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the progress of zoology. ' On a good case being 

 made out his pecuniary help was always forth- 

 corning and never stinted in amount.' 



He commissioned Dr. Henry Guillemard to 

 investigate the zoology of Cyprus, and partly 

 furnished the means for Mr. Trevor Battye's 

 expedition to the island of Kolguev. Many 

 museums have been enriched by his liberality. 



From his collection of birds' eggs no fewer 

 than four Great Auk's eggs were given away 

 during his lifetime. 



He had, for some years past, felt a strong 

 wish that a work dealing with the European 

 mammals should be given to the world by 

 someone competent to undertake the task, and, 

 owing to his personal liberality and support, the 

 scheme seemed likely to be carried out. Mr. Old- 

 field Thomas, of the British Museum, Cromwell 

 Koad, writes to me October 27, 1896 : ' Your 

 brother put at my disposal a sum of £50 a 

 year for the improvement of our collection of 

 European mammals, and this quite unofficially 

 and privately, without any formal acknowledge- 

 ment and merely for the advancement of 

 science. For many years he had a great wish 



