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published in the "Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de la Ha- 

 bana" and the latter in the "Anales de la Sociedad Espanola 

 de Historia Natural de Madrid," at the same time being pub- 

 lished in Germany (see bibliography). This work he kept up 

 till the last days of his life. 



In 1882, Dr. Carlos de la Torre, then Curator of the Mu- 

 seum of the Institute of Havana, indicated to Dr. Fernando 

 Reynoso, its Director, the necessity of forming a collection of 

 Cuban examples, proposing Dr. Gundlach as the best man for 

 so doing. A trip to the "Fermina" estate was arranged, where 

 they spent a very pleasant week with Dr. Gundlach and the 

 Diago-Cardenas family. Reynoso, very much pleased with 

 what he saw, proposed that Gundlach should move to Ha- 

 vana, but this the latter would not listen to, as he had become 

 almost indispensable to the Cardenas for whom he had the 

 highest esteem, and to whom he was most grateful for the 

 many kindnesses received from don Simon long before. Rey- 

 noso, though not a naturalist himself, took great interest in all 

 who were so inclined, protecting them in any way possible, 

 and did so now to Gundlach by ordering from him specimens 

 for the proposed Cuban collection at the Institute, while at the 

 same time cherishing the hope of being able to purchase Gund- 

 lach's entire collection. Through Reynoso's desire to help 

 him, Gundlach made trips to eastern Cuba in 1884 and the 

 spring of 1885, 'again in 1887 and 1888, in the interest and foi 

 the account of the Havana Institute. These trips were made 

 to places already visited, with the object of securing addi- 

 tional examples of rare local species. After 1888 Gundlach 

 made no more explorations, occupying himself in moving his 

 collection to Havana and into the Institute, by putting in order 

 the general collection already there, as also other smaller col- 

 lections. He, however, continued to publish his observations 

 till 1893, when he published his last large work, "Ornitologia 

 Cubana," edited by Dr. Enrique Lopez, of the Policlinica. In 

 1894 he wrote three articles in the Annals of the Institute of 

 Havana (see bibliography). 



Meanwhile, the financial situation of Gundlach's adopted 

 family was going from bad to worse, as was generally the case 



