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HARDVVICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



good Diatomaceous material. — T. E. Doeg, Bridge Street, 

 t^vesham. 



Wanted for dissection, a few living full grown individuals 

 ai Helix /usca. Other British Jand-shells given in exchange. — 

 C. Ashford, Christchurch. 



A FEW good side-blown specimens of the eggs of Lesser 

 ■Hack back gull, artre and Sandwich terns in exchange for 

 Lepidoptera (many common species wanted but mu>t be good, 

 well-set specimens). Apply, Jno. D. Walker, 21 Holly Avenue, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



For exchange : the following skins prepared for stuffing : — 

 hooded crow, sparrow hawk (male and female!, jay, cuckoo, 

 magpie, rock dove. What offers? — F. Anderson, Aire Villa, 

 Chichester. 



Wanted unbound Science-Gossip for 1865, 1866. Address 

 to Rev. T. S. King, loS Broomgrove Road, Sheffield. 



Cabinets suitable for British and foreign snails, British 

 shells and foreign shells. Will exchange 17 vols, of "Art 

 Journals " (or part) for above. Address, Conchologist, 26 

 Clapham Road, .S.W. 



VVanthh, Johnston's "Botany of the Eastern Borders." 

 Offered Watson's "Compendium to the Cybele Britaiuiica." 

 W. H. Groser, 44 Hillmarten Road, Holloway, N. 



Indian reptiles, preserved in spirits, in exchange for fossils 

 or natural history objects. Address, T. C. jMaggs, Yeovil. 



For exchange, emu's eggs for British beetles or lepidoptera. 

 J. R., Stonyhurat College, Lancashire. 



Wanted, Sowerby's "Ferns and Fern Allies of Great 

 Britain." — A. Warner, Hoddesdon, Herts. 



Wanted, Newman's " British Moths," Science-Gossip for 

 ]88o, and "Entomologist" for 1880. Two last wanted un- 

 bound. — A. S., 624 King's Road, Fulham, S. W. 



Science-Goss r, unbound, in good condition, complete for 

 187s, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, i83i till present date. — 

 H. Rick el, Walpole Street, Wolverhampton. 



I have 26 parts of Cassell's " Dore Gallery," at 2J. each; 

 will exchange for a microscope. — A. B., care of Mr. Z. Collier, 

 334 Kennington Park Road, S. E. 



Wanted, Rooke Pennington's "Barrows and Bone Caves 

 of Derbyshire." Will exchange Geological Ordnance map of 

 Castleton (Derbyshire) and neighbourhood, or books. — Arnold 

 Linnell, Stretford, Manchester. 



Wanted, L. C, Nos. 13b, i4d, 15b, iSc, iSd, 23, 28b, 31b, 

 32, 36b, 36c, 37, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1421b, &c., for other dried 

 specimens. — J. A. Wheldon, 9 South Street, Scarborough. 



Named foreign fossils (including foraminifera) ofl'ered in 

 ■ exchange for British fossils, foraminifera, radiolaria, or diatoms. 

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



Wanted, Onycha (see Wood's "Bible Animals"), cedar- 

 wood, sabdanum, also an> thing illustrating Bible rites and cus- 

 toms, &c. Can offer Balm of Gilead, spikenard, sandal, pistachia, 

 frankincense, books, &c — Tunley, Albert Road, Southsea. 



Wanted, Dolgelly, Luncberg, Santa Fiore, Cuxhaven, 

 Bergmehl deposits, and others ; will give in exchange first- 

 class slides or material. — J. Tempcre, Storrington, Sussex. 



