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world. A similar scheme was founded by him a little later by which the 

 same advantages were placed within the reach of pupil teachers in 

 Elementary schools, one of the largest Elementary schools in the Borough 

 being erected at his sole expense. 



Soon after the establishment of a Natural History Museum in the 

 town, he purchased from Mr. Starkie Gardner of Folkestone his 

 collection of fossils from the Gault, Greensand and Chalk — about 1500 

 carefully prepared examples — and presented them to the institution. 

 Again, in 1894, he purchased a fine collection of British Lepidoptera, 

 containing about 7500 specimens, and gave them to the town. This 

 formed a strong nucleus, round which has grown the present Museum 

 collection of Entomological specimens. 



In 1904 he acquired an exceedingly fine collection of British birds' 

 eggs, formed by a Boltonian, Mr. F. W. Peaples, and until his death 

 Mr. Thomasson was busily engaged in arranging them. Unfortunately 

 he did not live to finish the work, but he left the entire collection, with 

 the cabinets containing it, to the Museum. It includes 1700 clutches of 

 eggs, and over 7000 specimens, as well as 200 nests of British birds. Par- 

 ticularly interesting are the very full sets of Cuckoo's eggs with those of 

 the foster-parents, of which there are 70 sets, with the eggs of 30 species 

 of foster-parent. The examples of the eggs of Guillemots, Ospreys and 

 Plovers are also very complete and valuable. 



The Mere Hall Art Gallery, opened in 1891, was another of Mr. 

 Thomasson's gifts to the town of Bolton, and this he supplemented by a 

 grant of £1000 towards the purchase of artistic objects. The Mere Hall 

 was a family mansion standing in a park of about 8 acres, which 

 Mr. Thomasson purchased and presented to the town for an open space, 

 now known as the Thomasson Park ; and he afterwards gave a sum of 

 £6000 towards the adaptation of the Hall for the purposes of an Art 

 Gallery and Branch-Library. 



Mr. Thomasson took great interest in Zoology, and travelled much in 

 Norway and Lapland. He was also one of the subscribers to the White- 

 head Expedition to Hainan. His donation included the types of Harpactes 

 hainanus, Lepocestes hainanus, Chrysophlegma styani, and Dryonastes 

 casta notis. 



Thompson (Arthur). 



A mounted pair of Elliot's Pheasant (Calophasis ellioti). Purchased. 

 [80. 3. 9, 1-2.] 



A mounted pair of the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinagd). 

 Preseuted. 



Thornhill (T. B. Clarke). 



16 birds from the N.-W. Himalayas. Presented. [1904. 6. 19, 1-16.] 



Thwaites (T.). 



See Cuming, Hugh. 



Treacher (Sir William Hood), K.C.M.G. 

 See Gerrard, E. 

 When in Labuan as Acting-Governor, Sir W. Treacher made collec- 

 tions in that island and on the Lawas River, and on Mt. Kina Balu. He 

 discovered Hsematortyx sanguiniceps, Bambusicola hyperythra, Dendro- 

 citta cinerascens. He presented his collection to the Oxford Museum. 



