Birds. 497 



Swinny (H. H.). 



32 birds from West Pondo Land, Purchased. [190i. 6. 4, 1-21 ; 

 1904. 7. 5, 1-11.] 



Sydney Museum. 



See Australian Museum. 



Taylor (J.<ijr 



21 birds from Mexico. Presented. [41. 6, 1524-1544.] 



A MS. note by Dr. J. E. Gray adds : " Who received them from 



Mr. Morgan, of the Rio del Monte Coemp. They were examined and said 



to be described by Mr. Swainson." 



Taylor (Edward Cavendish) 



1279 birds and 868 esi;2;s from various locaUties, chiefly from Egypt 

 and the Mediterranean. Bequeathed. [1905. 6. 28, 1-1279.] 

 Cf. Ibis, 1905, pp. 498-500. 



Thackeray (F.). 



11 birds, 3 from Ireland, 8 from Cape Colony. Presented. [84. 7. 

 24, 1-11.] 



Thomas (Oldpield), F.B.S. 



6 birds collected in the Province of Antioquia, U.S. Colombia, by 

 Mr. A. E. Pratt. Presented. [98. 10. 6, 1-6.] 



7 birds from California. Presented. [1904. 4. 24, 1-7]. 



Thomasson (J. P.). 



18 specimens from Hainan, collected by the late John Whitehead. 

 Presented. [1900. 1. 2, 1-18.] 



Mr. J. P. Thomasson was the son of Thomas Thomasson of Bolton. 

 He was born May 19th, 1841, and died May 16th, 1904. His father was 

 a staunch supporter and personal friend of Richard Cobden, and Mr. 

 Thomasson became an executor under Mr. Cobden's will. 



In 1876 Mr. Thomasson founded one hundred Exhibitions and 

 Scholarships to the value of £25 a year, tenable for three years. By this 

 scheme he constructed an educational ladder by which the children of the 

 working classes in Bolton could pass from any Elementary school to the 

 best Secondary school available, and ultimately to the Universities. 



In 1877 he was presented with the Grand Cordon of Takova by Prince 

 Milan of Servia, as a recognition of his gifts to the Servians when down- 

 trodden and oppressed by the Sultan. 



In 1880 he was elected Liberal M.P. for Bolton, which he represented 

 until the following election in 1885. In 1881 he purchased and pre- 

 sented Mere Hall and the surrounding estate, with a further gift of £5000 

 for a public park and Museum, to the town of Bolton. 



In the same year he presented the Haulgh Board-School to the town, 

 and also foimded the Thomasson Gymnasium. In 1902 the Freedom of 

 the Borough of Bolton was conferred upon him. 



Throughout his life the late Mr. Thomasson maintained the deepest 

 interest in the welfare of his fellow-townsmen in Bolton. By large 

 yearly grants of money he made it possible for students at Elementary 

 schools to pass into higher " Secondary " schools, and on to a University 

 training ; an advantage to which many now owe their high positions in the 



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