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  1. Björn Bergenholtz

    Audubonia Bonaparte, 1855 and others

    Fair enough, but he also added (as well in post #8): "... The name Laforest I never sign except when writing to my wife and she is the only being since my father's death who calls me by it." So why should we? ;) I cannot help wondering; why use (or include) a very, very private (close to...
  2. Björn Bergenholtz

    Audubonia Bonaparte, 1855 and others

    :oops: James, that's a (sudden) change of attitude!? Normally you're quick as lightning! However, I´m pretty sure that quite a few Non-English speaking birders doesn't know who Audubon was (and certainly so among the younger ones), even less of his Given names. That's like claiming everybody...
  3. Björn Bergenholtz

    Audubonia Bonaparte, 1855 and others

    The only thing regarding the name/names, as well as dates and years, of Audubon mentioned by Mearns & Mearns (2022*) is the following: No other names mentioned ... Also note that this/his entry, in the Book by Mearns & Mearns is fairly short (less than a full page), compared to many of the...
  4. Björn Bergenholtz

    Audubonia Bonaparte, 1855 and others

    For what it's worth, note that the looong and detailed entry about him in today's (English) Wikipedia (here) has him as: [Note, all various references, and links, are excluded in the quote above] However, I will check Mearns & Mearns (2022) again, later today, and check if they have anything...
  5. Björn Bergenholtz

    Audubonia Bonaparte, 1855 and others

    Just like Martin ('Taphrospilus') I'm curious about Audubon, the World famous Naturalist, and Artist, of which it has been written kilometers of Books and Papers (and as such one would expect that nothing remains to be questioned about him) ... For example, in the Chapter about Audubon (by...
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