. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. XII.] ''FOB THE GOOD CAUSE/' 297 The collection was rich in parrots of ^'arious species, among which were several specimens of a brilliant Charmosyna {C. 2'^ctpucnsis) and the wonderfully minute Nadtcrna hruijni—pygmy of its tribe— less than four inches in extreme length, and not so large as the bill of the great Microglossus ! There were other birds of interest and rarity, and as we were anxio
. The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea : with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay archipelago. Marchesa (Schooner yacht); Natural history; Natural history. XII.] ''FOB THE GOOD CAUSE/' 297 The collection was rich in parrots of ^'arious species, among which were several specimens of a brilliant Charmosyna {C. 2'^ctpucnsis) and the wonderfully minute Nadtcrna hruijni—pygmy of its tribe— less than four inches in extreme length, and not so large as the bill of the great Microglossus ! There were other birds of interest and rarity, and as we were anxious to obtain some of them, we broached. bruijn's pygmy farkot. {Xasiterna Jrridjni.) Natui-al size. the subject to Mr. Woelders. He informed us that he would part with them " for the sake of the good cause," and asked us to make an estimate of their value, which we accordingly did on—as we considered—the most liberal terms. To our astonishment our ofter was refused, and a sum demanded which was more than double what the collection would have been worth in Europe. As politely as we w^ere able we intimated that the state of our purses did not admit of the expenditure of such an amount—even for the " good cause," and the matter dropped. At a later period, however, as one of us was particularly anxious for certain of the specimens, we. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Guillemard, F. H. H. (Francis Henry Hill), 1852-1933. London : J. Murray
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