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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Diatoms, Gomphoncma gcininainm. A splendid pure 

 gathering of this large diatom (in spirits). One ounce bottle 

 exchanged for twelve best quality microscopic slides. Sample 

 tube for three good slides. J. Lillie Mitchell, 6 Mansfield 

 Place, Edinburgh. 



Eggs, side-blown, of chiffchafT, coot, goldfinch, jackdaw, 

 lapwing, magpie, moorhen, pheasant, mallard, tree pipit, lesser 

 redpole, rook, swift, in exchange for others not in my collection. 

 Offers solicited.— W. Wells Bladen, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Will be glad to exchange lists of duplicates and desiderata 

 of rare plants, viz. 235, 236, 2421^, 72515, 1056, 1071, 1422, 

 1430, 1446, lifi-jh, and many others. — Henry Searle, Rook 

 Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



"Out of Doors," by Rev. J. G. Wood, "Midland Natu- 

 ralist," 1878, "Naturalist," 1879, 18S0, and other natural 

 history books in exchange for " Rimmer's Land and Freshwater 

 Shells " or " Gamekeeper 'at Home," &c.— Rev. W. W. 

 Flemyng, Portlaw, co. Waterford, Ireland. 



Wanted, naval and military war medals, coins, tokens, &c. 

 Good exchange offered in fossils, shells, minerals, and natural 

 curiosities. — F. Stanley, Margate. 



British shells for exchange. For lists of duplicates and 

 desiderata, apply to J. W. Cundall, Carrville, Alexandra Park, 

 Redland, Ijristol. 



Duplicates. — (Coleoptera) Agahis gnttatns, Ccrais hi/ms- 

 tiilatns, H ctcroccrus Icezngatns, Hypcra puiictatn, Donacia 

 deitti/'cs, scricea and Icintia-, Pnisocu7-is marginclla and phel- 

 latuirii, SpluTrode7-ina tcstacea, and many others. Desiderata 

 British coleoptera.— T. Wood, 5 Selwyn Terrace, Jasper Road, 

 Upper Norwood. 



"Midland Natukalist " for 1881, complete (up to present 

 month— October— inclusive), "Midland Naturalist" for 1879, 

 one number missing— May. What offers in exchange? — 

 G. Hall, s Rasen Lane, Lincoln. 



Stained vegetable tissues, marine algx (foreign and British) 

 with diatoms in situ, choice plant and animal hairs, forami- 

 nifera, &c., all well mounted, for other good slides. — J. Ford, 

 Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. 



For exchange, a new and highly-improved camera for 

 drawing in perspective. — Robert Dale, Fell. Soc. Sci., Sher- 

 borne, Dorset. 



Wanted, first-class mounted preparations of insects and 

 other objects, also all classes of unmounted material. Good 

 exchange in slides, micro sundries, and material offered. — 

 F. R. Martin, Malvern House, Clevedon. 



Louis Ficuier's "World before the Deluge," containing 

 thirty-four full page illustrations of extinct animals and land- 

 scapes of the ancient world, 202 figures of animals, plants, and 

 other fossil remains: wanted, English accordion, or "Tom 

 Brown's Schooldays " and " Tom Brown at 0-xford," or offers. 

 — Mr. S. Levermore, 8 Foundry Terrace, Maldon, Essex. 



Wanted, Gosse's " Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica," " Birds 

 cf Jamaica," &c., also Bell's "Stalk-eyed Crustacea," Prit- 

 chard's "Infusoria," Johnston's "Zoophytes," Westwood's 

 " Sessil-eyed Crustacea," Couch's "Fishes," or other good 

 works on Natural History, in exchange for Gosse's "Devon- 

 shire Coast," Burmeister's "Entomology," S:c., or cash. — 

 C. Grimes, Dover. 



Galvanometer (Henley's Telegraph) in perfect order, very 

 delicate for long lines, for i-inch object glass by good maker. 

 Beck preferred. — H., i, Tamworth Villas, Hornsey Road. 



Science-Gossip for 1S72-1878, 1S79-1880, and vol. i. of 

 "Great Industries of Britain," all unbound, for offers. — A. 

 Alletsee, 11 Foley Street, Langham Place, W. 



L. C. 7th ed. Nos. 10, 80, 126, 218, 265, 305, 343, 351, 403, 

 475. 56s. s8i, 672, 674, 950, loog, 1237.5, 1239c, 1241, 1278, ex- 

 changed for other rare plants. Lists exchanged. — J. Jackson, 

 Wetherby, Yorkshire. 



Wanted, British birds' eggs ; will give in exchange Cassell's 

 "Illustrated Family Paper," for 1S66, handsomely bound. — 

 R. Darling, Eyke, Woodbridge, Suffolk. 



L. C. 7th ed. Offered, 2, 38, 60, 115/', 201, 307, 396, in fruit, 

 534. 539. 548, s8i. 5S8, 626, 628, 731, 737, 830, 852, 911, 912, 

 1043, 1109. for other rare plants. — D. J. Powrie, M.A., Dock- 

 head, Dumfries. 



Wanted, well-authenticated specimens of Sphcvriwn cor- 

 fictiin, vars. nnchtts and pisidioidcs, and Pisidiiim /ontinale, 

 vars. pallida and pulchclla. Other shells or micro slides of 

 odontophores offered in exchange. — J. D. Butterell, 2 St. John 

 Street, Beverley. 



Wanted to exchange, microscopical lamp, on sliding stand, 

 with shade, cost £1 is., for some of the works of Darwin, or 

 what offers ?— Rev. W. Johnson, Catherine Street, Hartlepool, 

 Durham. 



Wanted, strong fresh plants, Primula Scotica, exchange 

 Privinla farinosa. — Miss Forster, Backworth House, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne. 



