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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 

 The Geologists' Association of London. 

 Excursions and Conductors. 



June 5 to 8.— Whitsuntide. Cheltenham (Gloucestershire). 



E. Wethered. F.G.S., and S. S. Buckman, F.G.S. 



,, ig. — Whole day. Leighton (Bedfordshire). A. C. G. 



Cameron. 

 ,, 26.— Merstham (Surrey). G. J. Hinde, Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 and W. Whitaker, F.R.S. 

 July 3. — Woking. F. Meeson. 



„ 10.— Whole day. Peterborough (Northamptonshire). 



A. N. Leeds, F.G.S., and A. S. Woodward, F.G.S. 



,, 17.— Bishop's Stortford (Herts.). Rev. Dr. Irving, 



F.G.S. 

 „ 261031.— Long Excursion. Edinburgh. Prof. James 

 Geikie, LL D., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; J. G. Goodchild, 

 F.G.S., and H. W. Monckton, F.G.S. 

 Sept. 4.— Whitchurch, Oving, Quainton. A. M. Davies, 

 F.G.S. Baker Street, 9.37 a.m. for Waddesdon 

 Manor. 

 „ 18.— Holmesdale Valley. W. J. Lewis Abbott, F.G.S. 



Victoria (L. C. and D. R.), 1.30 p.m. for Otford, 

 For particulars of these excursions, apply to Horace W. 

 Monckton, Esq., Secretary for Excursions, 10, King's Bench 

 Walk, Temple, E.C. 



London Geological Field Class. — Conductor, Professor 

 H. G. Seeley, F.R.S. [Vide Science-Gossip, Vol. iii., 

 p. 328.) 

 June 12.— Coulsdon to Merstham. Cannon Street, 2.17 p.m. 

 ,, 26.— Aylesford to Maidstone. Cannon Street, 2.37 p.m. 

 July 3. — Hailing to Rochester. Cannon Street, 2.42 p.m. 

 „ 10. — Hildenboro' to Sevenoaks. Cannon Street. 2.23 p.m. 

 ,, 17. — Upnor to Rochester. Cannon Street, 2.37 p.m. 



Hon. Sec, R. H. Bentley, 43, Gloucester Road, 

 South Hornsey, N. 



Entomological and Natural 



The South London 

 History Society. 

 June 5-7. — Field Meeting : Ashdown Forest (Members 

 intending to go please write to Secretary, Mr. H. 

 J. Turner, 13, Drakefield Road, S.E.) 

 July 3.— Reigate. 



North London Natural History Society.— The following 



are amongst the fixtures for next session: 

 June 4-7. — Excursion to the New Forest. 



„ 10. — Debate : " Is Vivisection Justifiable ? " 



„ 19. — Half-day Excursion to the Lea Valley. 



„ 24.— "Clothes-Moths." J. B. Casserley. 



There will also be a special-family discussion, entitled 

 " The Liparidse," to be opened by A. Bacot on some date 

 not yet fixed. — Lawrence J . Tremayne, Hon. Secretary. 



Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society. — We have 

 received the following list of fixtures for the forthcoming 

 session : 

 June 7.— Whit-Monday. — Outing to Cheshunt. 



,, 19.— Outing to Caterham. H. Wilson, Hon. Sec, 



14, Melbourne Square, Brixton Road. 



Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club. 



Excursions. 



May 29. — Barton and South Ferriby. Boat from Corpora- 

 tion Pier at 1.40 p.m. Return fare is. 

 June 7. — Goole Moor. 



„ 12. — Aldbro. 



,, 26. — Pelham Woods. 



Meetings. 



June 9.— "The Extinct Animals of Holderness." Mr. T, 

 Sheppard. 



„ 23.—" Crabs." Mr. F. W. Fierke, M.C.S. 



For particulars, apply to Mr. T. Sheppard, Hon. Sec, 78, 

 Sherburn Street, Hull. 



Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. 



June 5 to 9.— Excursion. 

 „ 23.—" Notes on Arancidas (Spiders) of Leicestershire." 



Nottingham Natural Science Rambling Club. 



Geological Section.— Leader, Mr. J. Shipman, F.G.S. 



May 29. — Trowell, Strelley, Kimberley, etc. Meet Midland 

 Station, 2.30. p.m. 



June 26.— Drive to East Leake. Meet front University Col- 

 lege, 2.30 p. ni. Fare, including drive, 24 miles, 

 and tea, 2s. 6d. 



July 10.— Trowell, Stony Cloud and Sandiacre. Meet 



Midland Station, 2.30 p.m. 

 Aug. 28.— Annual Excursion. Lincoln. Fare (special train), 



15. 6d. 

 Sept. ii.— Hucknall Torkard and Long Hills. Meet Midland 



Station, 1.30 p. m. 



Botanical Section. — Leader, Mr. W. Stafford. 

 June 19.— Lambley Dumbles. Meet G.N.R. Station, 2.40 

 July 24.— Red Hill and Bestwood. Meet opposite Mechanics' 



Hall, 2 30 p.m. 

 Aug. 14. —Nottingham Arboretum. Meet Waverley Street 



Entrance, 2.30 p.m. 

 Sep. 18.— Radcliffe and environs. Meet G.N.R. Station, 1.45 



p.m. 

 Oct. 16. — Annual Meeting, Rambling Club, Natural Science 

 Laboratory, University College, Nottingham, 4 

 p.m. Tea, soiree and exhibition of collections 

 made during season. W. Bickerton, Hon. Sec, 

 187, Noel Street, Nottingham. 



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EXCHANGES. 

 Notice. — Exchanges extending to thirty words (including 

 name and address) admitted free, but additional words must 

 be prepaid at the rate of threepence for every seven words 

 or less. 



Wanted, eggs of cuckoo, with those of foster parents.— 

 W. Wells Bladen, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Micro slides or cabinet wanted in exchange for 50-in. 

 astronomical telescope ; several good diatom slides for 

 exchange.— R. Borrows, 18, Pensbury Street, Darlington. 



Eggs for Exchange.— Black-headed gulls, crows, terns. 

 Wanted, herons or razorbills. — John Duguid, 95, Gallowgate, 

 Aberdeen. 



Wanted, specimens of minerals and pebbles in exchange 

 for interesting and beautifully dried plants (British or foreign) 

 or cash.— David S. Fish, 12, Fettes Row, Edinburgh. 



Natal butterflies, set and named. What offers?— E. G. 

 H.Tyrrell, 42, Raven Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South 

 Africa. 



Offered, two honey ants (Camponotiss innatus) from 

 Cent al Australia, in exchange for twenty typical mineral 

 specimens; forty ants available.— E. J. Bradley, Engineer- 

 in-Chief's Office, Adelaide, South Australia. 



Coles "Studies in Microscopical Science"; cash offers 

 requested for above, complete, unbound. The accompany- 

 ing slides are in polished pine cabinet, with glass door. 

 Only accepted offer answered.— A. W. Dennis. 48, Mansfield 

 Street, London, N.E. 



