Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Let´s have a look at a very obscure bird and the totally unexplained eponym gerinii ... not listed (at least not with that particular spelling) in today's HBW Alive Key, that only gives us:
• "Picus gerinii" TEMMINCK 1827 (here, in text):
However; Temminck's only reference for the "Picus gerinii" refer to "Picchio vario Indiano — Picus varius Indicus" (not a trinomal, I assume, but simply Latin), Plate 171, in Gerini's (alt. Manetti's) Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornata. Storia naturale degli Uccelli. Florence , vol 2, 1769, (Plate here, and text, here; CLXXI). Plate also attached.
Surely we´re (also here) dealing with Marchese Giovanni Gerini, whose portrait is found in the first volume (1767, here), the collector from whose extensive collection of specimens Manetti worked chiefly. And, if so, what about the "Patrizio/Fiorentino" part?
Thereby I assume it commemorates the same guy as in James's other birds/eponyms, as in the first quote above! Surely it ought to be possible to find his birth, him being a Noble, "IL SENAT. E. MARCH. PATRIZIO", and all ... (if you know Italian, that is)
And regarding the Identification of this bird? Anyone have an idea?
Couldn´t this be a very brightly painted version of the debated (and extinct) subspecies Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris "bahamensis" CORY 1892 (today most often incl. in M. s. nyeanus RIDGWAY 1886)? Or either one of the also extinct populations "sanfelipensis" or "florentinoi" ... ? Alt. a completely different Melanerpes/Tripsurus/Centurus Woodpecker? Does the Italian text tell us anything of its origin?
However: Enjoy!
Björn
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I assume I´m going for the latter bird because it´s a Woodpecker (Centurus/Melanerpes/Picus) I´m looking at, as in:gerini
● Giovanni Marchese Gerini (d. 1751) Italian art collector, ornithologist (?syn. Amazona aestiva, ?syn. Bucco sp.).
● ?M. Gérin (unident.; Centurus sp?).
• "Picus gerinii" TEMMINCK 1827 (here, in text):
This quote above is found in Temminck's entry for PIC SOURCIL BOIR Picus superciliaris (here, Plate 433, is on the page before) [= OD of today's West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris TEMMINCK 1827, attached].Le Picus varius indicus de Gerrin, Orn. , tab. 171 , forme une troisième espèce distincte, donnée par Latham comme variété; il portera le nom de Picus gerinii.
However; Temminck's only reference for the "Picus gerinii" refer to "Picchio vario Indiano — Picus varius Indicus" (not a trinomal, I assume, but simply Latin), Plate 171, in Gerini's (alt. Manetti's) Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornata. Storia naturale degli Uccelli. Florence , vol 2, 1769, (Plate here, and text, here; CLXXI). Plate also attached.
Surely we´re (also here) dealing with Marchese Giovanni Gerini, whose portrait is found in the first volume (1767, here), the collector from whose extensive collection of specimens Manetti worked chiefly. And, if so, what about the "Patrizio/Fiorentino" part?
Thereby I assume it commemorates the same guy as in James's other birds/eponyms, as in the first quote above! Surely it ought to be possible to find his birth, him being a Noble, "IL SENAT. E. MARCH. PATRIZIO", and all ... (if you know Italian, that is)
And regarding the Identification of this bird? Anyone have an idea?
Couldn´t this be a very brightly painted version of the debated (and extinct) subspecies Grand Bahama West Indian woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris "bahamensis" CORY 1892 (today most often incl. in M. s. nyeanus RIDGWAY 1886)? Or either one of the also extinct populations "sanfelipensis" or "florentinoi" ... ? Alt. a completely different Melanerpes/Tripsurus/Centurus Woodpecker? Does the Italian text tell us anything of its origin?
However: Enjoy!
Björn
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