Erythropygia leucosticta colstoni Tye, 1991, Elminia nigromitrata colstoni (Dickerman, 1994) & Puffinus bailloni colstoni Shirihai & Christie, 1996 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Erythropygia leucosticta colstoni Tye, 1991 OD here

I name this race in honour of Peter Colston, in recognition of his careful work on the specimens collected by the Nimba expedition.

Elminia nigromitrata colstoni (Dickerman, 1994) OD here

It is a pleasure and appropriate to name this form for Mr Peter R. Colson who prepared the bulk of the report on the large comprehensive table of biometrica. Mr. Colson confirmed my impression of the distinctness of the two populations.

Puffinus bailloni colstoni Shirihai & Christie, 1996 OD here

We have chosen to name this subspecies adter Peter R. Colston, as a mark of our respect o his retirement from the Natural History Museum, Tring. We wish to emphasise our appreciation of his taxonomic knowledge and our gratitude for the invaluable help he has given both to us and to many others over many years.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Colston's Bulbul Xanthomixis apperti Colston, 1972 [Alt. Appert's Tetraka; Syn. Phyllastrephus apperti]
Forest Scrub Robin ssp. Erythropygia leucosticta colstoni Tye, 1991
Dusky Crested Flycatcher ssp. Elminia nigromitrata colstoni Dickerman, 1994
Tropical Shearwater ssp. Puffinus bailloni colstoni Shirihai & Christie, 1996 [Possibly inseparable from Puffinus bailloni dichrous]
Peter Robert Colston (b.1935) is a field ornithologist who was Senior Curator at the BMNH where until retirement (1995) he was responsible for the largest scientific collection of bird skins in the world. Shortly after joining the museum in 1961 he was dispatched to Andalucia where he learnt to collect and prepare his first study skins. He made a series of museum expeditions to Australia, sponsored by Major Harold Hall (q.v.), an Australian philanthropist interested in natural history. On the first expedition (1962–1963) he collected extensively in eastern Australia and was responsible for finding and obtaining the first specimens of an undescribed Australo-Papuan babbler in southern Queensland, now known as White-throated Babbler Pomatostomus halli. He collectedin SWAustralia (1966), then Africa (1970) where he joined the Royal Geographical Society's expedition tonorthern Turkana, Kenya. Subsequently he became the museum's specialist on African birds, publishing descriptions of four new species. He contributed to An Atlas of Speciation in African Birds (1970) and, with K. Curry-Lindahl, co-wrote The Birds of Mount Nimba, Liberia (1986). He served as a member of the BOU Records and subsequently co-authored A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain & Europe, with Ian Lewington and Per Alström. Always a wader enthusiast, he also published The Waders of Britain and Europe, North Africa and the Middle East with Philip Burton. He made private trips to China (1989–1995), together with Per Alström and Urban Olsson, which resulted in the discovery of three previously unknown leaf warblers. Michael Walters of the BMNH (Tring) coined the vernacular name Colston's Bulbul in his Complete Birds of the World (1980).

The Key to Scientific Names

Peter R. Colston (b. 1935) English ornithologist at BMNH 1960-1995, collector in Australia and tropical Africa (subsp. Elminia nigromitrata, subsp. Puffinus lherminieri, subsp. Tychaedon leucosticta).

I agree with the The Eponym Dictionary of Birds about the middle name as it is confirmed here by BHM. So the key may or may not get a small update. A I found no contradictionary I hope he is still going strong.