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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



J. R. N. — Your little fish is the black goby {Gobius nigcr). 



J. A. Wheldon. — Stark's " History of British Mosses," 

 price js. 6d., published by Routledge ; and Cooke's "British 

 Fungi," price 6s., published by Hardwicke & Bogue, 192 Picca- 

 dilly. 



Any Cheltenham coleopterist who would be willing to assist 

 a beginner in naming some specimens is requested to forward 

 his name and address to the Editor. 



Perca. — Mr. Frank Buckland's "British Fishes," published 

 by the Society for the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge, is a 

 good introduction to the fishes of the British Islands. The 

 volume on Fishes, published in Jardine's " Naturalists' Library" 

 (Hardwicke & Bogue), is another good volume. 



S. B. A. — Both jellyfish and sea-anemones may be preserved 

 in a solution of picric acid. 



W. G. Pearce. — There is a microscopical society at Bath, 

 and if there is not already a natural history society there, it is 

 not for lack of workers and others interested in the study. We 

 should think it would require little effort to found a society 

 there. 



R. H. W.— You will find full instructions for making artificial 

 sea-water, &c. in Taylor's "Aquarium : its History, Structure, 

 and Management," published at 6s. by Hardwicke & Bogue. 



T. S. P. — The fossils are : — 1. Head of Phacops, a silurian 

 trilobite ; 2. Portion of a cystidean, a peculiar form of sea-lily 

 or encrinite ; 3. Atrypa reticularis. 



J. A. Kay. — In the answer to your question last month the 

 words, " having the outline of your sketch," should have followed 

 after the words, " more than fifty species of Navicula." There 

 are more than one thousand species of Navicula known alto- 

 gether. 



J. Finnemore. — Mr. G. M. Gowan, of 2oBeauchamp Square, 

 Leamington, writes as follows : — " I see by Science-Gossip for 

 January that Mr. Finnemore (of Truro) wishes for Smith's 

 ' Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae.' I have a copy of it, two 

 volumes, in boards, one or two plates, loose, but quite complete. 

 I am willing to part with it, should it be worth Mr. F.'s while to 

 offer a fair price for so rare a work." 



EXCHANGES. 



First-class human physiological and pathological microscopic 

 slides, mounted by Hunter, in exchange for good British lepi- 

 doptera. — E. H. Jones, Rosslyn House, The Park, Ealing. 



Acme lineata, Vertigo substriata, Helix lamellata, H. 

 aculeata, H. pygmcra, H.fusca, for any I'ertigo Moulitisiana, 

 Testacella ka/iotidea, or Geomalar.us maciilosics, or any other 

 good shells. — J. Whitwham, Cross Lane Marsh, Huddersfield. 



Anatomical sections wanted for well-mounted slides. — F. \V. 

 Edwards, 32 Hunslet Lane, Leeds. 



Foraminiferous sand from Barmouth, containing mvMy rare 

 forms, in exchange for slides, material, or minerals.— J., W. 

 Cotton, F.G.S., Barmouth. 



Will forward to anyone interested a copy of my new private 

 exchange list for skins and eggs, compiled to facilitate exchanges 

 and other useful purposes. — "Author," n Priory Road, Sheffield. 



Will give a collection of shells for any volume of Science- 

 Gossip ; want all years since commencement. Also want 

 Turton's "Land and Fresh-water Shells." — Musson, 68 Gold- 

 smith Street, Nottingham. 



In duplicate about 100 different species of the British land 

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

 I'ertigo minutissima, V. alpestris, V. pusilla, V. substriata, 

 V. a?igustior, L. involuta, L. Bur net ti, Succinea oblonga. 

 Desiderata : good (named) foreign land shells, or numerous 

 species of British birds' eggs, many by no means rare. — W. 

 Sutton, Upper Claremont, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Crystals of salicine or potassic chlorate, in exchange for other 

 well-mounted slides. — Thomas Shipton, The Terrace, Chester- 

 field. 



