Taphrospilus
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Acritillas indica guglielmi (Ripley, 1946) OD Comments on Ceylon birds, Spolia Zeylanica, Vol 24 (3), pp. 197-241 (not seen)
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I just wondering what the OD tells us about the honored Mr. Donovan. So no doubt about the claim and ist is somehow confirmed here Curator Getting Around. as well.
A long article on him in William J. Donovan - Wikipedia .
The Eponym Dictionary of Birds
Yellow-browed Bulbul ssp. Acritillas indica guglielmi Ripley, 1946 [Syn. Hypsipetes indicus guglielmi]
Major-General William Joseph Donovan (1883–1959) commanded the American troops in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (1944) and was a courageous and successful soldier. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (WW1) where his actions earned him the nickname 'Wild Bill'. During WW2 he became head of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services), the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was an Assistant (1945–1946) to Robert Jackson, Chief American Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. He became US Ambassador to Thailand (1953). The word guglielm is a latinised version of 'William'.
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Maj.-Gen. William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) US Army, intelligence officer, lawyer, OSS Co-ordinator 1941-1945 (subsp. Iole indica).
I just wondering what the OD tells us about the honored Mr. Donovan. So no doubt about the claim and ist is somehow confirmed here Curator Getting Around. as well.
One of these, a bulbul, or thrush, he named Microscelis ictericus guglielmi, after General Donovan. He notified Donovan of this fact via secret pouch. “I always suspected you were giving me the bird,” the General wrote him jovially, “and now I know it.” Escorted by Ripley, Donovan visited the guglielmi in the Smithsonian a year or so ago, and gazed at it with approbation.
A long article on him in William J. Donovan - Wikipedia .