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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    Henrietta Etta Moody Birth 1872 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia Marriage 11 Apr 1895 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Residence 1926 Kew, Victoria, Australia Death 16 Jul 1930 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Father William Moody (1838-1891) Mother Jane Johnson (1845-1929) Spouse...
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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    Yes you make an excellent point Laurent. I think I am being silly trying to even guess Mathews motivation. If anyone is interested in trying to read old german the OD for Munna Krøyer, 1839 is here: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=46126 The etymology maybe at bottom of...
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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    Martin, One thing you have highlighted here is that we have no idea what munna means! https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=munna James said “Etymology undiscovered; either an Austraboriginal name or one of Mathews's nonsense-names (see zanda) (cf. Munna Creek...
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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    Note that the OD you have linked to is the senior homonym and is not relevant to this discussion. The junior homonym has the same type series as Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi as Mathews realised that he had used the same name twice. Thus "The collector of the type series was S.A. White". When...
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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    As for Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912) is SW Australian. Tom Carter seems basically as certain as you can be with Mathews: Megalurus gramineus thomasi Mathews HOLOTYPE: AMNH 597889, adult male, collected at Lake Muir, 34.28S, 116.35E (Times Atlas), Western Australia, Australia, on 24...
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    Nesoptilotis leucotis thomasi (Mathews, 1912) & Poodytes gramineus thomasi (Mathews, 1912)

    Thomas Henry Tregellas Birth 16 Jun 1864 Victoria, Australia Marriage 11 Apr 1895 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Residence 1909 Victoria, Australia Death 10 Oct 1938 Coburg, Victoria Well known Victorian Ornithologist specializing in Lyrebird biology but no record I could find of him...
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