookseller who has a copy ; the price is 

 92 marks, and Mr. Finnemore should make immediate applica- 

 tion. This is the only complete work on the subject, but as it 

 has been published nearly twenty-five years, the number of 

 species have since been trebled. O'Meara's " Irish Diatoms," 

 the first part of which was published above three years since, is 

 useful ; a copy may perhaps be obtained of the author, the Rev. 

 E. O'Meara, Newcastle Rectory, Hazlehatch, Dublin. All 

 other information is scattered through the " Transactions" of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society, Quekett Club, Linnean So- 

 ciety, "Annals of Natural History," "Quarterly Journal of 

 Microscopical Science," &c. The address of the German book- 

 seller is K. Friedlander & Sohn, 11 Carlstrasse, Berlin, N.W. 



J. A. Kay. — It is impossible to name your species of diatom 

 from your rough sketch, and absence of description as to mark- 

 ings, size, habitat, &c. There are about fifty species of Navicula, 

 of which it is one. 



The Botanical Exchange Club. — To save personal appli- 

 cations and inquiries, we beg to state that the parcels of return 

 plants are being rapidly made up, and all subscribers who have 

 not received them will receive them in a few days. 



J. H. M. — Your specimen is a Sisymbrium ; we should not 

 like to speak positively as to species, though it may prove to be 

 3". Irio. 



W. R. Wells. — It is a somewhat thankless task to have to 

 name an entomological specimen from a worn wing. But your 

 moth appears to be BryopJiila glamiifera, a rather uncommon 

 species. 



EXCHANGES. 



For half-ounce sand containing foraminifera (fossil) send good 

 foraminiferous or diatomaceous material, or two stamps, to Geo. 

 Clinch, Hayes, Kent. 



Wanted, European Anodons and Unios in exchange for fine 

 eocene fossils (British) or for N. American L. & F. W. shells, 

 including many species of Anodou and Unio. — G. Sherriff Tye, 

 62 Villa Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. 



Offered Colias ednsa and other lepidoptera or birds' eggs 

 for specimens of Lcucophasia sinapis. — Herbert Ellis Norris, 

 St. Ives, Hunts. 



In exchange for books or natural history objects, the fine cast 

 of a saurian from Lyme Regis, size 12 X 28. The matrix is the 

 colour of lias shale and the bones coloured in imitation of the 

 original, which is in Jermyn Street Museum. —Address T. C. 

 Maggs, Yeovil. 



Wanted, any of the following in exchange for twenty-eight 

 parts of Sowerby's "English Botany"; Rossmassler's "Icono- 

 graphy," 3 vols., coloured plates; Jeffrey's "British Concho- 

 I°gy»" 5 vols., coloured plates ; or an equal number of parts of 

 the "Journal de Conchyliologie." — J. D. Butterell, 26 Coltman 

 Street, Hull. 



Ichthyology. — Any reader of Science-Gossip requiring any 

 specimens (in spirits) for anatomy and other purposes who will 

 write to me with a view to exchange can obtain a number of 

 species according to the time of the year. Address, first instance, 

 Alpha, care of A. Reynolds, 58 New North Road, London, N. 



Prepared slides of fossil wood from South Wales coal mea- 

 sures in exchange for other objects of interest. — W. H. Harris, 

 44 Partridge Road, Cardiff. 



Polyzoa. fossil or recent, for exchange. — C. F. Ogilvie, Size- 

 well House, Leiston, Suffolk. 



Nine good slides for polariser offered for Science-Gossip for 

 1870, unbound. Have a very large quantity of foraminiferous 

 sand from sponge, and will send on receipt of stamped and 

 addressed envelope, W. Wise, Broad Street, Launceston. 



Will give well-mounted slides in exchange for good \ or J 

 objective. Send description of objective, and I will send list of 

 slides. — J. Horn, 5 Belle Vue Square, Scarborough. 



Wanted, " Monograph of British Graphides," by Rev. W. A. 

 Leighton, B.A., or, Mudd's "Manual of British Lichens," 1861. 

 Microscopic slides of lichen spores, &c. or other books in 

 exchange. — Rev. W. Johnson, 19 Union Lane, Gateshead-on- 

 Tyne. 



Science-Gossip, 1873 (in fair condition, unbound), in exchange 

 for fossils ; or what offers ?— W. H. B., i Percival Street, Long- 

 sight, Manchester. 



American, African, Bermuda, European, British eggs, side- 

 blown, authenticated, many rarities : Eleonora falcon, Rufus 

 swallow, rock-thrush, Tardus cyancus, Alpine chough, Ciuereus 

 vulture, Lesser cormorants, imperial eagle, &c, in exchange for 

 others. — Sissons, Sharrow, Sheffield. 



Slides of butterfly scales, garden white, small and large heath 

 and common blue, for other slides. — W. R. W., 20 London Road, 

 Carlisle. 



British birds' eggs, side-blown, picked, labelled j well-marked 

 specimens. List free. Also complete collection of British 

 coleoptera, male and female specimen of every known British 

 variety ; 8000 specimens, artistically mounted on cardboard, 

 without pins (new style) ; correctly named. Particulars sent. 

 Exchange arranged by letter. Foreign correspondence solicited. 

