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HARBWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Davies's "Welsh Botanology," 1S13, Sole's "Mentha? Bri- 

 tannicae," 1798, Hooker and Taylor's " Muscologia Britannica," 

 1827, and many others, for natural history text-books or oflers. 

 — J. Harbord Lewis, F.L.S., 145 Windsor Street, Liverpool, _S. 



" How to Work with the Microscope," by Dr. Beale, third 

 edition, and two vols. " English Mechanic ;" also a few good 

 opaque slides, exchange for Miss Pratt's " Wild Flowers," or 

 other well-illustrated botanical or microscopical books. — Jas. C. 

 Blackshaw, 4 Ranelagh Road, Wolverhampton. 



Wanted, good micro slides (no physiological) or scientific 

 works in exchange for four vols, of " Pictorial World " (xi.-xiv.). 

 — R. Ridings, 1 Hampton Terrace, Lisburn Road, Belfast. 



Wanted, specimens of uncleaned Diatomaceous earths, con- 

 taining any of the well-known forms of Diatoms, &c, either 

 English or foreign. Can give either mounted or unmounted 

 prepared material in exchange, consisting of botanical sections 

 or anatomical objects, or various preparations. — R. M., 59 Hind 

 Street, Poplar, London, E. 



Freshwater filamentous algae, comprising the Zygonema- 

 ceae ; exchanges of mounts or gatherings wanted. — C. Peek, 

 Princes Road. Heaton Moor, Stockport. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip from beginning of 1865 to end of 

 1884, either bound or in loose numbers ; and also any other 

 microscopical books or journals. State what is wanted in ex- 

 change for them. — Charles Von Eiff, jun., 347 Greenwich Street, 

 New York City. 



Eggs of osprey, cuckoo, woodpecker, colin, grouse, rail, 

 heron, grebe, tern, gull, and petrel, offered for others not in 

 collection. — J. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, Durham Co. 



Fine collection of foreign and British shells, 750 species ; also 

 collection of rocks and fossils, most formations, 1500 specimens, 

 some duplicates; want good binocular microscope. — C. T. 

 Musson, 23 Mapperley Hill, Nottingham. 



Wanted, the number of "Nature" containing Index to 

 Vol. XIII., to complete set. Some old numbers of " Punch" 

 in exchange. — W. White, 55 Highbury Hill, N. 



To foreign stamp collectors. I have over 1400 stamps, mixed 

 kinds, which I will send in exchange for five or six balsam 

 mounted slides, not being a collector myself. — Mr. Ebbage, 

 8 Lowfield Street, Dartford. 



Wantkd, in good preservation, Edward III. half noble; 

 Richard II. quarter noble; Henry V. noble; Henry VI. noble 

 and half noble ; Edward IV. noble and half noble, and half 

 angel ; Henry VII. 'angel ; Henry VIII. angel and quarter 

 angel, in exchange for micro slides (histological and morpho- 

 logical). — B. Piffard, Hill House, Hemel Hempstead. 



A collection of six skulls (five human and one gorilla) in 

 exchange for microscope, natural history books, &c. — J. W. 

 Whitehead, 10 Seedley Park Road, Pendleton, Manchester. 



Rliyncospora alba, Vahl ; will send a specimen of this sedge, 

 from Arisaig, Invernesshire, to any one who will write to me 

 for it. — A. Somerville, 34 Granby Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow. 



Wanted, Herbarium specimens of the rarer British zoophytes 

 such as -S\ fusca, D. pinnata, N. bursaria, P. myriopkylliim, 

 A. pennatula, B. Murrayaua, &c. — A. S. Pennington, Heaton, 

 near Bolton. 



Fifty-three parts of "Monthly Microscopical Journal," 

 clean, edited by Lawson ; pair of buffalo horns, 6 ft. 5 in. tip 

 to tip. What offers in well-mounted slides ? — W. T., 258 New- 

 town Row, Birmingham. 



"Physical Geography," Geikie ; "Physiography," Find- 

 later; " Half-hours in the Tiny World ;" for " Lessons in Ele- 

 mentary Physics," Balfour Stewart : " Elementary Lessons in 

 Physical Geography," Geikie ; or "Popular Astronomy," Airy. 

