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"diagnosis not seen" for genus names in the Key A through S (1 Viewer)

Perdicula Hodgson, 1837.
No sooner the word, than the deed. Martin has kindly sent me a copy of the OD of Perdicula, and I have incorporated that into the text of the Key, being the last of the currently recognised genera which I had not had a view of. Much appreciated, Martin.

Björn, Re Carpospiza the French ed. is sufficient.
 
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Bonaparte went to the Berlin Museum and saw a bird named by Hemprich as F. brachydactyla and Bonaparte recognised it as a species and publishes it in 1850. Then Muller publishs Carpospiza. In a 1854 JfO Cabanis makes the connection between the two. Im wondering if there are two populations one short winged and one long winged?
In the OD of Perdicula at the KEY it mentions Gunga's No. 6.??
Here is all I could find:
Several writers in the Bengal Sporting Magazine, including Hodgson, used to consider the Coromandel and Rain -quail to be distinct; but the well-known * Gunga'
shewed that they were the same bird, and that the supposed
distinction probably arose from Sportsmen considering that Bain-
quail, so called, were never met with, except during the rains,
whereas they are found at all seasons, but attract attention less in
the cold weather, and indeed are then often confounded with the
Grey-Quail.
The female lays eight to twelve eggs, dull whitish, blotched
and speckled with umber brown. Gunga, in the Bengal Sporting
Magazine, says, that on one occasion, he found four whitish eggs,
dotted and blotched with pale red.
DESCRIPTIONS 0F ALL THE SPECIES OF GAME BIRDS,
SNIPE, AND DUCK FOUND IN INDIA, BY T. C. JERDON

Gunga …an ornithological notice of the Bengal Vulture. Bengal Sporting Magazine. IV:
Hodgson wrote in the Bengal Sporting Magazine as Parabattiah.
 
Zorca (zonca)

While giving the all unexplained Zelica a try, I happened to stumble uppon ...

• the Generic name Zorca "S.D.W." (?) 1836 (here), in Strigidae, (from January 1836)... which is prior to "(C. T. Wood 1837)"* as per today's HBW Alive Key:
Zorca
(syn. Otus Ϯ Eurasian Scops Owl O. scops) Specific name Strix zorca J. Gmelin, 1788 (= syn. Otus scops); "Ivy Zorc. Zorc vulgaire, - Gemeiner Zorc. Zorca arborea, Wood." (C. T. Wood 1837).
A name that Charles W. Richmond (1908) explained as:
Zorca, the name applied to a species of owl in Sardinia. [here]
Same note scribbled on the Richmond Card (here).

Couldn´t this mean that Zorca was/is (alt. believed to be) a local Sardinian name, for the (Eurasian) Scops Owl Otus scops (a k a Tonca, in Sardinian, as of here)... ?

As in; "[Strix] Zorca" J. GMELIN 1788, (here), Richmond card here, based on (i.e. a typo for) Cetti's "zonca", in Gli Uccelli di Sardegna (1776), p. 60-63 (here).

Well, that´s how I interpret it ...

Björn

* "prior to", that is, if "S.D.W." isn't equal of " C. T. Wood" of course ... !? ;)
 
Ouups, now I remember (I thought it sounded familiar), this time it's me being forgetful or absent-minded, this topic was earlier dealt with, and pointed out/at, by Laurent, in the Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature Forum, thread The forgotten authorship of Sylvia melanocephala ("Gmelin") -- and a few other names (here).

Thereby the Key's: " zorcazonca" ... and:
zonca
Sardinian dialect name Zonca for Scops Owl (syn. Otus scops). Laurent Raty in litt. shows that Strix zorca J. Gmelin, 1788, a misspelling, must give precedence to Strix zonca Piesch & Leske in Cetti, 1784.
Hard to keep track of all those, various threads, in different Forums ... ;)

At least, if nothing else, I managed to add some bits and pieces (and a local Sardinian Tonca) ...

If of no apparent value; sorry for crossposting.

/B
 
I was wondering about that as well. But on the gravestone is clearly Elfriede and at least this is an existing name in German language. I am not sure who the second Elfriede Wolters (1917-2007) was. Sister or wife of Hans Wolters? I do not have a clue. If his wife maybe a daughter with name Doris or Dorothea?

Did we clarify if Wolters was (un)married? I went again through our discussions but maybe I missed something. Anyway think Dorothea and Doris are two different names.
 