Wanted, a good 5-inch object-glass. Offered geological, 

 physiological, and other slides, many su'table for polariscope. — 

 M. Fowler, Burn Row, Slamannan, N.B. 



Offered, Nos. 3, 38, 116, 173, 192, 206, 217, 355, 358, 384, 

 515, 548, 557, 667, 709, nog, 1607, 1614, 1626, for other species. — 

 D. J. Powrie, 3 Greenbank Street, Galashiels, N.B. 



H. pygh^a, C. minimum, A . tridens, and many other species 

 from North Wales, offered for good specimens of Zonites cella- 

 rius, nitidulus, nitidus, glaber, altiarius, or excavattts. — George 

 Taylor, Mold, North Wales. 



Science-Gossip, 1874, 1875, bound; having duplicates of 

 these, will exchange for other books, pocket microscope, or 

 natural history objects. — 3 Belmont Villas, New Brompton, 

 Kent. 



British coleoptera, complete collection, male and female 

 specimens of nearly every British species ; 8000 specimens, 

 mounted on cardboard, without pins (new style) ; correctly named. 

 Particulars sent. Also collection of British birds' eggs, side- 

 blown, labelled ; well-marked specimens, 100 varieties. Also 

 South African and American collections. Wanted, any foreign 

 eggs. Send list. — Henry Sissons, Westbourne Road, Sheffield. 



Rare European, British, and African eggs and skins. Fuji 

 lists upon application. Wanted eggs and skins in exchange.— 

 Sissons, Sharrow, Sheffield. 



Wanted, specimens of Ophiocoma and Coryne pusilla ; ex- 

 change. — 3 Belmont Villas, New Brompton, Kent. 



Foraminifera from several localities, also zoophytes and 

 mosses named and localised, well-mounted in balsam or damar ; 

 plant hairs, &c, for other slides or unmounted sections, &c, or 

 offers in shells, &c. — Mrs. Skilton, London Road, Brentford. 



Wanted, unmounted animal parasites, fleas, and ixodes, those 

 from exotic animals preferred. — W. A. Hyslop, 22 Palmerston 

 Place, Edinburgh. 



In exchange for good fronds of Fenestella from Silurian, 

 Devonian, or Permian ; offer carboniferous or Bala fossils. — 

 G. W. Shrubsole, Chester. 



Offered, American lepidoptera. Wanted, pupas of silk- 

 worm, death's-head, swallow-tail, emperor ; eggs of Bombyx 

 Zamanii and Cintliya.—T. Stock, 16 Colville Place, Edinburgh. 



Well-mounted slides in exchange for good diatoms, mounted 

 or unmounted. — Jas. Blackshaw, 78 Lozells Road, Birmingham. 



Wanted, a good second-hand copy of Gosse's " Marine 

 Zoology of the British Isles," in exchange for other works on 

 natural history, or for cash.— G. N. W., 10 Edinburgh Place, 

 Weston-super-Mare. 



Unio tumidus, U. pictorum, Anodonta cygnea, A. anatina, 

 Valvata cristata, L. peregra, var. maritima, L. auricularia, 

 var. acuta, L. glutinosa, A. Grayana, L. agrestis, L. mar- 

 ginatus, H. pomatia, H. hispida, var. alba, H. hispida, var. 

 subru/a, A. acicula, C. myosotis, and many other British 

 species, for a copy of Rye's " British Beetles," or foreign shells. 

 — Address E. R. F., 82 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 



A fine series of trilobites (including the new Silurian forms, 

 in exchange for microscopic rock sections. — Dr. Callaway, 

 Wellington, Salop. 



I have several slides of interest to exchange for well-mounted 

 objects. Lists if required. — T. Comlidge, 5 Norfolk Street, 

 Brighton. 



