Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Here´s some more additional info regarding ten birds I´ve happened to stumble upon while searching for others …
Note: I haven´t gone the full length researching them, as they just happened to pop up during my own research, but I thought these minor additions could be worth to mention as mere clues for any (or anyone else's) possible future attempts to find the full story behind them!?
No. 1 – alius
● in Nicobar Scops-Owl Otus alius RASMUSSEN 1998
= See the HBW Alive Key: "… encapsulates the family name of .." + … the Indian ornithologist Humayun Abdulali (1914–2001).
No. 2 – balzani
● the subspecies Thalurania furcata balzani SIMON 1896 as "Thalurania balzani" (here): "… par M. le Dr. Balzan, professeur à lʼuniversité dʼ Asuncion."
= most likely the Italian scientist, explorer, rubber trade investigator, collector and multi-talented naturalist, botanist, zoologist, entomologist, scorpion-expert etc. etc. Professor Luigi Balzan (1865–1893), originally member of the Società Geografica Italiana, who emigrated to South America, traveled Paraguay and Bolivia – professor of natural history in the University of Paraguay (today's Universidad Columbia del Paraguay), in Asunción.
No. 3 – bloodi
● in the invalid subspecies "Oreocharis arfaki bloodi" GYLDENSTOLPE 1955: "Named in honour of Captain Ned Blood who was of the greatest assistance to me during our most interesting stay [i. e. 1951] in the interior of New Guinea." [Syn. of monotypic Oreocharis arfaki MEYER 1875]
= the Australian District Officer (Government Official) and sheep farmer , but also noted naturalist and explorer of New Guinea; Captain Ned B. Blood (xxxx-xxxx)*, manager and first leader of the Hallstrom Livestock and Fauna Station (that he set up in 1950), outside the small native community Nondugl, Wahgi Valley, Western highlands, New Guinea.
*He was still alive in 1954, see link (here), in charge of yet another Field station and even later, acknowledged in a 1974 scientific publication (here, p. 316), at that time living in Madang, on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea.
No. 4 – buxtoni
●… in the invalid "Brachypteryx buxtoni" TWEEDDALE 1877: [syn. Blyth's Babbler Trichastoma rostratum BLYTH 1842 …or?]
= according to Tweeddale's OD (here) described from "… a collection made by Mr. Edmund Charles Buxton in the Lampong district of Sumatra."
I guess he´s the same guy mentioned only as "E. C. Buxton" in the HBW Alive Key?
No. 5 – durazzi
● the invalid "Emberiza Durazzi" BONAPARTE 1832: "Ortolano del Durazzo … al signor Marchese Carlo Durazzo Patrizio Genovese, cultore zelantissimo della Ornitologia, …". See Type description (here). [syn. Emberiza pusilla PALLAS 1776].
= most likely the Italian Noble, ornithologist and entomologist; Marquis (Marchese) Carlo Durazzo ( 1803–1862).
No. 6 – grindae
● the subspecies "Grinda Bush-tit" or "Grinda's Titmouse" Psaltriparus minimus grindae RIDGWAY 1883 as "Psaltriparus grindæ" (on reguest by its collector Lyman Belding, who collected the type the 2nd of February 1883): "I take much pleasure in dedicating this species in honor of my good friend Sr. Don Francisco C. Grinda, of La Paz, as a slight token of my appreciation of his generous impulses and gentlemanly qualities of head and hart.—L. B."
= The Mexican Administrator (de la Aduana Marítima de La Paz), collector of customs; Don Francisco C. Grinda (xxxx–xxxx), that is of La Paz, district of Baja California (Lower California), Western Mexico.
No. 7 – hina
● … in the mysterious "Anas hina" – explained in Jobling's HBW Alive Key (today) as:
No. 8 – volkmanni
● the most often invalid (by some considered a subspecies) Turtur chalcospilos "volkmanni " REICHENOW 1902 as "Chalcopelia chalcospilos volkmanni"
= the German Army officer, Archaeologist and Philologist Richard D. Volkmann (1870–1954)
No. 9 – webbiana and webbianus
● Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus alt. Sinosuthora webbiana GOULD 1852: as "Suthora Webbiana"
= "Collected and presented by J. Webb", according to NHM , see link (here)
No. 10 – yvettae
● the subspecies Pericrocotus ethologus yvettae BANGS 1921
= the French-US explorer, photographer and writer Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959) née Borup, first wife of the US Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)*
Yvette Borup was born 28 February 1891, in Paris, France …she married Roy Chapman Andrews the 7th of October 1914 and divorced him 30 March 1930 … and, after having retired, she finally died 12 April 1959, in Burgos, Spain – in the age of 68. See link to Death Certificate (here)
*Her former husband is commemorated in for example, the hard-to-place subspecies: Chrysocolaptes lucidus/guttacristatus andrewsi AMADON 1943
That´s those ten!
Cheers!
PS. And; good luck to anyone trying to find even more!
Note: I haven´t gone the full length researching them, as they just happened to pop up during my own research, but I thought these minor additions could be worth to mention as mere clues for any (or anyone else's) possible future attempts to find the full story behind them!?
