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HARDIVICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Wanted, unmounted stained and injected histological and 

 pathological sections, also unstained botanical sections of roots, 

 stems, and leaves. Good slides in exchange. — F. R. Martin, 

 Clevedon. 



I shall be glad to [exchange "dried plants (European) for 

 others or lepidoptera, &c. Continental preferred. — G. H. 

 Bryan, Thornlea, Trnmpington Road, Cambridge. 



Peucedanum officinale offered for Ligusticitm Scoticum or 

 Peucedanum Ostentliium. Other Kentish plants on hand for 

 exchange. — Alfred Wheeler, Ashentree Lane, Dover. 



Pui'^s of S. populi, Coryli, Myrica, F. nrcula, Vinula, Dictaea, 

 Ziczac. Wanted, living sea anemones or British birds' eggs. — 

 R. McAldowie, 82 Bonaccord Street, Aberdeen. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip, Nos. 13-99, IQ 6 & 107, also vols. 

 for 1874-1877. Unbound preferred. Good exchange or cash. 

 — R. C. P., Robin's Nest, Blackburn. 



Wanted, a good 3-inch microscope objective- One hundred 

 well-mounted slides given in exchange. — W. A. Hyslop, 

 22 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh. 



Wanted, named living specimens of British anemones, 

 Crustacea, or mollusca. — J. Darker-tSutterell, 2 St. John Street, 

 Beverley. 



Eggs of red-winged starling, whinchat, dipper, sedge warbler, 

 grey wagtail, reed bunting, golden-winged woodpecker, spotted 

 sandpiper, redshank, oystercatcher, dunlin, common tern, 

 moorhen, little grebe, black-headed gull, and lesser black- 

 backed gull, for other eggs or Roman first, second, or third 

 brasses. Desiderata numerous (including wheatear). — E. F. 

 Bell, Botcherby, Carlisle. 



For tentacles of the barnacle send a stamped directed en- 

 velope to W. H. Gomm, The Green, Somerton, Somerset. 



" Insects at Home," by Rev. J. G. Wood ; wanted, a copy 

 in good condition, in exchange for eighteen rare and b:autiful 

 micro slides. J. G. Patterson, 2 Dalrymple Crescent, Edin- 

 burgh. 



Wanted, books on the honey bee, bee-keeping, &c. Other 

 books in exchange, or purchase. W. T. Cooper, 16 Earl's 

 Court Road, Kensington. 



Offered, Limncea pcregra, var. Burnetti, from Loch Skene, 

 for Limncea involuta, or for tropical land shells. — F. M. Hele, 

 Fairlight, Elmgrove Road, Cotham, Bristol. 



Seventeen flint implements for exchange'; take fossils from 

 the chalk. — Edmund Tye, Stony Stratford, Bucks. 



A quantity of oolite and lias fossils for exchange. — Edmund 

 Tye, Stony Stratford, Bucks. 



For parasites of grey phalarope and common skua, send 

 stamped envelope to J. Sinel, Bagot, Jersey. 



Will exchange vol. xiii., 1877, of Science-Gossip for British 

 birds' eggs, side-blown. — W. E. Collinge, 68 Springfield Place, 

 Leeds. 



Wanted, good lumps of chalk from Gravesend, Brighton, 

 Kent, or washed forams from such ; exchange, first class micro 

 slides in every department. — J. Tempere, Storrington, Sussex. 



Wanted, large and good micro slides cabinet, to hold at 

 least 500 ; liberal exchange in first-class slides. — J. Tempere, 

 Storrington, Sussex. 



Wanted, "Midland Naturalist" for 1880, unbound ; also, 

 unbound, Science-Gossip for 1865, 66, and 67, and Nos. 39 

 and 40 for 1868; state lowest cash price. — J. R. Murdoch, 

 24 Blenheim Place, Leeds. 



Gomphonema geminatum, remarkably pure gathering of this 

 interesting diatom ; sample tube sent in exchange for three 

 microscope slides, or 1 oz. bottle for twelve first-class mounted 

 objects. — J. L. M., 106 Princes Street, Edinburgh. 