 — Henry Sissons, Westbourne Road, Sheffield. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip for 1873, bound or loose. Must 

 be in good condition. Will give well-mounted micro slides or 

 cash. — F. Kellow, 94 Long Acre, W. C., London. 



Offered, Scottish fossils and American lepidoptera. Wanted, 

 fossils, brachiopoda, or fish-remains preferred. — T. Stock, 16 

 Colville Place, Edinburgh. 



Well-mounted slides for exchange, including good foramini- 

 fera, animal hairs, &c. — J. Ford, Wood View, New Bridge 

 Crescent, Wolverhampton. 



For section of clematis, send well-mounted slide to Thomas 

 Shipton, The Terrace, Chesterfield. 



Side-blown eggs for exchange (mute swan, carrion crow, 

 magpie, sedge warbler, pied wagtail, and others). — James 

 Ingleby, Eavestone, near Kipon. 



In duplicate, about 100 different species of the British land 

 and fresh-water shells, including well-authenticated examples of 

 Vertigo miuutissima, V. alpestris, V. pusilla, V. substriata, 

 F.angustior, Limnrr.a involuta, Succinca oblonga. Desiderata ; 

 Good _ foreign land shells, Helices, Bulimi, Achatina, &c. ; also 

 Pisidium roscum, P. obtusale, L. Burnetii, Pupa ringens. — 

 W. Sutton, Upper Claremont, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Science-Gossip from January 1874 to December 1878, inclusive 

 (three numbers missing); also "Nature" for 1876 (one part 

 missing) ; both unbound, in good order. For objects, &c, or a 

 parrot, or anything useful. Please send offers. — J. J. Macintosh, 

 47 Aylmer Street, Montreal, Canada. 



I have about a dozen splendid exotic butterflies, also many 

 other natural history specimens, for disposal or exchange. Send 

 for list. — "Science," 165 White Ladies Road, Bristol. 



Ianthina communis (small), in exchange for Isocardia Cor, 

 Cytherea chione, ScalariaTurtonis, or other rare marine slides. 

 — J. W. D. Keogh, 25 Camperdown Place, Great Yarmouth. 



Offered, infusoria, entomostraceans, crustaceans, isopod 

 crustaceans, rotifers, sponges in spirit, fresh-water polypes, 

 scales of young crocodile, sea-urchins, and spines and pedicel- 

 laria; of sea-urchin and starfish, for specimens of small verte- 

 brate animals or bones of such. — Leo. 144 Finborough Road, 

 Earl's Court, S.W., London. 



North of Ireland beach and estuarine clay floatings and 

 chalk flint powder, each rich in foraminifera, for good geological 

 or microscopic objects. — Wm. Gray, Mount Charles, Belfast. 



Slides ofdiatoms, hoofs, horns of animals, &c, well-mounted, 

 for other well-mounted objects. — H. B. Thomas, 34 Montpelier 

 Street, Montpelier Square, S.W., London. 



Quantity of first-class micro slides of general interest well- 

 mounted, and large assortment of unmounted material. Wanted 

 magic lantern, 3£-inch condenser and slides ; photo apparatus, 

 &c. All letters answered. — T. M'Gann, Burren, county Clare. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Ramsay's Physical Geology and Geography of Great 

 Britain." Fifth edition. London : E. Stanford, Charing Cross. 



" Flowers and their Unbidden Guests." By Professor Kirner. 

 Translated by Dr. Ogle. London : Kegan Paul & Co. 



"Wild Sports and Natural History in the Highlands." By 

 C. St. John. London : John Murray. 



" Six Months in Ascension." By Mrs. Gill. London : John 

 Murray. 



" South-Western Pennsylvania in Song and Story." By Frank 

 Cowan, Greensbury, Pa. 



" Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. 

 Vol. iii. part iii. 



" Science pour Tous." 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." 



"Canadian Entomologist." 



"American Naturalist." 



"Midland Naturalist." 



"Land and Water." 



" Chambers's Journal." ' 



&c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to ioth ult. from : — 

 T. S.— R. D.— W. G. S.-H. L.— J. H.— G. H.— E. S.— R. M. 

 — E. C— Dr. G. H. H.— L. C— Dr. A. G. S. T.— S. M— Dr. 

 A. M. McA.— J. B. E.— S. B.— J. G.— S. G.— A. S.— H. B.— 

 A. H. S. W.— R. G.— Dr. H. F. P.— Professor B.— J. A. S.— 



C. E. R.— W. H. H.— E. M.— V. C— F. C.— E. H. R.— J. D 



W. J.— A. W.— H. E. W.— J. D. B.— F. C. M.— J. W. B.— 

 H. E. N.— J. A. W.— G. C— B. L. M.— M. L.— A. C. C— 

 H. D. B.— J. R. N.— R. W. W.— T. R. J.— H. S.— J. M.W.— 

 T. S. —J. F.— F. T. F.— W. H. B.-W. R. W.— F. C K.— 

 T. S.— W. S.— F. H. A.— J. I.— J. J. M.— E. T. S.— J. W. D. K. 

 — W. G.— R. S. P.— J. F. R— J. C— H. B. T.— W. R. W.— 

 J. W. S.— T. McG.— E. F. C— &c. 