LoNroN Catalogue, 7th ed. Wanted, 325, 676, 1007, 1221, 

 1228, 1234, 1363, 1369, 1545, 1622. Offered, 218, 731, 739, 944, 

 1233, and a few examples of Isnardia. F. H. Arnold, Hermit- 

 age; Emsworth. 



Wanted, any small British mammals, especially bats, stoats, 

 weasels, water-moles, and harvest mice ; also nest of harvest 

 mouse.— H. C. Brooke, 45 Union Grove, Wandsworth Road, 

 Loudon, S.W. 



Good anatomical slides wanted (injections preferred), for 

 good geological, approval both sides. — W. H. Harris, Caerleon 

 Villa, Partridge Road, Cardiff. 



For exchange or sale, a good binocular microscope ; two eye- 

 pieces, i-in., i-in., 1-in., and Jth objectives, polariscope, spot 

 lens. Frog plate, condenser, &c. — R. W. Watson, 22 High- 

 bury Park, N. 



I have several living .specimens of the tansy beetle [Chryso- 

 inela fulgidd) exchange for other natural history objects, birds 

 in the flesh, for stuffing, preferred. — Edward J. Gibbins, 10 

 Bootham, York. 



Wanted, in good fruit, any species of Systegium, Selligeria, 

 and Phascum, except P. cnspidatum, also Pleuridium nitiduin 

 and Splachmnn vasculpsiiiit. Exchange in mosses. — Miss 

 Ridley, Whitehaugh, Alford, N.B. 



Nine parts of "The Intellectual Observer," March to 

 November, 1863 ; vol. i. of the " Student and Intellectual 

 Observer," bound ; " Natural History Review," 1861, in parts ; 

 for offers. — R. Smith, 30 Great Russell Street, Bedford 

 Square. W. 



Parts i to 36 inclusive, of Cassell's " European Butterflies 

 and Moths," with plates, all perfect, including the butterflies 

 Sphingida;, and greater part of Noctuae. Will exchange for 

 works on entomolgy, or cash. — H. B. Pirn, Leaside, Kings- 

 wood Road, Upper Norwood. 



Tine slides (several hundred objects), in exchange for good 

 material. Send list and quantity. A liberal exchange for 

 sponges, especially British Gorgonias. — J. Tempere, Storring- 

 ton, Sussex. 



Wanted, minerals, fossils, or microscopic slides in exchange 

 for .polished specimens of agates. — J. Campbell Christie, 

 Hamilton, N.B. 



Wanted, micro-material in quantity, will exchange slides or 

 purchase. — Joseph Severs, Airethwaite, Kendal. 



First-class anatomical and pathological micro-slides in 

 exchange for good stereoscopic slides. — Henry Vial, Crediton, 

 Devon. 



Sand from the shores of the Shetland Islands, washed up 

 from the bed of the Atlantic, rich in foraminifera. A quantity 

 sufficient to form many good slides for twelve stamps. — 

 H. F. Hunter, The Manse, Goole, Yorks. 



Shells or British Lepidoptera wanted in exchange for "Dore 

 Picture Gallery." — J. T. Lightwood, Lytham. 



Wanted, British fossils, microscopical slides, &c. Offered 

 in exchange, named foreign Jurassic and tertiary fosbils. 

 Dr. Rudolf Haeusler, F.G.S., &c., Dedham, Essex. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Deaf-Mutism." By Dr. Arthur Hartmann, translated by 

 J. P. Cassells, M.D. London: Bailliere, Tindal, & Co.x. 



" Gardens and Woodlands." By the late Frances Jane Hope. 

 London : Macmillan & Co. 



"The Fig, Mulberry, and the Quince." By D. T. Fi^h. 

 London : " Bazaar" Office. 



" Northern Microscopist." September. 



"Midland Naturalist." September. 



" Land and Water." September. 



" Journal of Applied Science." September. 



"The Antiquary." September. 



" Revista." September. 



"Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." August. 



" Le Monde de la Science et de 1' Industrie." August. 



" La Science pour Tous." August. 



" Canadian Naturalist." August. 



"The American Naturalist." August. 



"Good Health." August. 



" Ben Brierle/s Journal." August. 



" American lilonthly Microscopical Journal." July and 

 August. 



&c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to 9TH ult. from 

 C. H. G.— C. K.— G. H. B.— F. B.-B. M. O.— G. A. W. O 

 C. F. W. T. W.— C. W. B.— S. A. B.— J. F.— D. D.— F. S. 

 —J. T.— J. M. M.— G. C. D.— F. M. R.— B. E. D.— G. B. 

 —J. L. M.— J. S.— E. T. M.— J. W.— F. R. M.— S. B 

 J. E. R.— A. W. P.-G. C. D.— J. M. M.— F. R. M.— W. 

 — H. P. M.— C. D. J.— R. D.— J. F.— Col. H. B.-J. E. F 

 A. K.-J. A. O.-G. H.-T. W.-E. L.-C. F. W.— T. S. 

 — E. D. M.— J. W. C— J. R.-A. D. M.-M. J. C— F. S 

 G. H. B.-C. E. S.— W. W. F.-H. S.-W. W. B.-B. H 



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

 — W. W. R.-R. S.-A. B. G.-G. D.-E. T. D.-A. H 

 N. J.— F. W. O.-A. A.-C. J. G.-J. J.-T. P.-R. D 



D. J. P.-S. A. B.-J. D. B.-W. J.-W. H. H.-W. R 

 F. H. A.-J. A. W. O.-T. C. U.-A. G. D.-J. S. H 

 A. H. S.— A. S.— &c. 



Err.vtum. — At page 204, second line, transpose 

 to preceding hrachyphylla. 



