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In the autumn of 1887, liaviug been ordered abroad for 

 the sake of his health, Godniau visited Mexico to add to 

 his collections from that country. In order, however, 

 to gain full advantage from the expedition, he procured 

 the services of Messrs. W. B. Kichardson and Lloyd, who 

 devoted their attention particularly to birds, and while Lloyd 

 was working- in the northern States, Kicliardson accompanied 

 Godman himself to the southern tropical districts of Orizaba 

 and Vera Cruz. Other assistants were Mr. & Mrs. H. H. 

 Smith, who had previously been in Brazil, and a half-bred 

 Indian, Mateo Trujillo, who proved to be a first-rate collector. 

 A further excursion to Yucatan brought him in contact with 

 Mr. F. Gaumer, a well-known collector, and enabled him to 

 visit some of the celebrated ruins of that curious land. 



Many other journeys were made by Godman, including 

 one to India in 1886 in company with Mr. Elwes, and others 

 to Egypt and South Africa with Mrs. Godman. 



But we must now turn to tiie * Biologia Centrali-Ameri- 

 caua/ without doubt the greatest work of the kind ever 

 planned and carried out by private individuals and which 

 must always be a monument " acre pereiniius '' to the 

 energy and munificence of Salvin and Godman. 



The collections amassed by the two friends^ together 

 Avith a large libraiy of books, were first of all stored in 

 Salvin^s house in Kensington. On Salvin^s appointment 

 to the (vuratorship of the Strickland Collection of Birds at 

 Cambridge, it was necessary to find another home for the 

 Museum and Library. For this purpose a house in Teuterden 

 Street, Hanover Square, was taken. Subsequently in 1878 

 the collections were moved to Chandos Street, Cavendish 

 Square, where they remained until after Salvin's death, when 

 the}^ were gradually handed over to the British Museum. 



It was in 1876 that the "Biologia^ was first thought of, and 

 three years later (September 1879) the first part appeared. 

 The method of publication was to bring out six quarto parts 

 a year, each to contain twelve sheets made up of various 

 subjects with six coloured plates, the plates and letterpress 

 so numbered and paged that the parts might ultimately be 

 broken up and bound together in their respective volumes 



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