 — F. Hendry, 11 Poplar Street, Bolton. 



Eggs of pheasant, jackdaw, magpie, starling, redstart, chaf- 

 finch, missel thrush, wood wren, longtail tit, &c, in exchange 

 for other eggs or butterflies. — James L. Mott. 



What offers for eighty numbers of Science-Gossip? — X., 

 Stratfieldsaye, Winchrield. 



Wanted, micro slides or geological specimens in exchange 

 for "Zoologist," 1880, bound, new. — C. Rowland, 36 The 

 Grove, Ealing, W. 



Wanted, "The Smaller British Birds," by & Adams, 



published by Bell & Sons ; also various kinds of scissors for 

 scientific and other purposes, in exchange for shells, fossils, 

 lepidoptera, plants of cacti, exotic ferns, &c— M. A. O., 

 82 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 



Wanted, microscopic slides in exchange for nine bound vols, 

 (xi. to xix.) of " Chemical News," all in good condition. — B. H. 

 Woodward, 80 Petherton Road, London, N. 



Wanted, a good secondhand " C" eyepiece, 1^ in. tube for 

 monocular microscope. — W. Henshall, The Hollies, Bredbury, 

 near Stockport. 



Wanted, good fresh specimens of Acta>a spicata, Matthiola 

 sinuata, hnpatiens noli-me-tangcre, Hydrocharis morsus-rancp, 

 Strat totes aloides, Vaccinittm oxycoccos, roots not wanted. — 

 Miss Higgins, 93 Wellington Street, Luton, Eeds. 



Alpine knapsack, good condition, only used once ; desiderata 

 good micro slides, and British birds' eggs. — John R. Marten, 

 The Pharmacy, Red Hill. 



Well-mounted slides of seeds, love-lies-bleeding, Sileiie 

 pcndula, Collinsia bicolor, alba, Eschscholtzia, Geuttt cocci- 

 iiiiim, and Caynns minor, in exchange for other micro slides. 

 — W. S. Anderson, 7 Granby Street, Ilkeston. 



Nos. 80, 81, 82, 83, Aug. to Nov. 1871, Science-Gossip ; 

 vols. 15, 16, 19, 20, and 21 of "English Mechanic;" Nos. 133, 

 139, 140, Jan. to March, 1375 ; vol. for 1874 ; viz. vol. 7, bound, 

 of Newman's "Entomologist." Unaccepted offers not replied 

 to. — Whitmarsh, 5 North Street, Wilton. 



Six good insect mounts: gizzard of cricket, eggs of vapourer 

 moth, tongue of honey bee, whole flea, antenna of earwig, and 

 wing of caddis fly, in exchange for other good micro slides. — 

 W. S. Anderson, 7 Granby Street, Ilkeston. 



Old-fashioned microscope, stands 17 inches high, not quite 

 perfect ; will exchange for microscopic material. — S. J. Tindall, 

 5 Ballater Road, Acre Lane, Brixton. 



Can offer ten vols, of Science-Gossip, a small microscope, 

 Clark's " Marine Mollusca," and a large series of shells. Wanted, 

 works by Professor Ruskin, back numbers of "Journal of Con- 

 chology," British shells, or offers. — S. C. Cockerell, 51 Wood- 

 stock Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, W. 



Offered, "The Gardener's Magazine" (1884); desiderata; 

 any of the following vols., ii., iii., and v., of " Science for All." 

 — A. Ayling, Arundel. 



Offered, "The Garden" (1884), 53 beautifully-coloured 



plates and engravings; desiderata; any two of the following, 

 vols., ii., iii., and v. of "Science for All," and other natural 

 history books to value. — A. Ayling, Arundel. 



I have just received from Mauritius some fresh material of 

 the beautiful leaves of Borago Zeylanica, hairs on stellate cal- 

 careous plates. Send lists to — Rev. A. C. Smith, 3 Park 

 Crescent, Brighton. 



Lyei.l's "Student's Elements of Geology;" "Advanced 

 Text-Book," by Page; Richardson's "Geology;" "Astro- 

 nomical Geology ;" Waterton's " Natural History Essays ;" 

 " Birth of Chemistry," Rodwell ; "Zoologist" for 1883; and 

 good Lias fossils, to exchange for Reeve's or Rimmer's "Land 

 and Freshwater Shells," entomological books, or offers. — H. 

