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I feel that Ornismya Nattereri is not present. If I am correct a synonym for Augastes scutatus. From the plate here Augastes scutatus could fit.
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... which is here."(it was later described as masesus in "Comptes Rendus," XLII, p. 822, 1856) ...
= Let's add [...] to the peculiar genus Callirhynchus, besides Call. drovoni, Verreaux, a third species, smaller, pale-billed, coming from Guayaquil : [Latin starts] Very small, slightly greenish grey, with the rump of the same colour : with a white wing band : with a pale bill. [Latin ends] Would this not be Call. peruvianus, Lesson?Ajoutons [...] au singulier genre Callirhynchus, outre Call. drovoni, Verreaux, une troisième espèce plus petite, à bec pâle, venant de Guayaquil : Minimus, cinereo-subvirens, uropygio concolore : fascia alari alba : rostro pallido. Ne serait-ce pas Call. peruvianus, Lesson?
= The same thing happens again in the American genus Callirhynchus, Less. The species that we have described, after the specimen of the Muséum, is not the type species which the author presented, I think, to a museum of Belgium; I acquired a new proof of this by studying Lesson's manuscripts, which include, along with the original drawing of his type, many other figures and pieces of information valuable to science. Let's hope that the Muséum, to which the family of the deceased generously offers a selfless preference, will not let the chance to acquire such a treasure pass. Messrs. Verreaux described a third species, under the name of Callirhynchus drovoni, and I add here the characteristic phrase of a fourth one, which was just deposited in our great national institution along with other, no less precious, Fringillids.La même chose se reproduit dans le genre américain Callirhynchus, Less. L'espèce que nous avons décrite, d'après l'exemplaire du Muséum, n'est nullement l'espèce type dont l'auteur a fait présent, je crois, à un musée de Belgique; j'en ai acquis une nouvelle preuve en étudiant les manuscrits de Lesson , qui contiennent, avec le dessin original de son type, une foule d'autres figures et de renseignements précieux pour la science. Espérons que le Muséum, auquel la famille du défunt offre généreusement une préférence désintéressée, ne laissera pas fuir l'occasion d'acquérir un pareil trésor. MM. Verreaux ont décrit une troisième espèce, sous le nom de Callirhynchus drovoni, et je joins ici la phrase caractéristique d'une quatrième, qui vient d'être déposée dans notre grand établissement national avec d'autres Fringillides non moins précieux.
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Indeed: it's the bird that would come from Grenoble; without being really explicit, the sentence might be read as implying that it had to travel to reach Drevon, hence that the latter resided elsewhere (at this time).When I followed the cite to Degland et Gerbe's Ornithologie Europeenne he is refered to as M. Drevon.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32502#page/84/mode/1up .
It mentions the bird was recu de Grenoble which I do not think means M. Drevon is from there.
In this work (Berlioz 1948), Drevon's name is quoted from the registers of the collections of the Muséum, which said that a particular hummingbird specimen had been "acquis par échange de M. Drevon" = acquired by exchange from M. Drevon in 1864.This is not good in a 1948 document it says: Unfortunately, the name of Mr. Drevon has not left a trace among the traveling naturalists or ... only two specimens of this bird: "... one in my own collection, and another in that of M. Verreaux of Paris.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/235567#page/59/mode/1up .
But James, why -56? And not -54?devronis
Although dedicated to 'M. Devron' by J. Verreaux 1852, this is probably a misspelling for M. Drevon (fl. 1860) French ornithologist, collector. The eponym was spelled drovoni by Bonaparte 1856 (Mark Brown in litt.) (subsp. Sporophila peruviana).
... who "fl." (flourished, was alive) all the way until at least 1864 (see the latter link in Post #32, alt. Laurent's in #33).devronis
Although dedicated to 'M. Devron' by J. Verreaux 1852, this is probably a misspelling for M. Drevon (fl. 1860) French naturalist, collector. The eponym was spelled drovoni by Bonaparte 1854 and Bonaparte 1856, and drevonis by J. Verreaux 1869 (Mark Brown and Laurent Raty in litt.) (subsp. Sporophila peruviana).