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THE M EMTERH ANEAN NAT l UAL 1ST 
Erica Mediterranea : — This fine plant 
would -seem to have fairly established itself 
in the British Isles judging’ from the recent 
accounts that we have received of it. N ot 
only does it occur in abundance in the 
northern and eastern parts of Ireland, but 
it is also equally plentiful in the south east 
of England. 
The Accademia delle Scienze dellTstituo 
di Bologna offers a gold medal of 1000 lire 
value (£ 40) “to the author of a memoir 
based on certain data of chemistry, or 
physics for a new apparatus for the.* preven- 
tion or extinction of. fires.” The manuscripts 
must be ready before May 10th. 1892. 
Books, Sec. received. 
International Review of Science — Jour- 
nal of the Manchester Geo: Soc: — Nature 
Notes — The Naturalist — Quart: Journ: Geol: 
Soc: Lon: — Proc. of the Royal Geo: Soc: — 
Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia Turin — 
Bivista Italiana di Scienze Natural! — La 
Rivista Medica — Le Naturaliste — La Far- 
macia — Science Gossip — Sulla forma della 
Terra, Dr. A Calabro -Lombardo — Monogra- 
phia degli ofidi Italian!, Prof. L. Camerano 
— Prima contribuzione alia fauna lepidot- 
terologia dell’ isola di Malta — A. Camera 
Gatto. B.A. — Revue Scientifique — Proceed- 
ings of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Exchange Column. 
Notices are inserted in this column free of 
charge. We request that all exchanges may be 
signed with name (oi initials) and full address 
I at the end. 
Foraminifera and Crustacea from the 
! Mediterranean offered in exchange for 
works on Nat: Hist: T. A. L. cjo Editor of 
| Med: Nat: Highland House. St. Julians. 
Malta. 
Microscope for sale. Mahogany case. 
! j inch and 1 inch objectives, one eyepiece. 
Editor of Med: Nat: Highland House, Malta 
Offered lantern slides, unmounted, of the 
1 geological, and picturesque features of the 
Maltese Islands in exchange for lantern 
: slides, mounted or unmounted of other 
geological phenomena. M. C. care of the 
Editor of the “Mediterranean Naturalist’ 
! 48 Strada Mereanti, Valletta, Malta. 
Wanted for cash or exchange, Hincke’s 
“History of the British Zoophytes”, John- 
son’s “British Zoophytes”, and Pennington’s 
“Natural History of British Zoophytes". 
The Editor of the “Mediterranean Natu- 
ralist” 48 Strada Mereanti, Valletta, Malta. 
Wanted dredging's containing foramini- 
ferous materials from any part of the Me- 
diterranean, papers on the foraminifera, or 
good micro-slides. A. Earland, 3 Eton 
Grove, Dacre Park, Lee S. E. 
Editor J. H. Cooke E.Sc., F.G.S. Malta. 
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