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densor or micro slide mounting materials. — William E. Daw, 

 jun., West Winch, King's Lynn. 



Several foreign books, mostly German, including one on 

 natural history. Lists sent on application. Also a pair of ivory 

 gilt opera glasses by Pillischer, in exchange for natural history 

 books or offers. Unaccepted offers not answered. — F. H. Par- 

 rott, Walton House, Aylesbury. 



Will exchange books: Buckmaster's "Elementary Che- 

 mistry" and Jarmain's "Qualitative Analysis," also, the 

 "A. B. C." water-testing apparatus (very interesting), for slides 

 of well-mounted algae, zoophytes, polycistina, diatoms, or bac- 

 teria. — H. W. Case, Oxford Street, Cothain, Bristol. 



Duplicate microscopic slides ot various sorts, and Lepidop- 

 tera to exchange for other slides — algae, and fossil woods or 

 other rocks. — A. Wells, Dalmain Road, Forest Hill. 



Duplicates of dried plants, L. C, 7th edit., Nos. 7, 9, xi, 

 26, 40, 41, 273, 273c, 274, 275, 305, 325, 350, 372, 374, 564, 568, 

 572, 574, 570. 577, 581, 587, 59 1 , 594, 595, 813, 816, 821, 823, 831, 

 835, 838, 856, 858, 875, 914, 998, 999, 1007, 1008, 1039, 1040, 

 1201, 1264, 1265, 1276, 1277, 1280, 1282, 1285, 1294, 129^, 1297, 

 1305, 1314, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1330, 1333, &c— H. Goss, Berry- 

 lands, Surbiton Hill, Surrey. 



To American diatomists: American gatherings or deposits 

 desired in exchange for pieces of the well-known "Cement- 

 stein" from Mors, Jutland. Send list in first instance. — H. 

 Morland, Cranford, near Hounslow. 



Offered, L. C, 7th edit., 48^, 49, 360, 384, 455, 1024, 1041, 

 1106, 1187, 1188, 1240, 1417, Carex /lava, minor, &c. Wanted, 

 363, 370, 404, 1050, and many others. Lists exchanged. — 

 Dr. A. Davidson, Sauquhar, N.B. 



Davus, Artaxerxes, Dicteae, fuliginosa, bidentata, interro- 

 gationis, and many other northern species, in fine condition 

 and well set. Wanted, fresh-killed specimens of barn owl, 

 kingfisher, and local specimens, &c. — J. Mundie, 22 Watson 

 Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 



Duplicates. — Bulbs : Narcissus bicolor, major, Macleai, 

 oricntalis, pseudo-narcissus fl. pi., poetiens, oruatus, Bulbo- 

 codium, triandrns, &c, Lilium Calijornicum, Clialcedonicum, 

 eximium, Gladiolus Byzantiuus, G., Colvillci alba, Cyclo- 

 bothra pulchclla, Allium Neapolitanum, Iris reticulata, 

 Anemone fulgens, Hemerocallis Jiava, &c. Wanted in ex- 

 change, ether choice bulbs, &c, British and foreign Lepidoptera, 

 rare British and foreign shells, scientific (especially botanical) 

 books ; all offers invited and replied to.— J. T. JR., Spring 

 Cottage, Dee Banks, Chester. 



Living specimens of Limnias ceratophylli offered in exchange 

 for well-mounted slides, selected diatoms preferred. — G. A. 

 Barker, 1 iMorthwold Road, Upper Clapton, E. 



Scotch Alpine and sub- Alpine mosses and hepaticse for south 

 of England species, especially from chalk and limestone. — 

 William Smith, Addison Place, Arbroath, N.B. 



Wanted, Roscoe and Schorlemmer's "Chemistry" and 

 Dana's " Mineralogy," latest editions. Will exchange Beale's 

 " How to Work with the Micro," and other good books. — F. C. 

 King, 2 Clarendon Street, Preston, Lancashire. 



" Mining Journal," complete, clean, unbound, 8 vols., 1876 

 to 1883 inclusive ; exchange for " Micrographical Dictionary " 

 and Lyell's "Principles of Geology," or offers; books, &c, 

 microscopical and geological preferred. — J. Barron, Wakefield. 



