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a milder climate in South America; and after a short stay in 
Rio Janciro he returned to Europe, travelled in Italy with 
J. F. Schouw, the Danish botanist, and Mr. Harewood, and 
spent some years in France, where he became a friend of 
Cuvier. In 1832 he went out again to Brazil, and thence- 
forward lived in the small town of Lagoa Santa, in the pro- 
vince of Minaes Geraes. The remarkable caves near this 
place, containing the fossil remains of the Brazilian fauna 
from the Tertiary period, were discovered by Dr. Lund; and 
the palzontological collections he made in them were pre- 
sented by him in 1854 to the Danish State, and now form 
a separate and much appreciated section of the Zoological 
Museum of Copenhagen. 
‘Dr. Lund also transmitted to Copenhagen many specimens 
of birds from the vicinity of Lagoa Santa. Prof. Reinhardt’s 
well-known essay on the bird-fauna of the Campos of Brazil 
was based mainly upon Lund’s collections. 
