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  for 
  England^ 
  making 
  a 
  short 
  stay 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  on 
  liis 
  

   way 
  home. 
  

  

  Upon 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  England, 
  James 
  spent 
  several 
  months 
  

   on 
  a 
  collecting-tour 
  in 
  Sutherlandshire, 
  and 
  in 
  October 
  1880 
  

   married 
  Miss 
  Lucy 
  Constance 
  Clarke, 
  the 
  daughter 
  o£ 
  a 
  

   near 
  neighbour 
  in 
  Staffordshire. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  1881, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  his 
  wife, 
  James 
  returned 
  

   to 
  his 
  business 
  at 
  Iquique 
  ; 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  other 
  claims 
  on 
  

   his 
  attention 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  unattractive 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   rounding 
  country, 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  do 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history. 
  Two 
  years 
  later, 
  however, 
  on 
  moving 
  to 
  a 
  

   country-house 
  (called 
  Las 
  Salinas) 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  

   Valparaiso, 
  he 
  found 
  himself 
  in 
  a 
  better 
  position 
  for 
  his 
  

   favourite 
  pursuit. 
  Here 
  he 
  began 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  Chilian 
  

   birds, 
  which 
  were 
  sought 
  for 
  both 
  round 
  his 
  home 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighbouring 
  Cordilleras. 
  To 
  these 
  he 
  made 
  frequent 
  

   expeditions, 
  often 
  camping 
  out 
  at 
  night 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  effect 
  

   a 
  more 
  complete 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  ranges. 
  

   Besides 
  birds 
  and 
  their 
  eggs, 
  James 
  also 
  collected 
  butterflies, 
  

   moths, 
  beetles, 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  

  

  In 
  1885 
  James 
  prepared 
  and 
  printed 
  a 
  pamphlet 
  of 
  sixteen 
  

   pages 
  containing 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Chili^. 
  In 
  this 
  

   memoir 
  ate 
  arranged, 
  in 
  three 
  parallel 
  columns 
  (1) 
  the 
  

   scientific 
  names 
  of 
  Chilian 
  birds 
  adopted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sclater 
  in 
  

   his 
  ' 
  List 
  of 
  Chilian 
  Birds,' 
  published 
  in 
  1867 
  ; 
  (2) 
  the 
  names 
  

   employed 
  in 
  the 
  Santiago 
  Museum; 
  and 
  (3) 
  the 
  corresponding 
  

   vernacular 
  names 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  

  

  In 
  1886 
  James 
  returned 
  finally 
  to 
  England, 
  having 
  realized 
  

   largely 
  by 
  the 
  nitrate 
  trade, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  extensively 
  

   engaged, 
  and 
  two 
  years 
  later 
  purchased 
  as 
  a 
  residence 
  the 
  

   well-known 
  property 
  called 
  '' 
  The 
  Oaks,^^ 
  near 
  Epsom, 
  in 
  

   Surrey. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  complete 
  his 
  series 
  of 
  Chilian 
  birds 
  James, 
  

   before 
  he 
  left 
  Valparaiso, 
  had 
  arranged 
  with 
  Carlos 
  Ralmer, 
  

   a 
  German 
  naturalist 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Santiago, 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   special 
  expedition 
  into 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Tarapacii. 
  The 
  bird- 
  

  

  * 
  ' 
  List 
  of 
  Chilian 
  Birds,' 
  compiled 
  by 
  Harry 
  Berkeley 
  James, 
  F.Z.S- 
  

   Valparaiso, 
  1885. 
  

  

  