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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[April 1, 1870. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



H. R. W.— See Science-Gossip for IS69, PP- 119, 142, and 

 you will find that the paragraph about Hemlock was noticed 

 when it appeared in the P. M. G. Unfortunately, the bulk 

 of extracts in " Natural History " in the " Year-book of 

 Facts " for 18/0, are anything but facts. 



T. W.— It is not our rule to insert any remarks on com- 

 munications which may be sent to us. Those; which are 

 required to be returned,; should be so marked, and stamps 

 inclosed with the address. 



C. A.— A moth, undoubtedly the "Lackey" (Clisiorampa 

 neustria). 



F. C. S.— Not at all unusual, but of common occurrence. 



R. R. Y.— It is unreasonable to expect us to answer or in- 

 sert such a batch of questions. 



S. W.— The Northern Diver is met with on some portion of 

 the English coast nearly every year,] especially in "hard 

 winters." 



S. M. — We have a record of a Queen Wasp caught 

 January 22, which puts yours out of court. 



H. F. P.— We do not name more than two specimens at a 

 time from the same individual. 



M. J. T.— If you send us anecdotes, &c, please to let them 

 be original, and not quotations. 



H. E.— " Early visitors " and accidental bees, butterflies, 

 birds, and flowers come every spring, but we do not consider 

 such circumstances of sufficient importance for notice. 

 " One swallow does not make a summer," and these " early 

 visitors " prove nothing, whilst confined to a few isolated 

 individuals. 



T. J. D.-We cannot say what seeds they are, and you give 

 no information to assist. 



A. H. S.— Have you read our "Notice" about writing 

 names in full ? 



j. l.— We have several times stated that books and instru- 

 ments are ineligible for our Exchange column. Your notice 

 must be sent to the publisher, and paid for as an advertise- 

 ment, if inserted. 



T. W.— It is certainly not an aquatic plant, but the Marsh 

 Bedstraw (Galium). 



C. F. T.—Vallisneria, which may generally be had for a 

 few pence at Mr. Kennedy's, Covent-garden Mxrket ; Myrio- 

 phyllum, and duckweeds (Lemna). 



W. W. S.— The House Ant (Diplnrhoptarum molesta) ; see 

 SriE.VCE-GossiP for 1865, p. 170; 1868, pp. 213,234, 26l. 263. 

 We are not aware that Argus refle.ius has occurred in Britain. 



T. A. C. — Nothing to be seen but mycelium. 



E. W\— Dujardin and Hupc," Hist. Nat. des Zoophytes Echi- 

 nodermes," Paris, I862. Agassiz, " Monographic des Echino- 

 dermes Vivants et IFossiles," 4to., 1839-42, Neuchatel. For 

 anatomy and physiology, consult M filler's works and papers 

 (German). 



H. F. P. — No. 1. Bilimbia sphwroidrs, Sommf. 2. Physcia 

 parietina, var. concolor, Dicks. 3. Immature. — TJ'. C. 6*. 



J. C, Beds.— We can afford to let the " Dun Cow " rest 

 now. 



M. D. P. — We cannot inform you. 



R. R. Y. — Send some one to Stationers' Hall with a copy of 

 the book, and 5s. 



J. C. D.— No. 1. Targionia hypnphylla. 2. Weisia con- 

 troversa with Hypuum rutabulum, — R. B. 



W. S. W. E. — No. 1. Hyp num. rutabulum. 2. Young of a 

 Hypuum, probably serpens. — Ji. B. 



A. J.— No. 1 may be Bryum subrotundum ; send fruit 

 when ripe. 2. Hypnum plumosum. — R. B. 



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 tbrei 

 lines. Only objects of Natural History permitted. Notices 

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



Stvi.ops wanted, in exchange or by purchase. — Address, 

 Rev. H. H. Higgins, Free Public Museum, Liverpool. 



Chalk Foraminikkra from Charlton, Kent, for other 

 good mounted objects. — J. W. Freeman, 165, Maxey Road, 

 Plum stead. 