Polished mahogany store box (corked top and bottom), 

 hook and eye, 24 X 18 X 4J, to exchange for facsimiles of seals 

 and medals in any substance. — Tunley, Albert Road, Southsea. 

 Duplicates : Lithoxylea, Carpini, Dispar (bred), Valligera, 

 Graminis, Gamma (bred), Meticulosa (bred), Semele, &c. 

 Desiderata: Antiopa (Continental), Agestis, .lEsculi, Irrorella, 

 Complanula, Unguicula, Spinula, Serena, Punctulata, Luteata, 

 Incanaria, Aversaria, Galeata, Gracilis, Libatrix, &c. — J. 

 Smith, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. 



Wanted, unmounted, histological, pathological, and botani- 

 cal sections, either stained or not ; also parts of insects, forami- 

 nifera, diatoms, spicules of gorgoniae, sections of horns and 

 hoofs, &c. ; also well-mounted slides of the rarer chemicals, 

 such as platino-cyanide of magnesium, chloride of palladium, 

 thalliums alts, &c. First-class slides in exchange. — Frederick 

 Martin, Clevedon. 



Will exchange " Insect Architecture " and "The Architec- 

 ture of Birds," both well bound, for Rye's " Beetles." Also, 

 duplicates: Salacis, Sambucatae, Repandata, Pusaria, Amataria, 

 Elutata, Spinula, Batis, Perla, Viminalis, Chrysitis. Deside- 

 rata: Aglaia, Selene, Artemis, Athalia, Tages, Tristata, Circel- 

 lata, Porata, Trilinearia, Omicronaria, Villica, Mendia. — J. 

 Bates, Orchard Terrace, Wellingborough. 



Fok exchange, British land and freshwater shells, about 20 

 species, for others or fossils. — Send lists to A. H. Shepherd, 

 4 Cathcart Street, Kentish Town, N.W. 



For exchange, over 160 foreign stamp=, all different. What 

 offers in marine or land and freshwater shells, named beetles, 

 dragon flies, Ichneumons, Diptera, &c. ? Accepted offers 

 answered only. — P. T. Deakin, 46 Princess Road, Edgbaston, 

 Birmingham. 



Wanted, a few sea anemones and madrepores for an aqua- 

 rium. — J. R. Murdoch, 24 Blenheim Place, Leeds. 



Wanted, lantern slides. Exchange, micro slides, material, 

 intensity coil, &c. — F. S. Lyddon, 2 Oakland Villas, Redland, 

 Bristol. 



Exotic Lepidoptera — Duplicates : Orn. minos, Papilio arc- 

 turns, fine; Capaneus, fine; Merope, Nereis sescstris ; Doli- 

 caon, fair ; Minctra gambrisius, fine ; Eurycus cressida, fair; 

 Amauris Damocles, Heb. glaucippe, Diadema. bolina, Danais 

 alcippvs ; Urania rhipheus, fine ; Morpho cypris, fine ; Ama- 

 thonte, fair ; also many others. Desiderata (exotic lepidoptera 

 only), very numerous ; please send lists. Wanted particularly, 

 to lend, or keep, exotic butterflies in papers (need not be quite 

 perfect) of the genus Papilio, for the purpose of figuring from 

 nature in water-colours, with a view to a monograph of the 

 genus ; 150 species already figured ; list of those figured sent 

 on application. — J. C. Hudson, Railway Terrace, Cross Lane, 

 near Manchester. 



Will any reader kindly help me in forming a collection of 

 igneous and metamorphic rocks, named or labelled ? Any fossils 

 would be thankfully received. I fear I cannot offer equivalent 

 exchange ; would fresh boianical specimens be of use? — Heary 

 Dobbie, Cringleford, Norwich. 