No. 1 – alius
● in Nicobar Scops-Owl Otus alius RASMUSSEN 1998
= See the HBW Alive Key: "… encapsulates the family name of .." + … the Indian ornithologist Humayun Abdulali (1914–2001).
No. 2 – balzani
● the subspecies Thalurania furcata balzani SIMON 1896 as "Thalurania balzani" (here): "… par M. le Dr. Balzan, professeur à lʼuniversité dʼ Asuncion."
= most likely the Italian scientist, explorer, rubber trade investigator, collector and multi-talented naturalist, botanist, zoologist, entomologist, scorpion-expert etc. etc. Professor Luigi Balzan (1865–1893), originally member of the Società Geografica Italiana, who emigrated to South America, traveled Paraguay and Bolivia – professor of natural history in the University of Paraguay (today's Universidad Columbia del Paraguay), in Asunción.
No. 3 – bloodi
● in the invalid subspecies "Oreocharis arfaki bloodi" GYLDENSTOLPE 1955: "Named in honour of Captain Ned Blood who was of the greatest assistance to me during our most interesting stay [i. e. 1951] in the interior of New Guinea." [Syn. of monotypic Oreocharis arfaki MEYER 1875]
= the Australian District Officer (Government Official) and sheep farmer , but also noted naturalist and explorer of New Guinea; Captain Ned B. Blood (xxxx-xxxx)*, manager and first leader of the Hallstrom Livestock and Fauna Station (that he set up in 1950), outside the small native community Nondugl, Wahgi Valley, Western highlands, New Guinea.
*He was still alive in 1954, see link (here), in charge of yet another Field station and even later, acknowledged in a 1974 scientific publication (here, p. 316), at that time living in Madang, on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea.
No. 4 – buxtoni
●… in the invalid "Brachypteryx buxtoni" TWEEDDALE 1877: [syn. Blyth's Babbler Trichastoma rostratum BLYTH 1842 …or?]
= according to Tweeddale's OD (here) described from "… a collection made by Mr. Edmund Charles Buxton in the Lampong district of Sumatra."
I guess he´s the same guy mentioned only as "E. C. Buxton" in the HBW Alive Key?
No. 5 – durazzi
● the invalid "Emberiza Durazzi" BONAPARTE 1832: "Ortolano del Durazzo … al signor Marchese Carlo Durazzo Patrizio Genovese, cultore zelantissimo della Ornitologia, …". See Type description (here). [syn. Emberiza pusilla PALLAS 1776].
= most likely the Italian Noble, ornithologist and entomologist; Marquis (Marchese) Carlo Durazzo ( 1803–1862).
No. 6 – grindae
● the subspecies "Grinda Bush-tit" or "Grinda's Titmouse" Psaltriparus minimus grindae RIDGWAY 1883 as "Psaltriparus grindæ" (on reguest by its collector Lyman Belding, who collected the type the 2nd of February 1883): "I take much pleasure in dedicating this species in honor of my good friend Sr. Don Francisco C. Grinda, of La Paz, as a slight token of my appreciation of his generous impulses and gentlemanly qualities of head and hart.—L. B."
= The Mexican Administrator (de la Aduana Marítima de La Paz), collector of customs; Don Francisco C. Grinda (xxxx–xxxx), that is of La Paz, district of Baja California (Lower California), Western Mexico.
No. 7 – hina
● … in the mysterious "Anas hina" – explained in Jobling's HBW Alive Key (today) as:
= … according to Latham 1824 (A General History of Birds, vol 10, p. 376. – here) … it´s apparently a local Chinese name "Hina-a"!hina
Based on “Hina Teal” (from China) of Latham 1785, and Anas hina J. Gmelin, 1789 (both unident.); perhaps in error for China or a local name, or from Gr. ἱνα hina where (syn. Biziura lobata).
No. 8 – volkmanni
● the most often invalid (by some considered a subspecies) Turtur chalcospilos "volkmanni " REICHENOW 1902 as "Chalcopelia chalcospilos volkmanni"
= the German Army officer, Archaeologist and Philologist Richard D. Volkmann (1870–1954)
No. 9 – webbiana and webbianus
● Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus alt. Sinosuthora webbiana GOULD 1852: as "Suthora Webbiana"
= "Collected and presented by J. Webb", according to NHM , see link (here)
No. 10 – yvettae
● the subspecies Pericrocotus ethologus yvettae BANGS 1921
= the French-US explorer, photographer and writer Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959) née Borup, first wife of the US Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)*
Yvette Borup was born 28 February 1891, in Paris, France …she married Roy Chapman Andrews the 7th of October 1914 and divorced him 30 March 1930 … and, after having retired, she finally died 12 April 1959, in Burgos, Spain – in the age of 68. See link to Death Certificate (here)
*Her former husband is commemorated in for example, the hard-to-place subspecies: Chrysocolaptes lucidus/guttacristatus andrewsi AMADON 1943
That´s those ten!
Cheers!
PS. And; good luck to anyone trying to find even more!
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