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Thomson (Dr. T. R. H.), B.N. [1842] 



26 Mammals from Fernando Po. Presented. 



Including the types of Poiana richardsoni, Gray, and Kerivoula 

 poensis, Gray, and the first specimens of Anomalurus received by the 

 Museum. 



Dr. Thomson went with the Niger Expedition, and gave to the 

 Museum a duplicate set of the Mammals obtained, the first set going in 

 Mr. L. Fraser's name to the Zoological Society's Museum (see Water- 

 house, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 124), whence they were afterwards 

 transferred to the British Museum. 



(See also Allen, Capt. W., and Thomson, Dr. T. R. H., "A Narrative 

 of the Expedition to the River Niger," 1848. Appendix, vol. ii., p. 4 . 2 



Tomes (Robert F.). 



About 500 specimens, chiefly bats, from the collection brought 

 together during the years 1845-1863, when Mr. Tomes was working 

 systematically at Mammals. Purchased from the executors. 



This is the most important accession that the Museum has received 

 since the incorporation of the India Museum in 1879, for Mr. Tomes was 

 a voluminous contributor to the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 

 and these specimens form the material on which his papers were based. 



He obtained specimens from all possible sources, and several note- 

 worthy collections passed into his possession ; of these may be specially 

 mentioned : — 



1. A number of skeletons of Bats, presented to Mr. Tomes by Prince 

 C. L. Bonaparte, and representing species described by the latter in his 

 " Fauna Italica " (1832). The history and condition of these specimens 

 are described by Mr. Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 81, footnote. 



2. A large number of Bats collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the 

 Malay Archipelago. 



3. The Bats obtained by Mr. H. W. Bates on the Amazons. 



4. The Bats collected by Mr. C. J. Andersson in Damaraland, and 

 described by Mr. Tomes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861, p. 31. (Types of three 

 species included). 



5. A selection of Bats and other small Mammals from Mozambique, 

 collected and named by Prof. Peters, whose species they represent. 



6. A large number of Bats formerly in the Zoological Society "s 

 Museum, which was broken up about the time Mr. Tomes was collecting. 

 These include many historical and typical specimens, such as the co-typea 

 of Scotophilus heathi, described by Horsfield in 1831. 



7. The small Mammals collected by L. Fraser in Ecuador, and worked 

 out by Mr. Tomes in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society (Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1858-1860). These include, among others, the original " Jlyracodon 

 (= Cxnolestes) fuliginosus" the first example of the Epanorthidx to be 

 discovered. 



From 1863, when he wrote the paper on Byracodon, to his de;ith in 

 1904, Mr. Tomes worked no more on exotic Mammals, but his coll 

 at least so far as the skins are concerned, remains happily in perfect 

 preservation. 



34 types have so far been identified as being in the collection. 



Transit of Venus Expedition of 1875. [1876] 



Specimens of Pteropus rodriccnsis, and a number of bones of 9 

 and other Mammals from Rodriguez and Kerguelen. Presented by the 

 Royal Society. 



