Conclusion and back-step
Regarding the Delattre Brothers a k a De Lattre (alt. deLattre or DeLattre) and "their" birds ...
Ok, whatever, this is apparently a far trickier thread than it first looked like ... but here we go: Beolens, Watkins & Grayson's
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds 2014 tells us the following;
here,
here and
here. Based on what I do not know, but they have been wrong before.
Thereby, this far, I don´t dare to claim more than the following (on my behalf that´s enough, at least for my MS, I simply have to push on) …
henrica/
henrici
● in the invalid "
O. [
Ornismya]
Henrica" (DELATTRE &) LESSON 1839 (
here) [syn.
Lampornis amethystinus SWAINSON 1827] a k a "
O.-M. [
Oiseaux-Mouche]
Henry" (from the OD, in French) or as "Henry De Lattre's Cazique" (
Delattria henrici) by Gould alt. "Henri Delattre's Humming Bird" by Ridgway.
Dédié à Henry De Lattre, voyageur et frère de M. De Lattre
=
Henri (or
Henry)
Delattre (
fl. 1838 alt.
1839), brother of the Naturalist and explorer (Pierre) Adolphe Delattre.
If he is equal, or not, of the only Henri (alt. Henry) we´ve heard of, this far, I cannot tell, not for sure. He
could be the older brother [of (Pierre) Adolphe Delattre], if so being the French artist (mostly painting human or animal portraits) Augustin Henri Delattre. But he wasn´t much of a traveller?
More than that, when he was born, in 1800 or 1801 … or if he died in 1867 or 1876, I simply cannot tell? Neither do I know if any of those birth or death dates/years, are correct, or if we should be looking for yet another possible travelling (
voyageur) brother, that could have been involved!? But if Henri is Adolphe's only brother there is little doubt. If not a simple error (if so, most likely, by Lesson), for Louis Henri Delattre, father (
père) of them both? Did he travel? Anyone know?
However; it does look like Martin is getting close to the truth and that it, in fact, is the above mentioned Augustin Henri Delattre ("1800–1876") that we´re looking for, but it´s beyond me to tell either way.
In any case; as the
henrica/
henrici Hummingbird isn´t on my list (of Swedish Common Bird names) I will leave him here. My understanding of French (i.e. more the lack of it) doesn´t allow me to go any deeper. Sorry. But; good luck pin-pointing him (if still uncertain) and please do not hesitate to explain and/or convince us all.
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In fact, the only bird I truly have to check in detail (in this thread, that is) is one
delattrii, and for this single bird I think it´s fair to claim:
delattrii
● in the debated subspecies (or species)
Basileuterus (
rufifrons)
delattrii BONAPARTE 1854 (
here) as "
Basileuterus delattrii" (earlier, in Swedish, called "
deLattreskogssångare", today a nameless subspecies of " Rufous-capped Warbler"
Basileuterus rufifrons)
No out-spoken dedication, but the title (of this multi-part-article, p.378) tells us: "
Notes sur les Collections rapportées en 1853, par M. [
M. =
Monsieur, Mr.]
A. Delattre , de son vojage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua, …"
= the French naturalist, collector (of various
Naturalia) and explorer
Adolphe Delattre (
1805–1854), whose full name was
Pierre Adolphe Delattre (or
De Lattre) – who collected birds in Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala [and elsewhere in South America, (and in California) for twenty years, between 1831/32 and 1851/53]. He was apparently also, like his older brother Henri (above), somewhat of an artist (bird illustrator).
Note: This bird was collected in Peru, not in Columbia as earlier believed. See link
here, bottom p.112.
Also see this link:
here.
That’s it!
That´s the only Delattre bird on my list.
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