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HARDWICKE" S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Undergraduate. — The " rough" sketches will only permit 

 of a rough guess at the names of the objects delineated : — 

 No. 1 are possibly the fragments of species of some Echinoderm 

 (Spatangus or Opkiocoma ; 2. Polyotomella ; 3. Rotalina ; 4. 

 Heliopelta Metii (diatom) ; 5. Cingulum or connecting zone of 

 some discoid diatom ; 6. Actinoptychus (diatom) ; 7. Cosciuo- 

 discus Uneatus (diatom) ; 8. Actiniscus Sirius (diatom) ; 9 and 

 10. Upper and lower apices of Sccptroucis caduccus (diatom). 



EXCHANGES. 



Wanted, in exchange or for purchase, " Natural History 

 Review" for years 1854 and 1855 (bound or in parts, latter pre- 

 ferred) and following numbers : — April, 1856 ; April, 1858 ; 

 April and October, i860. I have some odd numbers of same 

 work, if required. — Alpha, 18, Upper Fitzwilliam-street, 

 Dublin. 



A Student in pathology, having constant opportunities of 

 procuring specimens in bulk (physiological and pathological), 

 would be happy to send his duplicates, hardened in spirit and 

 ready for making sections, to any gentleman, in exchange for 

 Natural History specimens. Further particulars by letter.— 

 W. Barrett Rone', 165, White Ladies'-road, Bristol. 



Several Natural History curiosities to exchange, including 

 Bat (stuffed), Python (stuffed), and a fine specimen of the 

 Goliath Beetle; also a new copy of Rye's "British Beetles" 

 (10s. 6,d.). Wanted, Wood's " Insects at Home " or " Abroad," 

 Lewes' " Sea-side Studies," British or Foreign Lepidoptera and 

 side-blown Birds' Eggs. — W. Barrett Rone, 165, White Ladies'- 

 road, Bristol. 



OAK-feeding Silkworm Moth (Yama Mali) for poition of a 

 wing. Send a stamped directed envelope to W. H. Gomm, 

 Sandwich, Kent. 



WELL-mounted sections of Sponges in balsam, showing 

 spicula in situ : Grantia compressa, Hymeniacidon suberea, 

 H. caruncula, Halichondria panicea, offered for unmounted 

 pieces of Pachymatisma, Spongilla, &c. — T. H. Buffham, 

 Clarendon-road. Walthamstow. 



Several hundred Silkworms' Eggs for exchange, for Micro, 

 or other objects of interest. — Mrs. Skilton, London-road, 

 Brentford. 



Offered, Unio margaritiferus from river Tay. Wanted, 

 Anodonta, or other good freshwater or land-shells. — Address, 

 Henry Coates, Bridgend House, Perth, N.B. 



Wanted, Slides or Material, Triceratium, Diatoms, and 

 Foraminifera, for well-mounted Slides, Alyssam, Eleagnus, 

 Onosma. Material of same or other slides in exchange. — E. 

 W. Burgess, 35, Langham-street, London, W. 



Wanted, Harvest Bugs, Trombidium autitmnale. First- 

 class slides in exchange. — E. W. , 48, Tcllington-road, Hollo- 

 way, N. 



Good Microscopic Slides in exchange for any of Hugh 

 Miller's works, or a good turn-table. — E. Edwards, 8, St. 

 John's Cottages, Penge, S. E. 



Offered, Nos. 42, 133, 164, 1^5, 185, 206, 242, 273, 386, 

 389, 390, 451, 452, 520, 550, 634, 729, 753, 761, 773, 831, 841 b, 

 1015, 1517, 1040, 1131, 1259, 1406, 1501, 1571, 1572, in ex- 

 change for rare British plants. — W. J. Hannan, 6, Tatton- 

 street, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



London Catalogue, 7th ed. wanted, 5, 7, 19, 23, 25, 61, 

 and others, for 241, 120, 171, 804, 1136, 1379, and many others. 

 — Miss H., 75, Todmorden road, Burnley. 



