Sula lefevri (1 Viewer)

Just a guess if the key entry...

lefevri

Auguste Lefèvre (fl. 1858) French oologist, taxidermist (syn. Morus bassanus).

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...might be Auguste Lefèvre (1828-1907)? The name was given by August Carl Eduard Baldamus as Sula lefevri .

How did I come to a link with him? First sentence of the article here:

Ayant remarqué dès mon début dans l'étude de l'ornithologie (il a 23 ans) une faculté propre aux fous (sula) et autres oiseaux voisins, qui leur permet d'introduire un volume très-considérable d'air dans un appareil souscutané qui leur et particulier...

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So it looked like the author was 23 years old in 1851 when the article was written (means he was born 1828).

If he was oologist, taxidermist I have no clue. I would read his job as vice-amiral and politician (in the french Wiki article).

Take it for what's worth (as of course my conclusions might be wrong).

Note: And not be confused with Amédée Lefèvre (1798-1869) whose wife was honored in Doricha eliza.

Martin, this guy/bird was warlier dealt with in thread Monsieur Lefèvre's invalid (Northern) Gannet (here).

Why did you start a new one?

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It is actually:

[...] mon début dans l'étude de l'ornithologie (il y a 23 ans) [...]

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...which means he started studying ornithology 23 year before he wrote the paper. If so, he was certainly born a fair number of years before 1828.

How can I delete this thread? Whom to inform? Better to have all this in one post. Sorry about the confusion.