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sketcli, " had to he begun at lialf past five in tlie morning. It 

 was there that the Papilio Gundlachianus flew. I had to walk 

 two leagues, stand three hours, and then walk back two leagues 

 more. The heat was unbearable.'' This Painlio is highly val- 

 ued by students of Lepidoptera, and the specimens command a 

 high price. It is not so large as the Papilio antimachus of Sierra 

 Leone, but it enjoys the distinction of being the prettiest butterfly 

 in America. A goodly number of swifts and large swallows were 

 also in the collection. Gundlach made other journeys to the 

 eastern province in 1885 and 1887, always collecting, always active 

 and untiring, as if his seventy-six years, in spite of the arduous 

 nature of his enterprises, had dealt lightly with him. 



Plis unrivaled Cuban Museum established in the Havana In- 

 stitute, still claimed and received his attention to the last moment 

 of his working life. A hearty octogenarian, he continued to de- 

 vote himself, as with his old-time energy, to improving it as far 

 as possible. Assisted by kind friends, he went up daily to his 

 place of work, first assiduously laboring and then recreating him- 

 self with his only treasure. Finally, in 189G, the end came. He 

 was taken from the institute to his deathbed. 



Gundlach's researches in Cuban fauna are so numerous that 

 it would be extremely diflicult to record them all in a brief sum- 

 mary. He first published Contributions to Cuban Ornithology, 

 18541857. Then followed, in quick succession, Index gejierum 

 ColeopteruTYi, 1854 ; Ilolluscorum species Novcr, 1858 ; A Synoptic 

 Conspectus of all the Birds observed in Cuba, published in the 

 Journcd fiir Ornithologie, 1861 ; A Review and Catalogue of the 

 Cuban Birds, 1865; A Review and Catalogue of the Cuban Rep- 

 tiles, 1867; New Contributions to Caban Ornithology, in the 

 Journal fiir Ornithologie, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875 ; Contribution to 

 Cuban Ornithology, 1871, 1876 ; Contribution to the Ornithology 

 of Porto Rico, 1874 ; Contribution to Cuban Mammalogy, 1877, 

 1878 ; Notes on the Fauna of Porto Rico, 1878 ; New Contribu- 

 tions to the Ornithology of Porto Rico, 1878 ; Contributions to 

 Cuban Herpetology, 1880 ; Contributions to Cuban Entomology, 

 1881; Land and River Mollusks, 1883; Sea Mollusks, 1883; be- 

 sides descriptions of new species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and 

 insects, published in journals, organs of learned societies, etc. 

 Gundlach was also distinguished by his skill, grace, and delicacy 

 as a taxidermist, the wonderful patience with which he performed 

 every branch of that work, and the gift of genius by which he 

 was able to give a startlingly natural pose to the sf^ecimens he 

 mounted. 



The list of honors which Gundlach received from institutions 

 and learned societies is a long one. In 1853 he was made a corre- 

 sponding member of the Natural History Society of Montreal, 



