Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Anyone who know who Dr. Habel was? He collected hundreds om specimens of various animals on Galapagos during a six month visit 1868-1869.
Among birds he´s commemorated in ...
habeli as in:
• the subspecies Camarhynchus psittacula habeli SCLATER & SALVIN 1870 (here) as "Camarhynchus habeli":
Some sources claim he was; "German", "German-American" or "Austrian". Most often, in original sources (like in the OD above), he simply mentioned as "Dr. Habel, but sometimes he´s given as "A. Habel" alt. "Simeon Habel" ... ?
Anyone know who he was?
Is it this guy? Here, here and here? If so he was funded another 500 dollars by the Smithsonian in 1880, here.
Note that he in the third of the latter links (below his Photo) is titled "ethnologist", that might be a clue!?
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Among birds he´s commemorated in ...
habeli as in:
• the subspecies Camarhynchus psittacula habeli SCLATER & SALVIN 1870 (here) as "Camarhynchus habeli":
Also see here, again: ... "of New York".Dr. Habel, of New York, having placed in our hands for examination a collection of birds formed during a recent visit to the Galapagos, we lose no time in submitting to the Society the characters of the new species which it contains, in order that Dr. Habel may have the credit of their discovery. We may state that we are preparing for publication a memoir on the avifauna of this group of islands, in which we propose to embrace what has previously been recorded on this subject, as well as the results of Dr. Habel's arduous investigations. We trust that this memoir will be deemed suitable for the Society's 'Transactions.'
In the meantime, however, to show the extent of Dr. Habel's collection, we add the subjoined summary of its contents, specifying under the head of each species the number of specimens obtained in each of the three islands in which birds were collected.
Some sources claim he was; "German", "German-American" or "Austrian". Most often, in original sources (like in the OD above), he simply mentioned as "Dr. Habel, but sometimes he´s given as "A. Habel" alt. "Simeon Habel" ... ?
Anyone know who he was?
Is it this guy? Here, here and here? If so he was funded another 500 dollars by the Smithsonian in 1880, here.
Note that he in the third of the latter links (below his Photo) is titled "ethnologist", that might be a clue!?
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