▁un changed ▁for ▁twenty ▁years ), ▁and ▁a ▁house ▁allow ance ▁of ▁ 4 ▁pounds ▁per ▁month . ▁He ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁supp lement ▁his ▁income ▁by ▁writing ▁under ▁a ▁pseud onym ▁( Z o oph ilus ) ▁for ▁the ▁Indian ▁Sport ing ▁Review , ▁and ▁trad ed ▁live ▁animals ▁between ▁India ▁and ▁Britain ▁to ▁wealth y ▁collect ors ▁in ▁both ▁countries . ▁In ▁this ▁vent ure ▁he ▁sought ▁the ▁collaboration ▁of ▁em inent ▁people ▁such ▁as ▁Charles ▁Dar win ▁and ▁John ▁G ould , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁decl ined ▁these ▁offers . ▁ ▁Although ▁a ▁cur ator ▁of ▁a ▁museum ▁with ▁many ▁respons ib ilities , ▁he ▁contributed ▁mainly ▁to ▁orn ith ology , ▁often ▁ign oring ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁his ▁employ ers ▁were ▁unh appy ▁at ▁his ▁failure ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁catalog ue ▁of ▁the ▁museum . ▁Some ▁A si atic ▁Society ▁fa ctions ▁opposed ▁B ly th , ▁and ▁he ▁compla ined ▁to ▁Richard ▁O wen ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 : ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁found ▁the ▁orn ith ologist ▁ ▁George ▁Robert ▁Gray , ▁ke eper ▁at ▁the ▁British ▁Museum , ▁un co oper ative ▁in ▁helping ▁him ▁with ▁his ▁orn ith ological ▁research ▁far ▁away ▁in ▁India . ▁He ▁compla ined ▁to ▁the ▁trust ees ▁of ▁the ▁museum ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁with ▁several ▁character ▁references ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Gray ▁including ▁Charles ▁Dar win . ▁ ▁B ly