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numbers of fishes were captured it Avas disappointing to find 

 that they belonged to but few species. Tlie process above 

 described was not infrequently resorted to by the Indians on 

 a smaller scale for the purpose of [)rocuring food, but on this 

 occasion a season was selected when a religious function was 

 about to take place, and as large quantities of fishes would be 

 required there was no difficulty in disposing of the surplus. 

 Having secured sufficient specimens, Godman proceeded to 

 Yzabal, where he again met Salvin, who had meanwhile 

 successfully accomplished his journey to Peten and Belize, 

 and, bidding him adieu, took the steamer for England, while 

 Sulvin returned to Duefias and remained in Guatemala 

 collecting birds and insects for another year. During their 

 sojourn in Central America they had instructed several 

 natives in the art of skinning birds and collecting generally, 

 and these they continued to employ for several years after 

 their own departure to England, receiving at intervals large 

 consignments of valuable material winch was to form the 

 basis of their research. On Salvin^s return from Guatemala 

 the two friends united their collections, and also gradually 

 acquired a considerable number of books on ornithology and 

 entomology, in order to assist them in Avorking out the 

 results of their labours. 



Three years later Godman went to the Azores for the 

 purpose of investigating the Flora and Fauna of those 

 islands, devoting himself chiefly to the birds and plants, but 

 taking Avith him a Avell-known entomologist, Mr. Brewer, in 

 order to pay special attention to the Coleoptera, a subject 

 Avhicli had recently proved of much interest in the Canaries, 

 through the researches of Wollaston. After visiting all 

 the islands in the group with the exception of Santa Maria, 

 he returned with a good representative collection of the 

 birds, including a Bullfinch from St. Michael's, Avhich he 

 afterwards described and figured iti 'The Ibis' for 1864 

 under the name of Prjrrhula murina. He shortly after- 

 wards published an account of the results of this expedition 

 in an octavo volume entitled ' The Azores,' in which 

 he Avas assisted by JNIr. Crotch for the Coleoptera, Canon 



