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  1. l_raty

    Uncirostrum brelayi

    I can't find Aglaia attributed to Lesson anywhere else, nor even a work in which Lesson would have used the name in 1838. The three Graces are called Aglaé, Euphrosyne and Thalie in French, so there is nothing in the description of the hummingbird that would objectively exclude this derivation...
  2. l_raty

    Uncirostrum brelayi

    I don't think the word is in dictionaries. 'Crin' is long, strong and stiff hairs which are present on some animals such as horses (though here, it seems it was pork hairs), and which are used, i.a., to stuff mattresses and to make brushes. A 'crinerie' will be a factory working with 'crin'.
  3. l_raty

    Uncirostrum brelayi

    She is mentioned on the death certificate ("de son vivant époux de Mme Aglaé Delmestre"), thus I have no doubt this document is about the right Brelay. His occupation on the death certificate is also given as "prorpiétaire et maire" (land owner and mayor), which is consistent with the other info...
  4. l_raty

    Uncirostrum brelayi

    "Brelay Charles, 12 Janvier 1792", on this page, matches the death certificate better, it seems to me. (He is just called 'Charles', not 'Jean Charles' on the death certificate, and was 65 when he died in Oct 1857 = born in late 1891 or 1892.) The death certificate says born in Le Cormenier...
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