Wantei', Permian fossils (Schizodus, etc.) Exchange good 

 oolitic, cretaceous, and other fossils, rarer British shells — 

 B. A., 29 Tavistock Place, Tavistock Square, W.C. 



Wanted, good British or Irish specimens of Loxonema, 

 Murchisonia, Pachyrisma (grand), Megalodon, Conocardi\mi, 

 (Pleurorhynchus), and Platycrinus. Exchange good oolitic, 

 cretaceous, and other British fossils, rarer British shells. — 

 B. A., 29 Tavistock Place, Tavistock Square, W.C. 



"Dante's Inferno" (Cassell's edition, i866, published at 

 £1 los.), for good modern work on conchology. — A. Loydell, 

 10 Aulay Street, Ossery Road, S.E. 



Wanted, Couch's " H ishes," Bell's " Stalk-eyed Crustacea," 

 Gosse's "Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica," &c. Pritchard's 

 " Infusoria," Smith's " Diatomaceae," Johnston's "Zoophytes," 

 Ralfs' " Desmidieae," Carpenter's " Foraminifera," or other 

 good works on Natural History, in exchange for other books or 

 a student's microscope with accessories. — C. Gromes, Dover. 



Two ounces of dried marine algse from Corsica, rich in 

 diatoms (60 species), sent in exchange for other good 

 diatomaceous material. — J. Tempere, Storrington, Sussex. 



Student's microscope, in- and i-in. objective; about loo 

 slides ; several books ; turntable 8:c. ; also case of electnim 

 mathematical instruments (French), offers to Rev. W. H. 

 Skan, 49 Mayfield Road, Dalston, E. 



For tube of rotiferas and other infusoria send really good and 

 well-mounted object of interest (botanical preferred) to 

 H. Macco, 4 Belgrave Terrace, Bath. 



A NLiMBEK of tood species of land and freshwater shells to 

 exchange for desiderata in marine univalves. No special value 

 attached to British specimens. — C. P. Glayne, 44 Norland 

 Square, Notti ig Hill, London, W. 



Some beautiful slides of crystals, such as chlorate of potash, 

 sulphate of copper, &c., for tlie polariscope, exchange for other 

 slides of inierest. — Geo. J. Wightman, 33 Tresco Road, 

 Nunhead, L 'udon, S.E. 



Wani ed, good slides of foraminifera.'desmids, diatoms, para- 

 sites, for anatomical and pathological slides ; approval on both 

 -^ides — D. H. Barley, Cambridge Street, Newcaslle-on-Pyne. 



Have still many slides and prepared material to part with. 

 ■See October Science-Gossip.— T. McGaun, Burren, Ireland. 



" Insects at Home" and "Insects Abroad," by Rev. J. G. 

 Wood, 1876, unsoiled ; for geological or physiological books or 

 micro-slides. — R. McCully, 41 Vandyke .Street, Liverpool. 



A quantity of unmounted micro-material, algse, zoophytes, 

 soundings, mosses, &c., in e.xchange for good slides. — R. 

 McCully, 41 Vandyke Street, Liverpool. 



Wanted, Waterhouse Hawkins " Comparative View of the 

 Human and Animal Frame," i85o, by Chapman and Hall, in 

 exchange for British shells, lepidoptera, chalk fossils, or plants. 

 It need not be new if no pages or plates are missing. — H., 82 

 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 



Aquarium, strong make, with glass front, fit for outdoor or 

 indoor ornament. Will exchange for microscopic apparatus, or 

 books on botany, biology, or microscope. For particulars as 

 to height, length, &c , apply to V. Wager, Middle Street, 

 Stroud, Gloucestershire. 



Science-Gossip, two years, 1880-81, unbound, clean, 

 Penning's " Field Geology," 2nd edition, new, and Rev. 

 J. C. Wood's " British Beetles," coloured plates ; what offers? 

 Wanted, vols, of "The Antiquary," or Akermann's "Coins 

 of the Romans relating to Britain." — A. G. Wright, New- 

 market, Suffolk. 



Wanted, two death's head moths. Exchange. — J. Mc- 

 Groiither, i Dunkeld Place, Hillhead, Glasgow. 



W.\NTED, an Irish correspondent for exchange of genuine 

 wild plants and mosses. — C. A. O., 76 Trafalgar Road, Old 

 Kent Road, London, S.E. 



