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steiiaHs), being his own mounting. A good repre- 

 sentative collection of British birds' eggs was lent by 

 Messrs. Cottrell, Hills, Lane, Lovis, and others. 

 Mr. F. E. Williams contributed an interesting exhibit 

 of mammals' skulls, and Messrs. J. B. Crane, F. B. 

 Jennings, and J. Wheeler exhibited moUusca. Men- 

 tion must also be made of an excellent series of clever 

 watercolour drawings of various reptiles, taken from 

 the life by Mr. F. W. Jones. The botanical exhibits 

 included a large number of dried plants, among 

 which may be mentioned Helianihevntin marifolinm^ 

 SapoiiariavaccaTia^ and Cai'ex pseiido-cypcrits^ by Mr. 

 L. B. Hall; Calhina erica,v^x,incana^ytinciis acittus^ 

 and Hymefiophylhiui tztnb7-idgense, by Mr. R. W. 

 Robins ; also Mentha 7-ubra, Scilla vej-na, and Inula 

 critJwioides^ by Mr. C. S- Nicholson. In addition, 

 Mr. H. Elms showed a large and interesting collec- 

 tion of specimens representing the sources of drugs 

 used in the British Pharmacopoeia, and Mr. Milton, 

 a pine-needle ball, formed by the action of water in 

 Scotch lakes. Numerous microscopes were on view 

 during both evenings, including that of Mr. F. P. 

 Smith, who showed and explained original prepara- 

 tions illustrating the economy and anatomy of 

 spiders. — C. Nicholso}?, Hon. Sec. Mxkibition Com- 

 jniftee. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Ordinary 7neetings are inarked^\, excursions'^; names of 

 persons following excursions are of Conductors. § La7itcrn 

 Illustratioiis. 



Royal Institution of Great Britain. 



1900. 



Mar. I. — t§Recent Excavations in Greece. C. D. Waldstein, 



Litt.D., Ph.D., L.H.D., at 3 p.m. 

 ,, 2. — fMalaria and Mosquitoes. Major Ronald Ross, 



D.P.H., M.R.C.S., at 9 p.m. 

 „ 3.— fPolarised Light. RightHon. Lord Rayleigh, M.A., 



_ D.C.L., F.R.S., LL.D., at 3 v.u. 

 „ 6. — tFishes. Professor E. Ray Lankester, LL.D., 



F.R.S., at 3 P.M. 

 ,, 8.— t§Recent Excavations in Greece. C. D. Waldstein, 



Litt.D., Ph.D., L.H.D., at 3 p.m. 

 ,, g. — fBacteria and Sewage. Professor Frank Clowes, 



Sc.D., F.C.S., atg P.M. 

 ,, 10. — fPolarised Light. Lord Rayleigh, at 3 p.>m. 

 „ 13. — tFishes. Professor Ray Lankester, at 3 p.m. 

 ,, 15. — tRecent Excavations in Greece, at 3 p.,m. 

 ,, 16. — t§Pictorial Historical Records. Sir Benjamin Stone, 



at^ P.M. 

 „ 17.— fPolarised Light. Lord Rayleigh, at 3 p.m. 

 ,, 20. — fFishes. Professor E. Ray Lankester, at 3 p.m. 

 „ 22.— fThe Highest Andes. E. A. Fitzgerald, F.L.S., 



F.R.G.S., at 3 P.M. 

 ,, 23. — f Paper. Sir Andrew Noble, at 9 p.:\i. 

 ,, 24.— fPolarised Light. Lord Rayleigh, at 3 p.m. 

 „ 27. — fFishes. Professor E. Ray Lankester, at 3 p.m. 

 ,, 29. — fThe Highest Andes. E. A. Fitzgerald, at 3 p.m. 

 „ 30. — f Facts of Inheritance. Professor J. Arthur Thomson, 



M.A., at 9 P.M. 

 ,, 31. — fPolarised Light. Lord Rayleigh, at 3 p.m. 



Frederick Bra7fi'well, Hon. Sec, Albemarle Street. IV. 



