Advises ARW on obtaining employment in British Guiana for an acquaintance.
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Advises ARW on obtaining employment in British Guiana for an acquaintance.
Has not yet worked out a list of the butterflies of Guiana, but has it in view when the present work is done.
There are few people in England now acquiring tropical collections. Walter Rothschild is willing to pay good prices for mammals, birds and Lepidoptera, but is less interested in smaller fauna. Discusses the potential of profitable collecting in Cuba, British Guiana and the Sierra Nevada.
The work of collectors who have worked in South America including British Guiana, and who have collected Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. British Guiana would be a profitable country and is easy of access a long way in land. Offers to introduce ARW to Walter Rothschild, who might be of help.
Suggests ARW invites Frederick Birch to meet Godman and Champion in London, where they could show him certain things that might be useful for a collecting expedition to British Guiana.
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Rothschild cannot at present engage another collector [i.e. Frederick Birch] for the Museum. Offers suggestions of possible purchasers, and that Birch might find employment on the Cuban railways.
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Commenting on the protective and warning colouring of marine fauna.