Good plants offered in exchange for others from south of 

 England, or for fossils. Will send list on application. — 

 J. Hamson, i Alexandra Place, Bedford. 



Fine oak secretaire, cost £2$, in exchange for books, 

 scientific, art, architecture, or engineering. — H. J., Durham 

 House, Westbourne Park, London, W. 



British birds' eggs. A small but choice collection, 

 including golden eagle, in exchange for books or scientific 

 apparatus; list sent. Offers requested. — ■Dr. Webb, 12 

 Brougham Terrace, West Derby Ro.ad, Liverpool. 



For rare plants, 10, 17, 41, 130c, 242b, 313, 1071, 1259, 12S7, 

 1324, 1358, 1402, 1452, 1467b, 14S2, Carex ornithopoda, 1516, 

 and many others. — H. Searle, Rork Street, Ashton-uuder-Lyne. 



AnatOiMICAL microscopic objects well finished, for good un- 

 mounted microscopic material. Fragments of sponge, gorgonias 

 named Holotltnria chirodota, and synaptse most wanted. — W. 

 White, 7 Marden Place, York Street, Nottingham. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"Freaks and Marvels of Plant Life," by Dr. M. C. Cooke. 

 London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 



"Coloured Zoological Plates," Ditto. 



"The Brain and its Functions," by J. Luys. London: Kegan 

 Paul & Co. 



" Miscellanies of Animal Life," by Elizabeth Spooner. 

 London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 



"The Student's Handbook of Chemistry," by H.Leicester 

 Greville, F.C.S. Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone. 



" Land and Water." November. 



"Journal of Applied Sciences." November. 



" Aunt Judy's Magazine." November. 



" Ben Brierley's Journal." November. 



" The Antiquary." November. 



"Chemist and Druggist." November. 



"Midland Naturalist." November. 



" Northern Microscopist." November. 



" American Naturalist." November. 



" Canadian Entomologist." November. 



" Good Health." November. 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry." November. 



" Revista " (Oporto). November. 

 &c. &c. &c. 



Communications received up to ioth ult. from : — 

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

 —J. S.— E. S.— F. A.— W. B. R.— T. S. K.— J. L.-B. W.— 

 T. E. D.-J. R. M.— J. A. E.— J. T. H.-H. R.— G. H.— 

 J. D. B.— J. A. O.— C J. D.— C. R.— E. L.— E. H.— H. R. A. 

 —A. B. S. W.— J. A. W.—G. D. B.-W. E. B.— W. A. L.— 

 J. R.-R. F. F.— S. A. B.-Z. C.-G. M.— A. S.— H. R.— J. T. 



— F. W. H.-G. F. L.— A. W.-W. H. D.— W. H. T.— J. W.O. 

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



— H. M.-C. P. G.-A. W. O.— E. H.— W. T. L— G. T. W.— 

 H. H -J. M. M.— W. J.-H. P.-G. O. H.— T. McG.— 

 R. McC— W. G. M.-J. S.— J. I.-E. P. D.— I. M. G.— 

 E. M. F.— A. W.— A. L — T. A.— J. S. B.— W. J. S.— W. IVI. 

 —A. B. S. W— H. S.-R. E. .S.-E. A. W.-H. J.-A. F.— 

 B. M. O.-G. S.-G. H. W.-J. H.-A. \V. P.-F. Z. S.-J. H. 

 -J. C. T.-A. E. G.-J. J. H.-T. B. R.-H. H. B.— J. R.— 

 J. VV. B.-T. B. R.-W. J. H— E. L.— E. P.-W. N.-E. J. T. 

 — W. G. W.-C. V. R.-H. M. F. L.— E. D.-A. H.— W. T. S. 

 — E. de C— W. N.— E. W.— H.— R. L— E. L.— A, G. L. 

 — R. D.— J. F. H. W.— R. W.— C. J. A. C— F. K.— G. F. G. 



— F. H. H.— T. S. M.— A. H. S.— W. T. L.-Dr. IL— W. J.— 

 W. J. S.— W. T. G.— J. jSL— &c. 