Offered, twenty-four packets of microscopic material in ex- 

 change for three good slides or other material. — W. Sim, 

 Gourdas Fyvie, N.B. 



Zoophytes and Polyzoas in exchange for others. — J. Smith, 

 jun., 63 Legh Street, Warrington. 



Wanted, a copy of Johnson's " British Zoophytes ; " state 

 wants. — J. Smith, jun., 63 Legh Street, Warrington. 



Wanted, good micro slides ; skins and mounted specimens of 

 mammals and birds, and other objects, offered in exchange. — 



F. R. Rowley, 60 Lower Hastings Street, Southfields, Leicester. 

 Subscriber's edition of Cassell's " History of the United 



States," by Edmund Oilier, 3 vols., complete, unbound, pro- 

 fusely illustrated with wood engravings and 30 steel plates ; 

 exchange for Geikie's or other good "Geology." — H. P. Dod- 

 ridge, 7 Wharton Street, W.C. 



offers requested for " Midland Naturalist," complete series, 

 up to end of 1885. — F. G. S-, 2 The Polygon, Clifton, Bristol. 



Wanted, binocular microscope with rotating stage in ex- 

 ■; lor monocular. Full particulars to — J. B., Gillsburn, 

 Kilmarnock, N.B. 



Microscope by Steward, Strand ; capital instrument, with 

 i in. objective, polariscope, condenser, and mahogany case, all 

 in thorough condition ; will exchange for another secondhand, 

 large sue, with latest improvements. — H. W. Gase, Cotham, 

 Bristol. 



W hat offersfor " Hopkinsonon the Indicator " and Sciencl- 

 Gossip for 1880 ': — Archibald W. Fry, Bridge House, Arundel. 



Wanted, British wild bees (fresh specimens only), must be 

 correctly named. Good exchange given in micro slides. — 



G. Collins, Bristol House, Harlesden, N.W. 



Side-llown eggs of willow wren, marsh tit, pied wagtail, 

 yellow wagtail, nugdove, hooded crow, mallard duck, coot, 

 Arctic tern, black-headed gull, guillemot, and others ; wanted, 

 other eggs in exchange. — A. Kelly, 5 Canal Lane, Aberdeen. 



A Great number of duplicate Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, 

 all well-set and in good condition, to exchange for birds' eggs 



or skins, works on oology, or books of sport. Ser.d for lists to — 

 W. P. Ellis, Enfield Chase, Middlesex, N. 



British and American birds' skins in exchange for magic 

 lantern slides or offers. — James Ingleby, Eavestone, Ripon. 



Fossils from the shell bed in the millstone grit for fossils 

 from the red cr.ig or others. — James Ingleby, Eavestone, Ripon. 



Freshly-collected marine sponges, zoophytes, anemones, 

 &c, offered in exchange for shells, eggs, or other natural 

 history specimens. Offers requested. — C. Jefferys, Tenby. 



Humming-birds' skins, in good condition; what offers? 

 Science-Gossip for 1884, in numbers, clean.— Joseph Anderson, 

 jun., Acre Villa, Chichester, Sussex. 



A good exchange offered for following nests containing clutch 

 of eggs, with data : pied flycatcher, nightingale, stonechat, 

 marsh warbler, Dartford warbler, woodwarbler, great tit, rock 

 pipit, woodlark, cirl bunting, hawfinch, goldfinch; also wanted, 

 foreign species, nests with eggs. — W. K. Mann, Wellington 

 Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Will send three Hydra fusca in tube, or two young newts 

 with external gills showing circulation of blood, in exchange 

 for well-mounted slide, stained biological preferred. — Mr. 

 Swainson, Gilnow Park, Bolton. 



Exchange Helix visana, Helix obvoluta, Bulimus acutus, 

 and var. bizona, Bulimus viontanus, Clausilia laminata, 

 var. albida; for Limntza involuta, Succinia oblonga, Acme 

 lineata. — J. Madison, 167 Bradford Street, Birmingham. 



Will give Cyclas ovalis, Paludina Listerii, for Alismadon 

 margariti/era, U?iio tumidus, U?iio pictorum. — G. C, 68 

 Rutland Street, Hulme, Manchester. 



