1800 vs 1801 ... ?
So it´s simply a question of whom to trust; Hellmayr & Conover
versus Richmond, 1801
vs 1800. Tricky choice. They are all well-known, acknowledged, serious guys. I don't know what to believe.
The only thing I know is that I found "
Falco mauduyti", on p.73, in
Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2, which title page says "1800", and that the Richmond card, states "May, 1800".
Unfortunatelly I cannot check/verify/dismiss the "Enc. Meth., Hist. Nat. Ois.,
1, p. 500", as I couldn't find it (on-line), the closest I got was ditto "Animaux" (
Tome Premier),
here, but that one is from 1802, however on page 500 we do (as well?) find:
AUTOUR DE CAYENNE (grand).
J'ai reçu de Cayenne deux oiseaux que ...
[...]
AUTOUR DE CAYENNE , (petit).
Pl. enl. 473.
As far as I can tell Gallica (BnF –
Bibliothèque nationale de France) only have a digitized copy of the "Oiseaux" version, Tome Second, 1804 (
here) where VAUTOUR (!?) starts on p.501 (
here).
Sorry if I cause nothing but a mess ...
This matter is far better dealt with by someone who does understand French, one who can navigate safely through those many, many volumes (and editions?) of the absolutely gigantic
Encyclopédie méthodique ...
Cheers
Björn
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