Unmounted micro material in greatvariety, including highly 

 interesting and beautiful marine objects, such as Foraminifera, 

 zoophytes, sertularians, Echinideae, Crustaceae, Holothuria 

 plates, diatoms, and in situ on Algae in splendid condition ; fruited 

 Algae, named, some prepared for balsam ; marine Entomostraceae 

 and larva, &c. ; and some very good slides of same. Wanted, 

 first class micro and lantern slides. Particulars on receipt of 

 stamped address. — T. McGann, Burren, Ireland. 



A good 24-inch four-draw telescope in exchange. Wanted, 

 good slides, Slack's " Marvels of Pond Life," or other books on 

 microscopic subjects. — S. C. Hincks, Runfold, Farnham, Surrey. 



Wanted, transparent unmounted material in exchange for 

 others, or Chinese natural curiosities, including insect archi- 

 tecture. — Tylar, 165 Well Street, Birmingham. 



Coleoptera. — Necrobia rnjicollis, IHmarcha coriaria, 

 Agelastica hyalensis, Donacia sericea, Coccinella i^-punc- 

 tata, &c. for other species. Desiderata numerous. — Address, 

 J. Wilcock, 85 Northgate, Wakefield. 



L. C. 7th ed. Nos. 291, 334, 353, 556, 710, 841b, gir, 858, 

 958, 1059, I2 7°. '3 2 3. !43°. H4 1 . I 446, 1447. '47 1 . I S l6 . '537. 

 1614, 1019, and others, for 5. 10, 44, 135, 174, 191, 215, 228, 235, 

 348, 351, 360, and others. — T. Rogers, 27 Oldham Road, Man- 

 chester. 



BOOKS, ETC. RECEIVED. 



"Geological Stories." Fourth edition. By J. E. Taylor, 

 F.G.S., &c. London : Hardwicke & Bogue. 



"A Monograph of the Silurian Fossils of the Girvan District 

 in Ayrshire." By Professor H. A. Nicholson and R. Etheridge, 

 jun., F.G.S. London: W. Blackwood & Sons.J 



" Popular Science Review." January. 



"Midland Naturalist." January. 



" Land and Water." January. 



"American Naturalist." December. 



"Canadian Entomologist." December. 



" Botanische Zeitung." December. 



" Science pour Tous." 



" Science News." (Salem, Mass.) 



" Scottish Naturalist." January. 



"Journal of Applied Science." January. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to 12TH ult. from : — 

 W. B. H.— A. S.— C. R.-J. P. T.— Colonel B.— J. D.— G. C. 

 — E. H. J.— J. S.— J. F. R.— M. W— H. B.— H. N. B.— 

 J. M. W.— R. W. W.— J. A. W.— F. H. A.— W. C. T.— F. W. S. 

 —A. T— C. F. W.— H. J. T.— H. H.— B. K.— J. I.— J. C— 

 G. O. P. C— J. W.— M. A. S.— T. B. W.— E. W. M.— W. H. S. 

 —A. J. J. B.— W. N. C— K. D— F. A.L.— D.J. P.— J. W. H. 

 — S. B. A.— C. A. G.— H. U. J— J. W. C— F. L— W. W.— 

 W. G. W— R. M. M— G. H. L.— Ci O. W— M. F.— T. S.— 

 E. B. F.— E. D.— J. H. G.— E. H.-W. B.— J. P.— W. S.— 

 H. P. M.— J. B.— D. H. P.— F. L. St. A.— J. A. W.— T. S.— 

 H. P. S.— G. W. S.— H. C. W— H. M. P.— W. A. H.— M. S. 

 —J. W. S.— A. G. R.— G. T. M.— H. S.— Dr. M. A. M. B.— 

 J. A— F. W. E.— G. D. S.— M. D.— J. W. D. K.— E. L. F.— 

 G. T— G. E. M.— J. W. C— G. R.— T. L.— T. C— W. G. P. 

 —Dr. C. C.-S. C. H .— G. P.— D. D— B. S. D— E. D. M.— 

 T. McG— T. W.— W. TV- J. W. S.— G. M. G— R. H. W.— 

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