Alauda arvensis subspecies (1 Viewer)

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"a nomenclature invented by himself"
A little explanation: v.117-118 (1997-1998) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
I have read Rule 15.1 term conditional proposal refers to as a proposal uncertain or with clear hesitation. I think question marks would make a proposal conditional. What certified the conditionality here?
A 1995 paper placed the Magpie in synonymy of another subspecies but did not attack the nomenclature system.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...lidity_of_Pica_pica_foschii_Trischitta_1962_A .

 

[Norbert R. B.]

"a nomenclature invented by himself"
A little explanation: v.117-118 (1997-1998) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
I have read Rule 15.1 term conditional proposal refers to as a proposal uncertain or with clear hesitation. I think question marks would make a proposal conditional. What certified the conditionality here?
A 1995 paper placed the Magpie in synonymy of another subspecies but did not attack the nomenclature system.
https://www.researchgate.net/public...lidity_of_Pica_pica_foschii_Trischitta_1962_A .

Concerning the description of the new Skylark subspecies by Trischitta, the wording of the text is somewhat convoluted and old-fashioned, but it is clearly in the conjunctive form as may be apparent from the passages "it will be my care to submit them to a comparison with a copious series of specimens from Northern Italy ...", and "If these tend themselves to being in fact recognizeable, constituting a peculiar subspecific form, it will be designated ...". Thus, there is clear hesitation and uncertainty in the naming of the Salento population of larks. Further, there are no specific specimens mentioned nor are there measurements or detailed descriptions, in contrast to the description of the Magpie in the same paper. We conclude that Trischitta was not yet certain that the somewhat more reddish Skylarks of Salento are subspecifically distinct enough to be described formally.