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  1. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some additional etymological information – Part II

    Of course not, Gonçalo ... nor with the other guys by the same name. ;) Björn PS. We had a look at some of the various bennetti/ bennettii Birds earlier (way back, in 2013), here.
  2. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some additional etymological information – Part II

    In my MS he's originally "Slovenian", and I will keep him as such (until proven otherwise. of course), simply as Rudolph Pfrimer (as far as I can tell) was born in Marburg (an der Drau), today's Maribor, in today's Slovenia (earlier a part of Yugoslavia, even if he, of course, was born in/inside...
  3. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some additional etymological information – Part II

    No. 3 Regarding the apparent uncertainty of Adelaide Swift (commemorated in Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga) Dendroica adelaidae BAIRD 1865), daughter of Mr. Robert (Eaglesfield Griffith) Swift. The second Adelaide Swift, Robert Swift's granddaughter, was born in 1872, thereby clearly excluding...
  4. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some additional etymological information – Part II

    Laurent, thanks for pointing it out! So he was! ... even in my own MS!? Careless mistake, sloppy of me! I´ve now edited the "kalindei-entry" in Post No. #1.
  5. Björn Bergenholtz

    Some additional etymological information – Part II

    Here´s a second list of some small additional information regarding the Etymology of ten various Bird Names that I´ve happened to stumble upon trying to understand various Swedish Bird Names … for your sake (as well as I can?) in English. As far as I understand the following birds commemorates...
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