Apalis rufogularis sanderi Serle, 1951 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Apalis rufogularis sanderi Serle, 1951 OD here

Collected by Mr Frederick Sander
This new race is named after Mr. F. Sander, Nigerian Railway who collected it, and noticed that it differed from the descriptopn of the nominate race.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims

Buff-throated Apalis ssp. Apalis rufogularis sanderi Serle, 1951
Frederick Sander (b.1906) was a British civil servant employed overseas as chief accountant with Nigerian Railways.

The Key to Scientific Names

Frederick Sander (b. 1906) accountant with Nigerian Railways, collector (subsp. Apalis rufogularis).

Here as

Frederick SANDER, Esq., Chief Accountant, Nigerian Railway, Federation of Nigeria.

Not to be confused with Henry Conrad Frederick Sander (1847-1920) the Orchid King.

If born in 1906 and when he died is unknown to me.

 

[PScofield]

Here (Worldbank Staff Notes November 1963):

"Frederick Sander, from England, is a Financial Analyst with the Transportation Division of the Technical Operations Department on a one-year appointment which began on September 16. Mr. Sander has had a long career with the Nigerian Railway in starting in 1929 as Accountant and ending in 1961as Chief Accountant. He is not a stranger to the Bank having served as Railroad Adviser to the Mexican Mission earlier this year. The Sanders have a grown daughter who remained in England and they are living in an apartment on Connecticut Avenue." Still working for them as a consultant in 1974!

Frederick Sander
1906–1988
Birth 8 October 1906 Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Death 1 June 1988 Carlisle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Spouse Margaret Irene Conkey

Amazing how they go home to die.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Short question ...

Is there a (or any) reason to hesitate on this one?

In the Key (still today) explained as:

sanderi
Frederick Sander (b. 1906) accountant with Nigerian Railways, collector (subsp. Apalis rufogularis).

I thought it looked like a 'case closed' ... but apparently not.

 

[James Jobling]

Doubtless one of many missed/overlooked during the Covid farrago.