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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



" MucKROSS." — We are sorry to say that, owing to a removal, 

 ■your specimens have been mislaid ; please send others. We 

 ■take this opportunity of apologising to others who may have 

 sent us objects to be named. Our time has been so taken up, 

 that for any delay we crave a little indulgence. 



H. Wells. — The leaf you sent us is attacked by the white 

 rust. 



J. A. O. — A fourth edition of the " Micrographic Dictionary " 

 is now being issued, in 2s. 6d. parts, by Van Voorst. 



J. H. Watson. — You cannot do better than go to the neigh- 

 bourhood of Castleton, Derbyshire, to hunt for fossils of the 

 carboniferous limestone series. In TreclifF, Cave Dale, and the 

 quarries on the road to Tideswell, there are very rich harvests 

 to be gleaned. 



B. J. — Your specimen is wavellite (a phosphate of alumina). 

 We sometimes get it in coal shales. 



Miss Thomson. — The egg you sent us is that of the 

 quail. 



C. L. A. — The monstrosity in terminal part of the floral spike 

 ■of foxglove [Digittlis purpurea] is not uncommon. See Dr. 



Masters's " Teratology," p. 40. 



H. Hann'ARD. — It is impossible to identify the reptiles from 

 your description. 



T. Stock. — Accept our best thanks for donation of seeds of 

 Erbiiis alpitizis. 



F. J. George. — Your photograph is an appreciated addition. 



R. J. M. AND Various Others. — We have received speci- 

 mens of caterpillars from various contributors in Burnley, 

 Blackburn, and Clitheroe, all of which are those of the grass 

 moth {CJiareas Graminis), an insect which feeds on grass in its 

 earliest stage, as its specific name implies. See notice in New- 

 man of this caterpillar affecting the grassy slopes of the hills 

 about Keswick. It appears to have been very abundant this 

 year on the hilly pastures near Clitheroe. 



G. H. C. — You cannot do better than procure the volume of 

 " Casseli's Natural History" (edited by Professor Duncan), 

 dealing with reptiles, for information concerning both British 

 and foreign species. 



A. H. B. — The plant you sent us from Devonshire, where it 

 goes by the name of "money-pennies," is the navel-wort 

 ^Cotyledon nnibilicus). Please send us any notes on plant 

 folk- lore you may have by you. 



EXCHANGES. 



English shells, between fifty and sixty named varieties, also 

 small collection of minerals. What offers ? — P. Ross, Kersal 

 Dale, Manchester. 



Wanted, cabinet suitable for conchological specimens. 

 Books, or micro slides of MoUuscan palates, offered in exchange. 

 — J. D. Butterell, Beverley. 



Fresh-collected specimens of cluster-cups Aciin. nihellian 

 on the dock and sorrel, R. Ficaria on pilewort, Acim. icrticte 

 on the nettle, offered .in exchange for kingfishers' or nightin- 

 gales' eggs, side-blown. — G. Garrett, 13 Burlington Road, 

 Ipswich. 



Fifteen coloured diagrams, printed on cloth, 5 feet by 3 feet, 

 ■ on the literary history of the Bible, nearly new, cost £1. \os., do 

 well for lecturing. Will exchange for micro slides, or books on 

 geology. — E. Tye, High Street, Stony Stratford. 



Stamp album, containing 230 stamps, all different, some 

 good sorts. What offers ? — E. Tye, High Street, Stony 

 Stratford. 



Wanted to exchange mounted diatoms and crystals for 

 anatomical prep.^rations, mounted. — A. Smith, The Laboratory, 

 Essex Road, London. 



For a bottle of mounting medium, good, send two good 

 anatomical slides.— A. Smith, The Laboratory, Essex Road, 

 London. 



Wanted in exchange for other natural history objects, 

 British mammals in the flesh, or good skulls of the same, bat-, 

 shrews, voles, and mice : also nest of harvest mouse. — J. M. 

 ■Campbell, Kelvingrove, Glasgow. 



Wanted, on approval, Newman's "British Moths," in good 

 condition, and clean. Exchange insects, or give cash. — A. S., 

 624 King's Road, Fulham, S.W. 



I SHALL be happy to send a specimen of Salicornaria far- 

 ciminoidcs to any one desiring it upon receipt of stamped 

 address. — E. Lovett, Holly Mount, Croydon. 



British and foreign birds' eggs to exchange for others not 

 in collection. — J. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, Sunderland. 



Lei'IDOI'Tera to exchange for a "setting-house." — J. I\I. 

 Crossley, Castle Gate, Lewes, Sussex. 



Well-mounted slides of Cyclostoma elcgans in exchange 

 ■for other well-mounted microscopical objects (ground glass slips). 

 — M. Farhall, 3 St. John's Road, Dover. 



A FEW sections of spur of Ornithorhynchus, mounted ; also 

 ■slides of membrane from dorsal fin of albacore captured at 



Bab-el-Mandeb. Exchange for British mosses.— Dr. H T. 

