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In 1888 we find him, accompanied by Mrs. Ehves, in Mexico, where 

 he joined his brother-in-law, Dr. F. D. Godman, F.R.S., in whose 

 company a very large number of Birds and Lepidoptera were collected. 

 The return journey was made via California, Oregon, and the Yellowstone 

 Park. In 1893, and again in 1895, Mr. Elwes was again in North 

 America, when he visited the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Montana, 

 and Alberta, and discovered several new species of Butterflies. By this 

 time his interests were chiefly centred in the collecting of Lepidoptera, 

 and reviews of several geuera, JEneis, Colias, Argynnis, Erebia, etc., 

 appeared in the " Transactions " of the Entomological Society, and in 1900 

 he disposed of his ornithological collections, consisting of some 4000 

 specimens, which were transferred to Mr. Rothschild's Museum at Tring. 



In 1898 Mr. Elwes made an expedition into Siberia with Mr. W. A. L. 

 Fletcher, D.S.O., the well known oarsman, to hunt wild Sheep. A very 

 fine collection of Lepidoptera was obtained, which was described in the 

 "Transactions" of the Entomological Society for 1899 (pp. 295-367, 

 pis. xi.-xiv.). The principal ornithological discovery was that of the 

 breeding of Stejneger's Scoter (CEdemia stejnegeri) on the salt lakes of 

 the Tchuja Steppe, 2000 miles from the sea. A fine collection of dried 

 plants was unfortunately lost in crossing a river. 



In the winter of 1901-1902, Mr. Elwes went to Chile .^nd collected 

 jilants and butterflies, the latter being described in the Entomological 

 Society's " Transactions." 



In 1 903 he wrote a paper on the " Habits and present condition of the 

 Elk in Norway" (P.Z.S., 1903, pp. 133-151, text-figures 18-26). 



For the past tliree years he has been engaged in arranging the collection 

 of Lepidoptera in the British Museum, having in 1902 presented to the 

 nation the pick of his collection, amounting to some 30,000 specimens. 

 He is also engaged in a work on the Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 with Dr. A. Henry as his coadjutor. 



Emin Pasha. 



370 specimens from Equatorial Africa. Presented. [87. 9. 28, 1-342 ; 

 90. 7. 1, 1-28.] 



The collections presented by Emin Pasha to the Museum were some 

 of the most valuable ever received by the Trustees. They have been 

 described by Captain Shelley (P.Z.S., 1888, pp. 17-50, pi. iii.). An 

 interesting new species of Pratincole was named Olareola emini. 



A further collection was despatched by Emin Pasha for the Museum 

 shortly before his death. It was entrusted to the ex-missionary trader 

 Stokes, who was hung by Major Lothaire under well-known circum- 

 stances. The collection intended for the British Museum found its way 

 to Berlin, thus fulfilling the prophecy uttered by a friend of mine when 

 he heard that Emin Pasha had entrusted a collection for the British 

 Museum into the hands of Stokes. He warned me that the latter would 

 either get rid of the incubus by throwing the cases into the first cataract 

 he came to, or would sell the collection to Germany. The notes relating 

 to the consignment were sent by Emin to the then Director of the 

 Museum, Sir WiUiam Flower, and published by him in the " Proceedings " 

 of the Zoological Society for 1894 (pp. 596-606). Whether Stokes sold 

 the collections or not was never discovered, but the fact remains that 

 they went to Berlin instead of coming to London. 



" Erebus" and " Terror" (H.M.SS.) 

 See McCoRMicK, Dr. H. 