For a few scales of any six of the following send well-mounted 

 object :— Greater Weever, Black Bream, Atherine Smelt, Blue 

 and Ballan Wrass, Grey Mullet. Sapphirine, Red and Streaked 

 Gurnards, Bass, Tench, Rudd, Roach, Dace ; also, skin of 

 Spotted Dogfish and Picked Dogfish.— E. M., 20, Cropley- 

 street, New North-road, London. 



For exchange, upwards of five dozen microscope slides, 

 chiefly parasites, wanted in exchange, parasites, either mounted 

 or unmounted. — W. A. Hyslop, 22, Palmerston-place, Edin- 

 burgh. 



Palates of Helix aspersa and Patella vulgaris, neatly 

 mounted, in exchange for good slides or material. — J. Black- 

 sham, 78, Lozell's-road, Birmingham. 



Rosa tomentilla, dumetoi-um, Reuteri, &c, for C alt ha 

 Guerangerii, Digitaria hiiDiifusa, and other Rosas and Rubi. 

 — G. C. Druce, Northampton. 



Wanted, Rubbings of Monumental Brasses from all parts of 

 England : exchange natural objects, Rubbings from Kentish 

 churches, or Curiosities. Have Science-Gossip from com- 

 mencement. — F. Stanley, 6, Clifton Gardens, Margate- 



British Land, Freshwater, and Marine Shells, and British 

 T-epidoptera, offered for British Marine Shells or foreign 

 Helices. — Thomas H. Hedworth, Dunston, Gateshead. 



Birds' Eggs, side-blown, labelled, picked, well-marked 

 specimens. Wanted, side-blown specimens of many varieties. 

 — Henry Sissons, Westbourne-road, Sheffield. 



F. S. Collins, 26, Tremont-street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A., 

 would like to exchange American Algae for English or others. 



Wanted, Rev. J. G. Wood's " Insects at Home " and 

 " Insects Abroad," or any similar works, for foreign insects, 

 mounted orunmounted, chiefly parasites. — M., Anglesey Lodge, 

 Godalming, Surrey. 



To Conchologists, resident at home, abroad, or in the Colo- 

 nies. — Having duplicates of nearly 100 species of the British 

 Land and Freshwater Shells, including many of the rarer 

 British Vertigos, such as Substriata minutissima, Alpestris, 

 Pusilla, and Angustior, would be glad to exchange these for 

 foreign or colonial shells equally good. Also in duplicate, 

 Limncea invohttits and Succiuea oblonga, for other English, 

 Land, and Freshwater Shells, in quantities suitable for foreign 

 exchanges ; many common species required. — W. Sutton, 

 Upper Claremont, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Side-blown Eggs. — Many very rare specimens for exchange, 

 mostly marked with collectors' own marks for authentication 

 Wanted, Woodcocks, Ruffs, Puffins, Nightjars, Shags, Wag- 

 tails, Hobies ; also, American and other foreign species. — 

 Sissons, Sharrow, Sheffield. 



For injected human Kidney, stained section of human Inte> 

 tine, and Japanese Grass, all in balsam, send pure gatherings 

 of diatoms, or any well-mounted balsam slide, to J. A. Kay, 

 Mansion House, Brompton, Chatham, Kent. 



" HALF-Hours in the Green Lanes," new and clean, offered 

 for Lepidoptera, or books on Entomology. — A. Wheldon, 8, 

 Albion-street, Darlington. 



Number of first class Anatomical Slides wanted, for first 

 slides or material ; send sample and list for sample and list to 

 James Green, the Cross, March. 



Cretaceous Fossils to exchange for others. Also, wanted, 

 good books on Palaeontology. State price, &c. — J. A. Floyd, 

 Alcester, Warwickshire. 



Wanted, in exchange for well-mounted microscopic slides, 

 SciENCE-Gossir for 1870, unbound ; also, 1865-66-67. List sent 

 to choose. — W. Wise, Broad-street, Launceston. 