 Ryder, i4r Romford Road, Essex, E. 



Wanted, marine algae in fructification, any kind, in exchange 

 for well-mounted slides, or good material. Wanted also speci- 

 mens or pieces of British Gorgonia for identification.— J. 

 lempere, Storrington, Sussex. 



Offered, a number of named varieties of Gorgonia spicules 



for other slides not in collection. Geological preferred. J. E. 



Fawcett, Rawdon, near Leeds. 



"Wild Life in a Southern Country," and the "Amateur 

 Poacher," by the author of "The Gamekeeper at Home," in 

 exchange for works on natural history.— Tom Duckworth, Para- 

 dise Court, Castle Street, Carlisle. 



For exchange or sale, a 24-inch plate electrical machine, 

 a i2-inch ditto, and i8-inch cylindrical ditto ; also a quantity of 

 electrical apparatus.— T. C. Maggs, Yeovil. 



Science-Gossip for 1880, unbound, also few odd numbers 

 previous dates, exchange for few slides of anything useful.— 

 F. C. M., 3 Alexandra Road, Sheerness. 



London Catalogue, 7th ed., Nos. 1261, 1265, 1266, 1280, 

 1282, 1297,971, and Althrca hirsitta, in exchange for other good 

 plants.— T. James, Tovil, Maidstone. 



Wanted, Balfour's " Botany," 'o^ good medical Botany ; 

 will give in exchange other natural history works.— G. Forden, 

 Sandon, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Wanted, Thripp's " Mosses," 2 vols., coloured plates, bound, 

 .and m good condition, second-hand.— 13 High Street, Watford, 

 Herts. 



Wanted, first-class micro slides of photographs of statuary 

 or scenery, selected marine diatoms, desmids, and other fresh- 

 water algas,- dichromatic chemical crystals for polariscope, bird 

 and animal parasites (balsam) ; in exchange for British land, 

 freshwater, marine, and foreign shells, named and localised, 

 and perfect specimens of British lepidoptera. O. M. A., 82 

 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 



Offers wanted for VVeissmann's " Entwicklung der Dip- 

 teren."— Fourteen double copper plates.— F. Savage, University 

 School, Hastings. 



Any of the following fossils for ones I have not got : — 

 Vertebra: of the Icthyosaurus : Ammonites mutabilis and 

 cordatus ; Trigonia gihbosa ; Rhynchonella concinna; Tere- 

 bratLila : Ostrtra Co'.umba ; Belemnites, and .others. Apply to 

 E. Sye, Stony Stratford, Bucks. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



" On the Indian Hills." By E. L. Arnold. 2 vols. London : 

 Sampson Low. 



"Volcanoes." By Professor Judd. London: C. Keean 

 Paul & Co. 



"Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical -Society of 

 Liverpool." Vol. XXXIV. 1880. 



" How to Make the Best of Life." By Dr. J. INI. Granville. 

 London : D. Bogue. 



" Studies in the Theory of Descent." By Dr. A. Weisman. 

 Part II. London: Sampson Low. 



" Synopsis of the Freshwater Rhizopods." By R. Hitchcock, 

 New York. 



" Journal de Micrographie." April. 



"Micrographic Dictionary." 4th edition. Parti. 



"Midland N.aturalist." July. 



" Northern Microscopist." July. 



" Land and Water." July. 



" Good Health." July. 



"American Naturalist." July. 



" Scottish Naturalist." July. 



" Revista." July. 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." July. 



" American Monthly Journal of Microscopy." July. 



" La Science pour Tous." July. 



"The Antiquary." July. 



" Proceedings of the Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club." 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to Sth ult. from :— 

 G. A. L.— H. R. W. L.— P. R.— E. T.— W. C— G. N.— 

 R. C. P.— T. S. K.— W. F. M.— W. W. B.— E. M. P.— A. S.— 

 E. S.— W. P. H.-L. L.-F. B. R. — B. P.-J. O. B.— G. M. P. 

 —J. B.— J. H. H.— W. H. W.— T. S.— C. 1\I.— G. D.— S. B.— 

 A. B.— J. H.— G. G.— F. K.— J. N. D.— A. S— J. M. C— 

 C. P.— C. F. W. T. W.— J. A. B. O.— C. F. P.-J. Q. C— 



E. E.— V. G.-G. F.— J. T. T. R.— G. T. H.— E. L.— H.P.M. 

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

 J. C. M.-F. J. G.— J. E. F.— J. T.— T. D.— T. S. K.-F. I.— 



F. C. M.— A. B.— H. H.— E. R. F^— B.— W. T. K.— B. W. W. 

 —J. R.— G. F.-T. J.— T. C. v.— H. W.— L. A.— C. C— T.— 

 A. H. B.— T. S.— W. S.— E. T.— T.S. K.— Dr. R. H,— A. J. B, 

 — W. W. W.— E. E.-A. T. B. 



