Max Noska's Whinchat (1 Viewer)

Here´s some additional (and contradictory) info regarding ...

noskae as in:
• the invalid subspecies (Saxicola) "Pratincola rubetra noskae" TSCHUSI 1902 (here):

Ich nenne diese neue Form zur Erinnerung an Max Noska, weil. großfürstl. Jagdleiter, der sich um die Erforschung des kaukas. Birkhuhnes wesentliche Verdienste erworben und der auch diese Form für mich gesammelt hat.

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Today's HBW Alive Key explains this eponym as:

noskae
Max Noska (fl. 1902) Russian forestry officer in the Caucasus (syn. Saxicola rubetra).

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But I think we´re now dealing with the Austrian reservist Officer (of Czech heritage) Max Noska (who died in 1894, he was shot!), who'd before that travelled and worked in the Caucasus, see link here (from an unexpected source; The Indiana Tribune, 17 July 1894, p.2, sixth column) or attached excerpt.

Österreich
Wien. Der österreichische ReserveOfficier Max Noska, Sohn des ehemaligen Abgeordneten Franz Noska, des Bürgermeisters von Ebensee, der als Guts- und Jagdverwalter des russischen Großfürsten Peter seit 1889 in der Kosakenstation Psebai im europäischen Kaukasus lebte, ist mit seiner Gattin Marie, der Tochter des verstorbenen czechischen Publizisten Franz Skrejschowski, erschossen ausgefunden worden. Nähere Nachrichten, ob ein Verbrechen oder ein Unglücksfall vorliegt, fehlen noch.

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With reservation for the transciption! Those awkward German Fraktur letters ...

Maybe with the help of these clues his relatives can be possible to trace? The same Max Noska had apparently also formerly been head of the Hunters for Grossfürsten Sergei Mikhailovich ... and a paper, in German (on on the Black Grouse of the Caucasus), by Max Noska himself (published 1895) is found here.

Also see the Czech Wikipedia for his Father "Franz Noska" (born in Češnovice, in todays Czech Republic), bottom page (here):

Jeho syn Max Noska byl zastřelen roku 1894 při lovu na ruském Kavkaze. Působil tehdy jako rezervní důstojník a sloužil v Rusku jako správce statků a obor u velkoknížete Petra Nikolajeviče. Při neštěstí byla zabita i jeho manželka Marie, rozená Skrejšovská, která byla dcerou českého politika a publicisty Jana Stanislava Skrejšovského

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Google Translate:

His son Max Noska was gunned down in 1894 while hunting in the Russian Caucasus. He served time as a reserve officer and served in Russia as an administrator farms and fields near Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich. When misfortune was killed and his wife Mary, nee Skrejšovská, who was the daughter of Czech politician and journalist Jana Stanislava Skrejšovského.

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Anyone know when Max Noska was born?
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Calalp said:

Anyone know when Max Noska was born?

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[here] (= last link at the bottom of that Czech Wikipedia page), it is said:

Das Ehepaar stand erst im 30. Lebensjahr und hinterläßt ein Mädchen.

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This suggests he was born in 1863 or 1864.

Maybe worth to consult the church book of Ebensee as his father here may have lived at that time there?

Here Maximilan Noska born 7 Oct 1865 in Ebensee and died 4 Jun 1894 in Psebai Kaukasus.

For sure im 30. Lebensjahr is still 29 years old.

Wow, joint efforts, teamwork = quick results! Thereby:

noskae as in:
• the invalid subspecies (Saxicola) "Pratincola rubetra noskae" TSCHUSI 1902
= Maximilian "Max" Noska (1865–1894), Austrian ... and onwards!

Well done guys!

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Whinchat ssp. Saxicola rubetra noskae Tschusi, 1902 NCR; NRM
Max Noska (DNF) was a Russian forestry officer in the Caucasus. He wrote several monographs with Tschusi (q.v.) such as Das Kaukasische Birkhuhn (1895).

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So no Russian at all.