Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Guys ... I´m a bit puzzled. I truly don´t know what to think, how to treat or value, Eugène Rey's book Synonymik der Europäischen Brutvögel und Gäste ... from 1872 (here). To me it seems like this book is full of, over-loaded with, misspellings and erroneous names (a work of a Madman?!), but it also includes quite a few (possibly missed) names not included in today's HBW Alive Key!?!
As I had to glance through it (looking for any possibly missed "Swedish" names), I noticed quite a few unfamiliar names (alt. spelling versions, typos, errors, etc., etc.), and I thought it was a good idea to share those, the ones that caught the eye, with anyone concerned, whomever interested ...
Only the List of synonyms (Synonymik) goes on and on, ... for 86 pages! (pp.161-247). See the next-coming posts. But beware! This thread will be a loooong, and lingering piece
I will post them all separately, post after post, simply to make it easier for anyone to comment on either one onwards. In total it will be 48 posts after this one!
Enjoy them all! Or at least some of them ...
And; sorry James, for the extra work-load!
Björn
PS. If not a Madman, Eugène Rey must have been very sloppy or maybe he had a ditto printer? Or simply a terrible handwriting!? Either way; at least he noted a few names that isn´t listed in today's Key. Who Mr Rey himself was? His Obituary (Nachruf), here.
PPS. Rey's Paper was also recently commented (yesterday) by Laurent, in thread Cercotrichas / Crythropygia, in the Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature Forum (here).
As I had to glance through it (looking for any possibly missed "Swedish" names), I noticed quite a few unfamiliar names (alt. spelling versions, typos, errors, etc., etc.), and I thought it was a good idea to share those, the ones that caught the eye, with anyone concerned, whomever interested ...
Only the List of synonyms (Synonymik) goes on and on, ... for 86 pages! (pp.161-247). See the next-coming posts. But beware! This thread will be a loooong, and lingering piece
I will post them all separately, post after post, simply to make it easier for anyone to comment on either one onwards. In total it will be 48 posts after this one!
Enjoy them all! Or at least some of them ...
And; sorry James, for the extra work-load!
Björn
PS. If not a Madman, Eugène Rey must have been very sloppy or maybe he had a ditto printer? Or simply a terrible handwriting!? Either way; at least he noted a few names that isn´t listed in today's Key. Who Mr Rey himself was? His Obituary (Nachruf), here.
PPS. Rey's Paper was also recently commented (yesterday) by Laurent, in thread Cercotrichas / Crythropygia, in the Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature Forum (here).