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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Wanted, microscopical slides, botanical. Exchange, Tira- 

 1 oschi, " Storia della Poesia Italiana," and other works in 

 Italian, Maltby's " Greek Gradus," Homer, etc. — J. Wallis, 

 Deal. 



For exchange, thirty Leclanche cells, sealed ebonite, require 

 recharging; what offers? — J. R. Marten, 40 London Road, 

 Brighton. 



For exchange, books by Jules Verne, 7 vols., in fair con- 

 dition : " Mysterious Island," 3 vols. ; " Adventures of Captain 

 Hatteras," 2 vols. ; " Dr. Ox's Experiment ; " " Three English- 

 men and Three Russians." Shells or fossils wanted in exchange. 

 E. O. Meyers, Richmond House, Hounslow, W. 



Offered, L. C, 8th ed., 91, 139, 203, 359, 415, 480, 547, 

 624, 960, 1065, 1172, 1358, 1393, 1417, 1424, 1564, 1580, 1608, 

 161 7, 1624. Many desiderata. — W. A. Clarke, The Grove, 

 Chippenham, Wilts. 



Wanted, specimens of rocks, fossils, minerals, etc., to illus- 

 trate and represent the various beds of the formation of the 

 primary period. — Thomas W. Reader, M.C.S., 171 Hemingford 

 Road, London, N. 



Wanted, objects from uncivilised countries, made of stone, 

 bone, or shell ; a good exchange offered in Crustacean, shells, 

 rocks, minerals, slides," etc. — E. Lovett, West Burton House, 

 Outram Road, Croydon. 



Will exchange scientific books, etc., lathe and tools, for 

 British coins or books on coins. — F. S. Lyddon, 10 All Saints 

 Terrace, Cheltenham. 



Wanted, Cooke's " British Fungi " (a plain and easy account 

 of); exchange "Microscopic Fungi" (" Rust, Smut, Mildew, 

 and Mould"), by same author. — P., 80 Leathwaite Road, 

 Clapham Common, London, S.W. 



Wantud, six dozen microscope slides ; exchange, "Scientific 

 Recreations," cost us., and Cassell's "Science for All," 4 vols., 

 5th and last now issuing, cost 39.J. — Henry Ebbage, 165 Hagley 

 Road, Birmingham. 



Wanted, Devonian fossils in exchange for first-class micro 

 slides. — Henry Vial, Creditor!, Devon. 



Wanted, Dr. Taylor's "Common British Fossils" ; can give 

 fossils from red crag, or offer. — J. E. C., 44 Southwood Lane, 

 Highgate, N. 



L. C, 8th ed., Nos. 85, 91, 101, 207, 222, 229, 238, 372, 499, 

 538, 627, 629, 662, 680, 746, 783, 895, 954, 109T, 1211, 1218, 1220, 



133°. 1333. 1368, 14^2, 1423. 1445, 1446, 1452. 1540. 155 2 . *557> 



1590, 1605, 1618, i8r2, 1823, 1826, 1832. Many desiderata. — 

 Robert H. Meldrum, Cherrybank, Perth. 



Offered, L. C-, 8th ed., Nos. 59, 73, 137, 138, 153, 252, 291, 

 309, 346, 370, 415, 614, 72;, 819, 898, 905, 919, 936, 939, 1003, 

 1007, 1016, 1034, 1045, 1126 b, 1133, 1138, 1172, 1209, 1331, 1404, 

 1775. Desiderata: 6, 26, 39, 41, 45, 46, 50, 51, 74, 87, 95, in, 

 117, 121, 146, 160, 163, 230, 236, 311, 494, 535, 586, 623, 633, 

 687, 909, 926, 932, 940, 1036, 1043, 1074, 1324, 1325, 1329, 1334, 

 1350, 1369, 1379, 1399, 1417, 1420, 1456, 1460, 1464 1546, 1591, 

 1597. 1641, 1651, 1763, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1839, !849. * 8 55> or 

 common British fossils, named and localised. — T. J. Porter, 

 Perranarworthal, Cornwall. 



Cevlonese and other shells (land, freshwater, and marine) 

 offered in exchange for land shells from New Zealand, New 

 Guinea, China, and Japan. — Miss Linter, Arragon Close, 

 Twickenham. 



