Taphrospilus
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Just here we can find him as English.
If he truely was married with a Caroline I doubt as long as I see no clear evidence.
La Touche was an Englishman who spent some years in China and amassed a significant collection of Chinese birds, sufficiently large so that most of his careful descriptions are actually based on his own specimens. He was probably a member of the religious community since cites Père Courtois, the Curator of the Sikawei Museum (Shanghai) was a particular friend and he was also well acquainted with Wilder and Hubbard. He also eulogizes David and Swinehoe as the true pioneers of Chinese ornithology.
If he truely was married with a Caroline I doubt as long as I see no clear evidence.
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