South London Entomological and Natural Historv 



Society. 

 Mar. 8. — f^Cockroaches : Natives and Aliens. Mr. W. J. 

 Lucas, E.A., F.E.S. 

 „ 22. - f Microscopical Evening. 



Stanley Edzvards, Hon. Sec, Hibernia Clumzbers, S.E. 



Lambeth Field Clue and Scientific Society. 

 Mar. 5.— fNorman Architecture. C. H. Dedman. 



,, 17. — "^Botanical .Section, Science Galleries, South Ken- 

 sington. 

 ,, 19. — tGossip Meeting. The Poetry of Nature. J. S. 

 Clough. 

 F. P. Perks, Hon. Sec, 41 St, Martins Lane, IKC, 



The SiDCUP Literary and Scientific Society. 

 Mar. 6. — fRoman Occupation in Britain. H. Lawrance, M.A. 

 „ 20. — fEarly Days and Art Teaching of John Ruskin. 

 W. L. Shand. 

 S. E. Curry ^ Hon. Sec, Brighton I'zlla, Mai^i Road^ Sidciip. 



Hampstead Astronomical and Scientific Society. 

 Mar. 2. — fNature's Forces. E. Compson Crump. 



Basil W. Martin, Hon, Sec, 7 Holly Place, Havipstead. 



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H. G. (London, W.C.).— The subject is so vast that there 

 is no one book that could be recommended from which the 

 names of all recent and fossil shells could be found. In 

 Science-Gossip for June, p. 40, the Editor gave a list of 

 works dealing with recent mollusca. The simplest way, if 

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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. 



Exchange wanted in microscopic or lantern slides for forty- 

 six parts of " Familiar Wild Flowers," first edition, containing 

 ninety-two old plates. Also for British Eocene, OHgocene, and 

 Gault fossils. — £. A. Martin, 23 Campbell Road, Croydon. 



Offered. The Druggist General Receipt Book, Beasley's 

 Ninth edition. Wanted Canadian stamps or Foreign shells. — 

 William Gomm, Hotel du Canynge, RedcHlfe Street, Bristol. 



Entomologist's Annual, complete set ; Entomologists' 

 Record, Ent. Monthlj' Magazine, several vols., and many 

 other entomological and scientific works. Wanted Jeffery's 

 "British Conchology," Sowerby's Illustrated Index. — C. S. 

 Coles, The Pheasantries, Hambledon, Hants. 



Wanted, offers for two nests weaving birds from Burmah, 

 several fine pieces Gorgonia flabellum ; several pairs good 

 Norwich canaries, and large aviary 7 feet high. — H. W. Parritt, 

 8 Whitehall Park, N. 



Wanted, Eggs, whinchat, wheatear, wood-warbler, kestrel, 

 pipit, swift, stonechat, chiffchafif, woodpecker, hawfinch, gold- 

 finch, cuckoo, dunlin, &c. Offered choice American birds' 

 eggs and skins, &c. Lists exchanged. — Charles Jefferys, 

 Tetbury, Glos. 



Isocardia cor and other good shells offered for Cypraeas. — 

 R. Gavins, Queen Street, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Wanted, rare Helices from New Guinea and the Moluccas. 

 Oftered several of the Palaeontographical Society publications, 

 land and marine shells, &c. — Miss Linter, Saville House, 

 Twickenham. 



Microscopic Slides consisting of Marine Algae, Zoophytes, 

 Foraminifera, and Spicules, in exchange for other slides, 

 material, Nat. Hist, books, &c. — John T. Neeve, 4 Sydenham 

 Road, Deal. 



Land and Marine Shells, British and Foreign. Duplicates 

 offered for desiderata. — W. A. Cockshott, log Brighton Street, 

 Seacombe, Cheshire. 



Wanted, a second-hand \ objective in e.xchange for " Mills 

 on the Diatomaceae," perfectly new, and " British Wild 

 Flowers by Natural Analysis," by Messer. (Miss) B. Bryant, 

 15 r.>arlington Place, Bath. 



