James Jobling
Well-known member
Mutevodia Iredale, 1956, Bds. New Guinea, II, p. 103 (type-Pachycephala dorsalis Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 (= Pachycephala monacha dorsalis)), was introduced as a subgenus of Pachycephala Vigors, 1825. The etymology of this name still alludes me. No anagram or obvious classical basis springs to mind, and I have always assumed it to be a nonsense-name, of the sort so beloved by Iredale's mentor Gregory Mathews.
Does anyone out there have any bright ideas or inspiration as to Iredale's intention?
Does anyone out there have any bright ideas or inspiration as to Iredale's intention?