Cecil F. Underwood

Cecil Frank Underwood (26 October 1867–19 August 1943) was a British scientific collector of mammal and bird specimens in Central America.

On behalf of the British Museum of Natural History, Underwood traveled to the U.S., arriving in New York on 26 October 1888, which was his twenty-first birthday.

He largely remained in Costa Rica for the rest of his life, though he made extensive trips to Honduras for specimen collecting from 1932 to 1938.

[2] While Underwood primarily focused on birds and mammals, he collected other taxa as well such as freshwater fish.

American businessman Minor Cooper Keith commissioned Underwood to gather artifacts from natives' mounds and burial grounds.