Did we clarify if Wolters was (un)married? I went again through our discussions but maybe I missed something. Anyway think Dorothea and Doris are two different names.
He dedicated Die Vogelarten der Erde to the memory of his mother and no wife is mentioned in the (short) "In Memoriam" to him in The Auk.
 
This note is made of a Latin, followed by a Portuguese text, which convey about the same information. (The Portuguese text is just a bit longer.) Each text includes a description of the genus, followed by a description of the single included species.
Here is the Portuguese generic diagnosis:



Name: Parabarbatula
Author: Miranda Ribeiro 1927
Date: 1927
OD ref: Miranda Ribeiro A de. 1927. Notas ornitologicas. III. Uma nova fórma da familia dos Capitonideos. Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 28: 12-14.
Page: 12
Link: Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro
OINS: Parabarbatula dayi
Type: Capito dayi Cherrie 1916
Syn. of ? in use
Fixation by: original monotypy
Fixation ref: as OD
Page: as OD
Link: as OD
OD of type ref: Cherrie GK. 1916. New birds from the collection of the Collins-Day expedition to South America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35: 391-397.
Page: 394
link: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1385
Notes:
Available: yes
Family: Capitonidae
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:
Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi Cherrie, 1916
Day's Elaenia Elaenia dayi Chapman, 1929 [Alt. Great Elaenia]
Colonel Lee Garnet Day (c.1890–1960) was a New York businessman, banker and philanthropist. He financed expeditions (1915-1920s), including the American Museum expedition to Mount Roraima (1927), which included Chapman (q.v.) and T. D. Carter, who published the ornithological report (1929). The expedition also searched for the missing aviator Paul Redfern, who had been reported as seen living in the jungle. Among other things Day was Chairman of the American Legion's Rehabilitation Committee for New York (1922), advocating better aid for WW1 veterans, and a Trustee of the Field Museum in Chicago. The etymology for the elaenia states that it was named '... after Mr. Lee Garnet Day of New York City ... for the support which made our Roraima expedition possible.' A mammal is named after him.

The Key to Scientific Names
Col. Lee Garnett Day (1890-1966) US financier, explorer in Brazil 1914, sponsor of expeditions to tropical America 1915, 1927 (Capito, Elaenia).

Elaenia dayi Chapman, 1929 OD here
In naming this species after Mr. Lee Garnet Day of New York City, I pay a well-deserved tribute to him, not alone for the support which made our Roraima expedition possible, but for the interest he has long shown in the American Museum.

If we look here
Col Lee Garnett Day
BIRTH 5 May 1890
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
DEATH 24 May 1968 (aged 78)
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Akodon dayi Osgood, 1916 OD here
 
Yes it was Lee Garnett Day Jnr (the son) who died in 1966 aged 36. Senior was a highly decorated WW1 soldier but I am not sure what the evidence for "explorer in Brazil" is. After WW1 he did travel extensively but this was the first class cabin/ Savey Hotel type of travel not exploring.
 
I am not sure what the evidence for "explorer in Brazil" is. After WW1 he did travel extensively but this was the first class cabin/ Savey Hotel type of travel not exploring.

The Collins-Day expedition of 1914-15 (unlike the Roraima expedition of 1927) was effectively co-led by Collins and Day.

The dedication of Capito dayi Cherrie 1916 (here) reads:
Day's Barbet is dedicated to Lee Garnet [sic] Day, one of the leaders of the Collins-Day Expedition, a delightful camp companion and a valued friend.

See also here:
In the latter part of 1914, Mr. Alfred M. Collins of Philadelphia and Mr. Lee Garnett Day of New York called upon the writer to discuss plans for a trip to South America. As a result of this meeting and several subsequent ones, it was decided by Mr. Collins and Mr. Day that they would not only finance but personally conduct an expedition to be largely devoted to the collecting of natural history specimens, especially mammals and birds. As finally arranged, the party included Mr. Collins and Mr. Day and their friend Mr. Willard Walker, who also shared in the expense, and representatives of two museums, Mr. George K. Cherrie for the American Museum of Natural History of New York, and Mr. Robert H. Becker for the Field Museum of Natural History.

Day's own relation of the expedition can be read in: Day LG. 1916. South American trails. Am. Mus. J., 16: 23-44. Here.
 
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My list of unseen genera has now been cut down to just 29, mainly synonyms; of these four are still unverified (Hypsiphornis, Mesosericornis, Nyctipornis, Santaplonis), and another four are currently used (Carpospiza, Malcorus, Perdicula, Rheinardia). The search goes on.

Rheinardia Maingonnat 1882, (finally ;)) scanned by Google on 1 Aug 2023 :

 
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