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The Biologia Centrali-Americana is an important literary resource of Central American biodiversity. Issued between 1879 to 1915 in 215 parts, the series resulted from scientific surveys and explorations during the turn of the 20th century. The BCA is a scarce resource in Latin America research collections and became a foundation of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Library. The volumes of the BCA were primarily amassed and used in the field on the Barro Colorado Island station by researcher and benefactor Thomas Barbour.