Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
There seem to be some different views of the meaning of the Generic Name Batis (as in, for example, Cape Batis Batis capensis).
Maybe the original description, in old-fashioned German, of this Generic name can reveal anything? Anyone, with knowledge of German, might be able to answer?
Boie, F. 1833. Fernere Bemerkungen über Classification der Vögel. Isis. Encyclopädische Zeitschrift, vorzüglich für Naturgeschichte, vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie, von Oken 26 (9): 876-884. (Attached)
Maybe the original description, in old-fashioned German, of this Generic name can reveal anything? Anyone, with knowledge of German, might be able to answer?
Boie, F. 1833. Fernere Bemerkungen über Classification der Vögel. Isis. Encyclopädische Zeitschrift, vorzüglich für Naturgeschichte, vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie, von Oken 26 (9): 876-884. (Attached)