Mammals. 55 



No less than 1240 specimens, selected for the Museum, were obtained 

 by Mr. Simons, besides large numbers of duplicates, and he discovered 

 more than CO new species, besides the new genera Tomopcas, Miller 

 Andinomys, and Neoctodon, Thos. He also collected over 3000 birds, a 

 large number of reptiles, and many thousand insects. 



In January, 1902, to the great misfortune of the Museum, Mr. Simons 

 was treacherously murdered by a Chilian guide when traversing the 

 Andes, and so his wonderful collecting expedition came to an untimely 

 end. 



Sloane (Sir Hans). [1753] 



The few specimens that can be identified as having come from the 

 Museum of Sir Hans Sloane, the founder of the British Museum, are 

 referred to above, p. 2. 



Sladen (Mrs. Percy). [1903] 



181 Mammals from Chapada, Matto Grosso, collected by Mr. Alphonse 

 Robert, and including the types of Cants sladeni, Marmosa constantly, 

 and 5 other new species. Presented. 



See Thomas, P.Z.S., 1904, ii., p. 232. 



Mrs. Sladen also contributed towards the expense of the Seimund 

 expedition to Fernando Po. 



Sloggett (Col. A. T.), C.M.G. [1901] 



A fine series of 316 Mammals from Deelfontein, Cape Colony, collected 

 during the Boer War by Troopers C. H. B. Grant and E. Seimund. 

 Presented. 



Col. Sloggett had charge of the general hospital at Deelfontein during 

 the war, and utilised the occasion to have the present series formed for 

 the National Museum. The types of Otomys sloggetti, Thos., O. unisul- 

 catus granti, Thos., and of the remarkable Kopje Hare (Lepus monticu- 

 laris) are included. 



Smith (Sir Andrew). [1838] 



141 Mammals from South Africa, illustrating Sir A. Smith's works 

 on the Fauna of that country. The specimens first received were those 

 obtained on the expedition led by Dr. A. Smith, as he then was, in 

 1831-5, for exploring the central parts of South Africa. These specinni^ 

 were described in Dr. Smith's "lleport of the Expedition for exploring 

 Central Africa " (published in Cape Town in 1836), after which they were 

 brought home to England, and exhibited in the Egyptian Hall in 183*3 

 and in 1838 sold by auction in order that funds might be obtained for 

 further exploration. Others were purchased through different dealers. 



Either at this first sale, through the Zoological Society's Museum, or 

 later from the owner, the Museum obtained a fairly complete set of the 

 specimens, including practically all the types of the species discovered by 

 Sir Andrew Smith. 



On the materials thus obtained Dr. Smith based his " Illustrations of 

 the Zoology of South Africa— Mammalia," fob, pis. i.-lii., with letter- 

 press, 1838-48. His earlier "African Zoology, Part 1., M a mmalia ," 

 published in the "South African Quarterly Journal," vol. ii., 1833-34, 

 also contains descriptions of a number of new species of animals, the typ a 

 of which have likewise been acquired by the Museum. 



* See "Catalogue of the South African Museum now exhibiting iu the 

 Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly," 1837. 