Wanted, to exchange foreign marine shells for others not in 

 collection ; will send list. — W. Jones, jun., 27 Mayton Street, 

 Holloway, London, N. 



For exchange, some very fine specimens of Clausilia biplicata, 

 Mont., from Putney, and Ciecilianella aciatla, Beck., from 

 Cookham. Wanted, Testacella Maugei, Succinea oblonga, 

 Acme, Vertigoes, Helix fusca, H . pygma-a, H. rcvelata; also 

 good foreign marine shells localised, — Wilfred Mark Webb, 

 31 Aynhoe Road, Brook Green, W. 



Dragonflies wanted, from all parts of the world, for figuring 

 in monograph ; good return made. — W. Harcourt Bath, Lady- 

 wood, Birmingham. 



Common British dragonflies wanted ; lepidoptera, coleoptera, 

 and land and freshwater shells given in exchange. — W. Har- 

 court Bath, Ladywood, Birmingham. 



Wanted, works and pamphlets relating to diagonflies, par- 

 ticu'arly by Dr. Hagen and De Selwys. — W. Harcourt Bath, 

 Ladywood, Birmingham. 



Wanted, wings of lepidoptera (foreign preferred) suitable for 

 micro mounting, in exchange forother objects — J. W. Wilshaw, 

 455, Shoreham Street, Sheffield. 



Wanted, Huxley's " Physiography," vol. i. of Jeffreys' 

 "British Conchology." Will give in exchange, Cassell's " Il- 

 lustrated Book of Canaries and Cage Birds," &c. — W. E. 

 Codings, Springfield Place, Leeds. 



Bateman's 3-in. aperture telescope, in case, cost £6. Ex- 

 change for a photographic camera to value. — Frederick DuBois, 

 Girdlers' Hall, 39, Basinghall Street, E.C. 



Science-Gossip from 1880 to 1886, unbound, in exchange for 

 British birds' eggs or offers. — F. J. Rasell, St. James's End, 

 Northampton. 



Diatom deposit, clean, sufficient for 100 slides, for four good 

 diatom slides. — F. R. M. S., Mottram, Manchester. 



Wanted, British bird skins ; offered, natural history books. 

 Lists exchanged. — J. H. IK., 18 .Church Street, Commercial 

 Street, E. 



Seeds of Silene maritima, MyrrJiis odorata, Anthyl'is viil- 

 ncraria, Dianthus deltoides, Cochlcaria officinalis, var. alpina, 

 etc., for seeds of other wild plants. — Florence Mosley, Beaumont 

 Park Museum, Huddersfield. 



Wanted, European and other foreign lepidoptera ; Papili '.> 

 podalirius, Saturnia pyri, S.Io, Actias luna,Attacus cynthia, 

 and many other of the larger species, pupae, or imagos, set or 

 in 'papers. Offered, lepidoptera, book-pattern store-boxes, 

 choice flower-seeds, etc. — R. Laddiman, Hellesdon Road, 

 Norwich. 



Eggs of Meadow pipit, Snipe, Little Grebe, Landrail, &c. to 

 exchange for others. An Egg Cabinet wanted. — Harry F. 

 Medley, Palmerston Square, Romsey, Hampton. 



Seventy-five moths, including ten red underwings, all taken 

 at sugar this season ; will exchange for micro slides or appa- 

 ratus. What offers ?-S. J. T., 1 Woodford Hall Villas, 

 Chelmsford Road, Woodford. 



Wanted, curious foreign nuts, berries, seeds,etc— F. Stanley, 

 Margate. 



Fossils from chalk, Thanet sands, etc., in exchange for 

 coins or curiosities. — F. Stanley, Margate. 



Specimens of Isnardia pahtstris, collected by Borrer. 

 Wanted, L. C, 8th ed., 24, 1493, 1503, 1580, 1651, 1703, 1827. 



Wanted, a good mount of Cccidomyia destructor ; good 

 exchange.— Rev. C. H. Griffith, Strathfield Turgiss, Winch- 

 field, Hants. 



Collection of British eggs (with data), side-blown and full 

 clutches, of 30 species, 10 being in nests ; also 40 species in 

 pairs, mounted and named, and about 250 odd ones, about 400 

 eggs altogether. Wanted in exchange, good ova or pupae of 

 lepidoptera, or Newman's " Butterflies and Moths," in good 

 condition. — E. C. Tye, 95 Hall Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. 