British Plants. — Southern required for northern species. 

 — Address, F. A. Lees, Kent House, Meanwood, near Leeds. 



British Birds' Eggs for others. — H. Durnford, Clare- 

 niont House, Waterloo, near Liverpool. 



Deposits.— Wanted, portions of Oregon, Moron, Jutland, 

 and Los Angelos Deposits, for good named slides of recent 

 Diatoms. — B. Taylor, Lowther Street, Whitehaven. 



Ligurian Queen Bee.— 24 good slides offered for a living 

 specimen, to add to a black stock.— G. C. Gowan, 20, Beau- 

 champ Square, Leamington. 



Micro Fungi.— Sli des of Polycystina, Diafomncea, or 

 Foraminiferous deposit in exchange for slides of Micro Fungi. 

 — J. W. S., Crown Park, Montenotte, Cork. 



Frontlet and Horn C ores of Long - fronted Ox {Boa 

 longifrons) in exchange for Lower Jaw, with Teeth, of Cave 

 Bear (Ursus spelaus). — R. E. Olliver, Sherboro' House, Stam- 

 ford Hill, N.E. 



D. tempi i and E. vesicolora wanted for British Birds' Eggs. 

 — A. Shepherd, 37, Great College Street, Camden Town, 

 London. 



Capsule ok Moss (Funaria hygrometrica), mounted, 

 offered for a small quantity of A/yssum olympicum seed 

 unmounted, or other good objects. — John Carpenter, 16, 

 Ifield Road, Brompton, S.W. 



Flying-pish Scales for other microscopic material, or 

 for stamped directed envelope to G. E. Quick, 109, Long 

 Lane, Southwark. 



Fossil Fishes from the Coal-measures for a few Skeletons 

 of Recent Fishes.— J. Ward, 25, Stafford Street, Longton, 

 Staffordshire. 



British LspinopTERA in exchange for Foreign Shells, 

 Fossils, or Minerals.— Address, F.D., Post-office, Faversham. 



British Ferns (growing plants) wanted in exchange for 

 Lepidoptera. H. marginatn, M. expntita, I). carpophaga, 

 and other good species offered. — John E. Robson, Groves 

 Street, Hartlepool. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 

 "Scientific Opinion." Part XVI. March, 18/0. 

 " Land and Water." Nos. 214, 215, 216, 217. 

 "The Monthly Microscopical Journal." No. 15. March, 

 1870. 

 " The Animal World." No. 6. March, 1870. 



"The American Naturalist." Vol. II. No. I. February, 

 1870. 

 " The Chemical News." Nos. 531, 532, 533. 



" The Dental Register." Vol. XXIV. No. 1, Cincinnati, 

 U.S. 



" Cassell's Book of Birds." Parts I. to IV. 



" The Gardener's Magazine." Part LI. March, 1870. 



" Note sur les Formes du Genre Capsella." Par Charles 

 P. Hobkirk. 



"Botanical Notes extracted from the Canadian Naturatist 

 for September, I869." By David A. P. Watt. 



" Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian In- 

 stitute of Natural Science of Halifax, Nova Scotia." Vol. 

 II. Part III. 1868-9- 



"A Guide to the Study of Insects." By A. S. Packard, 

 Jun., M.D. Parts VIII., IX., X., completing the work. 

 Salem : Naturalists' Book Agency. 



" The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign'" Edited by 

 B. Seemann, Ph.D., F.L.S., &o., assisted by J. G. Baker, 

 F.L.S., and H. Trimen, M.B., F.L S. Vol. VIII. Nos. 85, 86. 



"The American Naturalist." Vol. IV. No. 1. March, 

 1870. Salem: Peabody Academy of Science. 



" The Quarterly Magazine of High Wycombe Natural His- 

 tory Society.-' Vol. II. No. 7. March, 1870. 



" The Fuel of the Sun." By W. Mattieu Williams, F.C.S. 

 London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 



" Quarterly Journal of Quekett Microscopical Club." No. 

 10. April, I870. 



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