Wanted, Cassell's " European Butterflies and Moths," any 

 parts between 16 and 41 ; will exchange insects, flower seeds, 

 &c. — Robert Laddiman, Hellesdon Road, Norwich. 



Fossils, a series of splendid specimens of Upper Silurian, 

 including many Trilobites, Encrinites, &c, given in exchange 

 for a good cabinet. State dimensions to F., 106 Finch Road, 

 Handsworth, Birmingham. 



Wanted, lichens, mounted or unmounted ; also a first-class 

 section-cutter; liberal exchange in slides or material. — Arthur 

 J. Doherty, 25 Boston Street, Moss Side, Manchester. 



Good mounted slides of selected diatoms, Arachnoidiscus 

 Ehrenbergii, Heliopelta Melii, Triccratumfavits, Pleurosigma 

 attcnuatum, P. qttadratitm, Strigosum angulatum, &c, for 

 good gatherings of P.formosum, good sponge spicula, or offers. 

 — W. White, 7 Warden Place, Nottingham. 



Twenty-five North American skins, including sparrowhawk, 

 pigeonhawk, rail, red-headed woodpecker, pine, grosbeak, &c, 

 to exchange for side-blown eggs, either British or foreign. — 

 George A. Widdas, Wbodsley View, Leeds. 



British Mosses. — Wanted, south of England species in 

 return for Alpine and sub-Alpine. — J. Cash, Osborne Road, 

 Levenshulme, Manchester. 



New edition of Davis's "Practical Microscopy," not soiled, 

 for well-mounted slides of micro fungi ; also good mesozoic 

 fossils for well-mounted geological slides. — George Ward, 10 

 Friar Lane, Leicester. 



Wanted, a one-eighth or one-tenth inch objective ; also, 

 specimens of edible frog, crayfish, freshwater mussel, hydra, 

 amoeba, and chara. — T. W. Lockwood, Lobley Street, Heck- 

 mondwike, Yorkshire. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" Siberia in Asia." By Henry Seebohm. London : John 

 Murray. 



'' Zoological Notes." By Arthur Nicols. London : L. Upcott 

 Gill. 



" The Sun, its Planets and their Satellites." London : 

 Edward Stanford. 



"Water and its Teaching." By C. L. Morgen. London: 

 Edward Stanford. 



"A Picture-book of Country Life." By James Weston. 

 London : T. Fisher Unwin. 



"Footprints." By Sarah Tytler. London : T. Fisher Unwin. 



"Studies in Microscopical Science." Edited by A. C. Cole. 

 Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 



" Land and Water." 

 \ "The Naturalists' Monthly." 



"Midland Naturalist." 



" Northern Microscopist." 



" American Naturalist." 



" Cosmos : les Mondes." 



"La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." 



" Le Monde de la Science." 



&c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to i;th ult. from : — 

 J. F. R.— C. P.-Dr. C. C. A.-F. R.— A. O.-J. E. S.— 

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

 — F. R. M.— G. J. W.— C. S— M. B.— F. H.— W. E. C— 

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

 J. T.-E. T.— J. R. M. — A. W. P.— C. H. M.— J. M.— 

 W. H. T.— F. M. H.— W. T. C— R. McA.— W. T- G— 

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

 J. E. T.-C. H. B— W. A. H.— R. C. P.— A. E. L.— A. H. W. 

 -C. F. G.— H. C. B.-J. D. B.— E. H. B.-G. H. K.— F. M. 

 —J. B.-A. J. — K. O. N.— A. H. S.— C. H. G.— J. A. S.— 

 P. T. D.— W. T. S.— R. C— J. H.-C. L. W.— H. D— E. S. 

 E. J. B.-F. S. L.— R. H.— E. P. D.—R. L.-G. B.— T.G. F. 

 — M. L.— A. J. D.— W. W.-J. C. T.— J. C— G. A. W.— 

 G. E. B.— G. W.— A. H. B.-W. F., jun.— J. B.— T.W. L.— 

 G. H. K— &c. 