Offered Nos. 68, 70, 140, 233, 284c, 625, 682, 1071, 1074, 

 1341 and b, 1577, 1600, 1634c, — for \b, 6bc, 15/;, i8<r, 23, 28/', 32, 

 37, 48b, 50, $ob, 52b, 57^, and Malva Borealis. Lists exchanged. 

 — C. A. O., 30, Queen's-road, Hastings. 



L. C, 7th edition, Nos. 135, 146, 176, 23s, 237, 246, 369, 527, 

 556, 611, 702, 730, 767, 769, 858, 864, 882, 913, 929, 988, 999, 

 1130, 1140, 1262, 1332, 1485, 1519, 1615, and many others, in 

 exchange for other rare species. Send list to J. Tempere, 10, 

 Heald-place, Rusholme, Manchester. 



Withering on British Plants, 4 vols, cloth, 1830, Que- 

 kett's Lectures on Histology, 2 vols, cloth, 1852, in exchange 

 for unmounted British Mosses, British Birds' Eggs or offers. — 

 J. R. Murdoch, Horsforth, near Leeds. 



Green Woodpecker, Red Grouse, Sparrow-hawk, Long- 

 eared Owl, Pochard, and pair of Water-hens, in separate cases, 

 in exchange for Microscope or offers. — J. R. Murdoch, Hors 

 forth, near Leeds. 



BOOKS, &c, RECEIVED. 



" Flowers : their Origin, Shapes. Perfumes, and Colour, " 

 By J. E. Taylor, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c. Second edition. London; 

 Hardwicke & Bogue. 



" Alphabetical Handbook to England and Wales." London ; 

 John Murray. 



"The Sight, and how to Preserve it.'' By H. C. Angell, 

 M.D. London : Hardwicke & Bogue. 



"The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and other 

 Novelties." By George B. Prescott. New v"ork : Appleton 

 & Co. 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry." September. 



"American Journal of Microscopy." ,, 



" Land and Water. " ,, 



" Midland Naturalist." ,, 



" Chambers's Journal." ,, 



" Ben. Brierley's Journal." ,, 



" Botanische Zeitung." August. 



" Science pour Tous." 



Various Pamphlets. 



&c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to ioth ult., from:— 

 F. K. — C. H. G.— G. C— J. W.— E. D. R.— E. E.— T. S.— 

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

 E. W.— X. C— J. W.— A. W.— E. W. B.-W. H.— R. D.— 

 A. H. B.— A. J. J. B.— J. M.— G. D.— H. E W.— Dr. G. A. S. 

 — W. H. N.— C. H. B.-J. R. M.— E. T. C. W.— K. D.— 

 J. C. W.— P. L. S.— W. W. S.— M. G.— H. C. C. M.— W. B. R. 

 —J. A. W.— G. R. R.--J. K.— Col. B.— W. F.— W. W. F.— 

 J. L.— H. C— J. H. M.— A. T.— M. P. H.-Mrs. S.— I. C — 

 W. H. G.-B. H. K.-J. D. S.— G. D. S.— W. C.-A. W. A. 

 — T. H. B.— G. S. H.— Dr. J. H. G. — J. G.- Dr. B — 

 Col. M.— J. W. N.-C. E. R.— T. S.-J. C. C. -Dr. M.— 

 W. M. C. C. S.— F. W. E. S.— A. W.— C. C— W. W.— 

 W, H. W.— H. L.— F. S.— W. C— J. W. S.-R. S.— F. H. A. 

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

 — H. S.— J. C— S. M.— R. T. G.— F. S. C — W. H. P.- 

 W. W. F.— E. C— W. H.— W. H. B.— R. A. B.— H. C. C — 

 J. B.— A. B.— W. A. H.— J. G.— J.C. C— M. J. W.— C. A. O. 

 — B. S.— B. E. S.— J. A. K.— Prof. J. T.— W. W. F.— J. A. F. 

 _W. W.— A W.— H. T.S.— G. P.— W. B.— O. P. C— E. M. 

 — W. G. P.— S. F.— W. G.— G. W. B.— &c. &c. 



