Taphrospilus
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Just a start for discussion.
OD of Pytilia melba jessei Shelley, 1903 here.
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:
OK with last sentence On a collection of Birds from North‐Eastern Abyssinia and the Bogos Country. So I can go with it. But when did he die as 1906 is in question markes. Here and here a letter from him. I have no clue if born 1809 and/or where this date derived from.
OD of Pytilia melba jessei Shelley, 1903 here.
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:
William Jesse Sr (1809–?1906) was a British zoologist. When the original nominee, Captain Bevan, fell ill, Jesse was the zoologist sent on the Abyssinian Expedition (1868) because of his experience collecting in South America. Otto Finsch (q.v.) wrote up the bird collection (1870) 'with notes by the collector William Jesse'.
OK with last sentence On a collection of Birds from North‐Eastern Abyssinia and the Bogos Country. So I can go with it. But when did he die as 1906 is in question markes. Here and here a letter from him. I have no clue if born 1809 and/or where this date derived from.