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Articles for Exchange and Wanted (not involving a money transaction) are adver¬ 
tised in this column without charge ; ait advertisement must not contain more than 
forty words. 
Shells,— P. contecta , B. leachii , L. glutinosa , and about 50 other land and fresh¬ 
water shells. Wanted: Lepidoptera or birds eggs,—J. W. Boult, 17 Finsbury Grove, 
Fountain Road, Hull. 
Wanted.—B ritish bird’s eggs, side blown, one hole. Will give in exchange, 
British butterflies and moths, North American bird’s skins, a few animal skins, also, 
entomologist’s appliances.—Thomas Mottershaw, 11 Manchester St., Nottingham. 
“ Book of the Aquarium,” Shirley Hibberd ; “ Silkworms,” Butler (young collector 
series); British Bird’s Eggs,” Atkinson (plain); “ British Butterflies,” Coleman 
(plain) ; “ Geology for the Million ” (plain); “ Conchological Dictitionary,” Turton. 
Exchange for British Birds eggs, or Coleoptera.—C. Coles, 61 Barrington Rd., 
Brixton, S. W. 
Wanted. —Offers in British or foreign shells, freshwater or marine, fossils, minerals, 
old coins, or stamps, for Vol. i. and ii. of the Strand Magazine,” unbound, good and 
clean condition.—Thomas Edwards, Waterloo House, Coventry Street, Leicester. 
For Exchange.—“ Feathered World,” Nos. 131—183; “Poultry,” 515-540; 
“ Fur and Feathers,” 143, 145—166 ; several Nos. “ Search Light ” ; Wood’s Com¬ 
mon British Moths” ; also 7/6 pair climbing-irons. Desiderata : Fossils (especially 
trilobites) from any system (localities wanted), natural history or geological books, 
and apparatus for blowing, etc., bird’s eggs.—E. B. Lloyd, 11 Portland Road, Lon¬ 
don N. 
Wanted.—A second-hand 10 drawer insect cabinet; must be in good condition._ 
A. Ford, Glen Mount, Braybrooke Road, Hastings. 
Wanted.—O va or young larvae (ova preferred) of any species of the Nymphalidse. 
Will do my best in return.—-C. Nicholson, 202, Evering Road, London, n e. 
Duplicates.— Prodromaria (bred) Rufa, Procellata , Blomeri , Vitalbata (bred)’ 
Griscolo , Stellatarum, Triangulum (bred) Lunosa , A finis (fair) Sfratiotalis, O’ 
sparganella , Piniaria (females) Put a, Macilenta , Tarsipennalis, etc.—J. Mason, 
Clevedon Court Lodge, Somerset. 
Wanted.—L ive specimens of Helixpomatia. Will give shells, fossils, or minerals 
^n exchange.—C. A. Benn, Pudleston Court, Leominster. 
Wanted.—N ewman’s British Butterflies and Moths, in one volume : will exchange 
birds eggs, side bldwn, in clutches or singles.-—H. L. Wood, Old Grammar School 
House, Ashford, Kent. 
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British Birds’ Eggs for exchange.—cormorant, kittiwake, lesser black-backed 
gull, guillemot, razorbill, Norfolk plover, etc. Also good lepidoptera in exchange for 
British birds’ eggs. Send for list.—E. G. Potter, 19, Price Street, York. 
Birds-’ Eggs. —Offered: eggs of twite, capercaillie, raven, merlin, great grey 
shrike, bee-eater, eagle owl, pochard, nonpariel, ring-ouzel, crested tit, ptarmigan, 
&c. Wanted : hawks, shrikes, owls, great crested grebe, terns, swift, nightingale, 
wood wren, buzzard, plovers, gulls, and many common sorts, side blown with one 
hole.—J. Ellison, Steeton, Keighley. 
Duplicates.—A bout 500 species of British coleoptera, all correctly named and 
neatly carded, including many rare and local. Desiderata: British and foreign 
coleoptera and foreign diurni.—A. Ford, Glen Mount, Braybrooke Rd., Hastings. • 
Vipers.—W ill any readers kindly send me what information they may possess as 
to the distribution of the Viper in Cornwall ? I shall be pleased to send shells, micio- 
slides, books, etc. in return for spirit specimens of this reptile from any British locality 
or will purchase examples.—George Mason, 203, Ebury Street, Eaton Square, London 