 Quilter, 4 Cedar Road, Leicester. 



Wanted, fossils of any formation in exchange for those from 

 the Portland Oolite.— C. Fred Fox, .Strathearne Villas, Old 

 Swindon, Wilts. 



Wanted, microscopical or natural history books in exchange 

 for well-mounted micro slides or offers. — Alfred Draper, 275; 

 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. 



Will es change in clutches or single eggs of rook, ring dove, 

 mallard, moorhen, coot, blackheaded gull, peewit partridge, 

 meadow pipit, also nest of gold crest. — J. R. Murray, 10 St. 

 Paul's Street, Aberdeen. 



Wanted, coins, medals, tokens, foreign stamps, arms,, 

 armour, flint implements, canaries, pigeons, in exchange for 

 fossils, seaweeds, coins, tokens, &c. — F. Stanley, 6 Clifton 

 Gardens, Margate. 



I have clutches of about 100 species of American eggs to 

 exchange, also many British. Wanted, a clutch of each of 

 following : stonechat, blackcap, goldcrest, nuthatch, twite,, 

 crested tit, jay, raven, hobby, tawny owl, heron, ruff, 

 dunlin, woodcock, and many others. Please send lists to- 

 W. Wells Bladen, Stone, Staffordshire. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 " Text-book of Entomology," by W. F. Kirby (Sonnen- 

 schein). — "Physical Expression," Dr. F. Warner (Kegan 

 Paul, Trench & Co.).—" The Moon and the Weather," Walter 

 L. Browne (Bailliere, Tindal & Cox). — "The Canadian 

 Entomologist." — "The Botanical Gazette." — "Ben Brierley's 

 Journal." — "Illustrated Science Monthly." — Cole's "Studies- 

 in Microscopical Science." 4 parts. — " Revista Scientifica," 

 Porto. — " 32nd Annual Report of Nottingham Naturalists' 

 Society." — " Journal of the New York Microscopical Society." 

 — " Science." — " Proceedings of the Academy of Natural' 

 Science of Philadelphia." — " Le Monde de la Science." — 

 "On Child Culture," Dr. T. M. Madden. — "American. 

 Monthly Microscopical Journal." — "Midland Naturalist." — 

 " Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." — "The Homing Pigeon." — 

 "The Naturalist." — "Journal of the Quekett Microscopical 

 Club." — "The American Naturalist." — " Notes on Books Pub- 

 lished by Longman & Co." — " Report of the East Kent Natural' 

 History Society." — "The Denudation of the Two Americas," 

 by T. Mellard Reade. 



Communications received up to iith ult. from :— 

 G. F. H.— J. C. P.— W. F.— R. W. G.— J. E. R. G.— A. S.— 

 A. N. T.— J. F.-J. H. L.-A. C. S.— R. M.— R. R.— G. C. 

 — C. A. S.— H. G. G— J. C. B.— A. D.— M. H. R— C— J. P. 

 — W. B. W.— A. S. P.— J. H. G.— A. W.-W. H. H.— 

 W. R. N.— C. P.— R. L. H.— W. B.— T. C. A.— H. M.— 



C. T. M.— W. W.— J. T. T. R.— H. D.— E— B. P.— J. W. W. 

 — H. W. L.— A. O.— J. A. W.— W. G.— G. B.— J. W. T.— 

 J. M. H.-F. M.— E.— T. F. U.— G. W.— W. J. S.— F. M.— 

 T. E. A.— F. A. A. S-— A. F.-W. J.— T. B. B— J. J. A.— 



D. O.-W. S. W.— M. E. T.-W. M. W.-W. W. & S.— 

 W. T.— C D.— R. G. M.— A. S. M.— W. E. C— F. S.— 

 J. L. M— X.— C. R-— M. A. O.— B. H. W.— W.— A. D. W. 

 — W. H.-H.-J. R. M.— J. R. M— J. A.— S. J. T.— 

 W. S. A.— W. W. B.— A. D.— S. C. C— A. A— A. J. H.— 

 J. J. A.— W. J. S.-J. F. C— R. E.-H. F.— A. C S.— 

 H. Q., &c, &c. 