Wanted, British or foreign land and freshwater shells. Can 

 give in exchange, CI. biplicata from Pulney, P. fontinale, 

 P. roseum, PI. lineatus, Z. radiatulus, J', antivertigo, Balea 

 perversa, Coch. tridens, &c. — F. G. Fenn, 20 Woodstock Road, 

 Bedford Park, Chiswick, \V. 



Duplicates, Cataulus pyramidatus, Cataulus Skinneri, 

 Helix Skinneri, Helix Wattoni, H. Gardneri, and many other 

 rare shells from Ceylon. Wanted, rare fossils from Upper 

 Miocene of France and Italy, or state offers. — J. E. Linter, 

 Arragon Close, Twickenham. 



British marine shells wanted in exchange for Kellia sub- 

 orbicularis, Mya Binghami, and others. — G. O. Howell, 

 M.C.S., 3 Ripon Villas, Ripon Road, Plumstead, S.E. 



I shall be happy to send types of Suffumata and numerous 

 other insects free to beginners in the study of entomology. 

 Box and return postage to be sent. — W. Macmillan, Castle 

 Cary, Somerset. 



A beginner would be glad of a few duplicates ofland, fresh- 

 water, and marine shells; algae, beetles, however common, 

 would be thankfully received, postage paid and acknowledged. 

 — Xema, 28 South Street, Carlisle. 



For small piece of " cementstein " from Mors, Jutland, 

 (easy to clean and rich in diatoms), send stamp and address to 

 — H. Morland, Cranford, near Hounslow. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 " Our Inject Enemies," by Theodore Wood. (London : Soc. 

 Prom. Christian Knowledge.)—" First Year of Scientific Know- 

 ledge," by Paul Bert. (London: Relfe Bros.) — "British 

 Cage Birds," Part I., and "The Book of the Goat," Part I. 

 (London: L. Upcott Gill.) — "American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal." — " Cosmos."— " Reports of the Botanical Exchange 

 Club of the British Isles for 1S83 and 1884."— " Proceedings of 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, 1883-4." 

 (London: Longmans.)— " Science."— "Journal of the New 

 York Micioscopical Society."— "The Canadian Entomologist." 

 — " The Amateur Photographer."—" Ben Brierley's Journal." 

 — "The Rochdale Field Naturalists' Journal."— " Feuille des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes."— "The Garner."— " Animal World."— 

 " The Naturalist." — " Proceedings of the Liverpool Geologists' 

 Association." — "The Midland Naturalist."— " Journal of the 

 Quekett Microscopical Club."— "Catalogue of Collins' ' Special ' 

 Micro Slides."— "The Lost Voice." (Medical Battery Co.) 

 "The American Naturalist."— "Proceedings of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia."— K. F. Koehler's Anti- 

 quarium, Catalog. No. 428.—" British Moss Flora," Part IX. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to iith ult. from:— 



E . A . s.— W. C— J. P.-W. G. W.— H. G.— J. R. B. M.— 

 M. B. G.— T. E. T— M. E. T.— F. J. R.-T. W. H.— C. C. A. 

 _ A . G. W.— T. D. A. C— W. H. H.-J. H.— J. G. O. T.— 

 W H.— P. F. L.— J. W. G.— H. L.-A. J.-W. E. D.— 



F. H. P.— H. W. C— E. W— W. K. S.— F. W. E. S.— C. S. 

 -E. D. M.— S. M. M.— J. M.-A. D.— J. B.— H. W. C— H. 

 — W. R. W.— H. M.— H. W. V. B.— J. T. R.— A. K.— J. C— 

 T. B.-J. E.— M. E. T.— W. A. C— A. W. F.— J. A., jun.— 



G. R.-J. M.-C. J.-S. J. H.-J. S., jun.-E. A.-G. C— 

 W. S.— J. B.-G. A. B.— J. B.-F. C. K.— A. P.— C. C— 

 E . h.— W. H. H.— W. S.— J. W.— J. E. L.— J. L— R. S— 

 W. M.— C. F. W.— W. P. E.— D. O— G. O. H.— F. H.— 

 J. L.— S. H.— F. R. R.-G. S.— C. C.-F. G. F.— J. R. R.— 

 L. J.— H. P. D— E. W., &c. &c. 