Wanted, foraminilerous and diatomaceous material in ex- 

 change for micro slides of forams from Macassar Straits, and 

 various diatoms and spicules of sponges, both home and foreign, 

 also fossil coal spores. — Robert Pettigrew, jun., 66 Flowerhill 

 Street, Airdrie, N.B. 



For exchange, a number of Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian, 

 Jurassic, Oligocene, and other fossils. Wanted, fossils from the 

 Carboniferous, Jurassic, Cretaceors, etc. rocks ; skulls, or books 

 on general literature.— T. T. Groom, St. John's College, 

 Cambridge. 



Wanted, set of about twenty-five stoppered bottles to hold 

 reagents for elementary chemical testing, Bnnsen burner, 

 mouth blowpipe, tripod stand, retort stand, beakers, test tubes, 

 etc. Exchange, Cooke's (M. C.) "Microscopic Fungi," last 

 edition (1886), new, coloured plates ; Richardson's " Geology." 

 published at 10.J. 6d. ; Microtome (Beck), catalogued 10s. 6d. 

 new. — Frank Worgan, 34 Cedar Street, Derby. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Manual of Zoology," by Professor Nicholson, 7th ed. 

 (London: W. Blackwood & Son). — " Factors in Life," by 

 Professor H. Seely (London : S. P. C. K.).— " Bird Stories," 

 by Harrison Weir (S. P. C K.).—" Chemistry and Heat, "_ by 

 R. G. Durrant (London : Rivingtons).—" Sketch of Geological 

 History," by Professor Hull (London: C. W. Deacon). — 

 " Sixth Annual Report, U.S. Geol. Survey" (Washington).— 

 "Journal Royal Microscopical Soc," October.— " Annals of 

 Botany," vol. i., No. 1, August. — "Currency and Bimetallism 

 Examined," by Win. Birkmyre. — "Journal of Royal Soc. 

 N. S. Wales," August. — "Trans. Geol. Soc. Edinburgh."— 

 "Report Norwich Science Gossip Club.'' — "Essex Naturalist," 

 7, 8, and 9. — " American Monthly Microscopic Journal." — 

 " Journal of Microscopy" — '' Trans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. 

 Society" — "Morphology of the Carinae," by Mary E. Holmes. 



— " Century." " Scribner's." — " Gentleman's Mag." — " Bel- 



gravia." — ' ' Midland Naturalist." — " Wesley Naturalist."— 

 " American Naturalist."—" Victoria Naturalist."—" Garner." 

 — "Amateur Photographer."—" British Dogs," No. 13.—" Pro- 

 ceed. Geol. Associaton."— "The Naturalist."— &c, &c, &c. 



Communications received up to the 12TH ult. from : 

 J. M.— J. L. M.-H. F.— J. H. A. J.— F. E. S.-S.— H. C. R. 

 -H. H. B.-J. B. B.-J. L.-R. B.— A. J. R. S.-R. S. P.— 

 F H.— W. C. S.— A. N. B.-W. H.— C. R— W. B.— R McA. 

 -Rev. H. W. L.-W. H.-J. C M.-J. H. D.-J. H. B.- 

 E. W. M.— W. H. W.— J. O. B.— \V. A. C— G. E. D.— W. S. 

 -G. R.— S. P.— G. E. E.-E. H. L.-D. M. H.-H. W. C— 

 T. C— H. R.— R. B. P.— S. M.— YV. E. W.— Dr. R.— J. B. B. 

 -W. E. W.-A. H. S.-A. S.-H. J. P.-C. P.-J. E.-S. R. 

 -P. H.-J. H. K.-T. J. P.-F. B.-J. B. B.-G. D. T. R.- 

 H. R.— J. E. C.-W. H.-R. H M.-R. L.— J. G.-H. W. B. 

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 t w. W.— F. D. B.— Dr. A.— W. E. C.-W. H. B.— F. J. R. 

 —Dr. T. W. W.— T. A. D.— F. S. L.— H. E.— A. V.— W. A. C. 

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 M R— I. R. M.— J. W.— E. O. M.-D. W. B.— G. E. E— 

 A. H. S.-W. T. H.— E. H.— T. S.— C. H. G.-G. R. M.— 

 H. F— G. W. B.— W. S.— C F. S.— E. C. T.— R. P., jun.— 

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