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I am just curious where the C in George C. Rippon (1861-1927) in the key derived from? In his obituary in The Ibis here is no C. Could the C. stands for Colonel? Or does anyone know the middle name?
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Nevertheless Bjön question the C. as well.
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● the subspecies Lophura nycthemera ripponi SHARPE 1902 a k a (most often in aviculture) "Rippon's Silver Pheasant"
= the fairly unknown British military officer (Lieutenant, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and later Colonel) George (C.?) Rippon (1861–1926), of the British-Indian Army (Indian Staff Corps) 1880–1912, who sent more than 3000 bird skins, from India, to British Museum (today's NHM).
After his retirement in 1812 he settled down in Burma (Myanmar), but returned to England (and his Duty) when World War I started, and retired (again) when it ended. The remaining years of his life he spent in a little cottage outside the coastal village of Lymington, Hampshire.
Nevertheless Bjön question the C. as well.
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