Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
lagepa
Regarding "Alauda lagepa" SMITH 1843 (here, and Plate here, fig. 2), a k a "Lagepa Lark" (in Andersson, 1872, here) ...
Maybe (!?) worth considering is what Smith wrote (on page 57) in the Appendix of his Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good (1836), covering the trip in which this (today invalid) lark was discovered:
Either way; to me, it does look like lagepa is/was a local, native South African name. If it truly is/was ... is beyond what I can find.
For what it is worth.
Björn
PS. Maybe something is added in the (more recent) book Andrew Smith's Journal of his expedition into the interior of South Africa 1834-1836, by William F. Lye (editor); with contemporary illustrations by Charles Davidson Bell, ... for the South African Museum, Cape Town, 1975 (as of here).
Who knows?
Regarding "Alauda lagepa" SMITH 1843 (here, and Plate here, fig. 2), a k a "Lagepa Lark" (in Andersson, 1872, here) ...
Maybe (!?) worth considering is what Smith wrote (on page 57) in the Appendix of his Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa from the Cape of Good (1836), covering the trip in which this (today invalid) lark was discovered:
Unfortunately (for us), the lagepa bird/lark/name, wasn't listed "above" in the latter work (neither are any other trivial names), nor could I find an example of where Andrew Smith himself actually used the trivial name "Lagepa Lark".Note.—The names given by the Natives to the objects above described, I have adopted as the trivial ones, whenever they would readily admit of such application, under an idea that ...
[here]
Either way; to me, it does look like lagepa is/was a local, native South African name. If it truly is/was ... is beyond what I can find.
For what it is worth.
Björn
PS. Maybe something is added in the (more recent) book Andrew Smith's Journal of his expedition into the interior of South Africa 1834-1836, by William F. Lye (editor); with contemporary illustrations by Charles Davidson Bell, ... for the South African Museum, Cape Town, 1975 (as of here).
Who knows?