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Taphrospilus
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Syn. Lullula arborea
Without having final evidence (as I haven't seen OD) I feel the honor on Lullula arborea wagneri should be given to an Ingenieur Ludwig Wagner in Porto (Rua Candido dos Reis) and not to Helmuth Otto Wagner as indicated in the key. How did I come to this conclusion? Here Floericke wrote:
I know nothing more about this gentleman as I did not dig deep into this issue.
Without having final evidence (as I haven't seen OD) I feel the honor on Lullula arborea wagneri should be given to an Ingenieur Ludwig Wagner in Porto (Rua Candido dos Reis) and not to Helmuth Otto Wagner as indicated in the key. How did I come to this conclusion? Here Floericke wrote:
I know nothing more about this gentleman as I did not dig deep into this issue.
Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
The OD is supposedly to be found in Mitteilungen über die Vogelwelt (Blätter für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz) 1926 ... however not seen, nor found, by me.
Good luck finding it!
Björn
Good luck finding it!
Björn
Taphrospilus
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Which was published by the "Süddeutschen Vogelwarte". Here he is mentioned in Mitteilungen über die Vogelwelt. Maybe the same...
...mentioned in Deutscher Geflügelhof: Organ des Bundes Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter Vol 58 1962. But this part is speculation with no clear link.
l_raty
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Taphrospilus
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Well found :t:. So assume it is syn. Cyanistes caeruleus ogliastrae in the key?
P.S. And sollector may need correction
as well.
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Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Well done guys! :t:
As I understand it (still without having seen the OD, p.37), simply following your clues, I would say ...
• the invalid (Wood) Lark "Lullula arborea wagneri" FLOERICKE 1926 [from Northern Portugal]
...most likely commemorates the German engineer and ornithologist Ludwig Wagner (1900-1976), explorer of the Portuguese Bird Fauna ... who apparently opened up a Radio repair shop in Porto (Oporto), Northern Portugal, during the 1930's, where he also helped his customers with binoculars! If he settled down there, and lived there, is unknown (to me), but he sure could have, as he died in the same City, in 1976.
For what it´s worth!
Björn
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As I understand it (still without having seen the OD, p.37), simply following your clues, I would say ...
• the invalid (Wood) Lark "Lullula arborea wagneri" FLOERICKE 1926 [from Northern Portugal]
...most likely commemorates the German engineer and ornithologist Ludwig Wagner (1900-1976), explorer of the Portuguese Bird Fauna ... who apparently opened up a Radio repair shop in Porto (Oporto), Northern Portugal, during the 1930's, where he also helped his customers with binoculars! If he settled down there, and lived there, is unknown (to me), but he sure could have, as he died in the same City, in 1976.
If he collected "his" Wood Lark (as he did with "his" Blue Tit) is also unknown to me. But I guess he did ... like all those other "portugiesischer Vogelbälge" he sent to Floericke.
For what it´s worth!
Björn
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Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Today's updated HBW Alive Key:
Taphrospilus
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IN OD of Lullula arborea wagneri publication has the title Bemerkungen über portugiesische Vögel is written in the introduction:
and on p. 37 is written:
So no doubt it is for Ludwig Wagner.
and on p. 37 is written:
So no doubt it is for Ludwig Wagner.
