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Small enhancement to HBW Alive entry daudinii of today François Marie Daudin (1774-1804).
I tried to trace where to find daudinii and found it here. So I checked Cuvier, Règ. An. I. p. 442 here. There it is written without ii ending as M. Daudin, Vaill. which is to find here. From all that I agree it is a synonym to Merops philippinus.
The only thing what I think is not correct is the year of death. According here page 47 Daudin died 8. Frimaire XII which is 30. November 1803 in Paris (10th arrondissement).
Apart from that he has some dedications in reptiles.
I tried to trace where to find daudinii and found it here. So I checked Cuvier, Règ. An. I. p. 442 here. There it is written without ii ending as M. Daudin, Vaill. which is to find here. From all that I agree it is a synonym to Merops philippinus.
The only thing what I think is not correct is the year of death. According here page 47 Daudin died 8. Frimaire XII which is 30. November 1803 in Paris (10th arrondissement).
Apart from that he has some dedications in reptiles.
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