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Mr. Fellner von Feldegg and "his" Yellow Wagtail (1 Viewer)

Björn Bergenholtz

(former alias "Calalp")
Sweden
Some small additions on …

feldegg
… in the subspecies Motacilla flava feldegg MICHAHELLES 1830
= the Bohemian military officer and naturalist Freiherr (close to Baron) Christoph Fellner von Feldegg (1789–1845), who had a large private collection of various Naturalia, especially Birds.

Born in Krumau (Krumlov), Bohemia [Böhmen, at that time part of the Austrian Empire – today located in the Czech Republic] on the 13th of October 1789 … and he died, in Leipzig, Germany, 10 May 1845.

More on him, see: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950. Bd. 1 (Lfg. 4, 1956), S. 297. Link (here)

Anyone think otherwise?
 
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