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[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

new name for Przewalskia Kozlova, preoccupied by Przewalskium Flerov, 1930." (Vaurie 1965).

I didn't find Przewalskia Kozlova in IRMNG but I would say preoccupied by Przewalskia Semenov, 1893 (Coleoptera)

 

[Mike Earp]

Pyrgitopsis ● (Passeridae; syn. Passer † Southern Grey-headed Sparrow P. diffusus) OD not yet seen. “Pyrgitopsis A. Roberts, 1940, Birds of South Africa, p. 335 (not of Bonaparte, 1853). Type, by monotypy, Pyrgita diffusa A. Smith, 1836.” (JAJ 2023 per Richmond Index card).

 

[l_raty]

cenchroides ● OD not yet seen (Severtzov, 1873, Vertikal. Ghoriz. raspred. Turkestan. Zhivot., pp. 63, 113) (syn. Accipiter badius).

For a link to a (low defintion, non-OCRized, and hard to read) scan of the whole work, see here.

p. 113, we find :

...wherein:

Astur cenchroides nob; названъ такъ по частымъ полосамъ хвоста, из которыхъ посѣлдняя самая широкая, какъ у пустельги. F. Cenchris

...means something like "Astur cenchroides nob[is]; named for the numerous stripes of the tail, of which the last is the widest, as in the kestrel Falco cenchris".

 

[l_raty]

chesnea OD not yet seen (Fuligula chesnea Hodgson, 1844, Gray’s Zool. Miscellany, p. 86, no. 458 (per Salvadori 1895)); perhaps a Nepalese name for the Eurasian Wigeon (?syn. Mareca penelope).

It's "cheonea", not "chesnea".

In Gray's Zoological Miscellany:

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...merely as "F.? cheonea, 458.", i.e., perfectly nude.

In the Grays' subsequent Catalogue of specimens and drawings, etc. (1846)

Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and Thibet

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...cited under Mareca penelope, with a note reading "Chéoon of the Natives".

 

[Taphrospilus]

Leptotila verreauxi decipiens (Salvadori, AT 1871) Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino pubblicati dagli accademici segretari delle due classi​

 

[l_raty]

decipiens ● OD not yet seen (Salvadori, 1871, Atti Reale Accademia Scienze Torino, VI, p. 131) (subsp. Leptotila verreauxi).

Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino

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(But you have certainly seen this already, as you quote it in the Key under Homoptila.)

Edit - Martin was faster than me.

 

[l_raty]

Gelastes ● (Corvidae; syn. Pica † Eurasian Magpie P. pica) Gr. γελαστης gelastēs laugher < γελαω gelaō to laugh; OD not yet seen; “Gelastes Mäklin, Vetensk. Grund. für Bestamm. af Fogelert. Od Ordnungsf., pp. 106, 107, 1868; new name for Pica Brisson.” (Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna British India, 2nd ed., Birds, VII, p. 4).

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[James Jobling]

I am truly impressed and heartened by the speedy replies to my request for information (#280). Thank you all. May I add the following, which seems to have escaped my original net;

Sakesphoroides (Thamnophilidae; † Silvery-cheeked Antshrike S. cristatus) Genus Sakesphorus Chubb, 1918, antshrike; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling. OD not yet seen (R. Grantsau, 2010, Guia completo para identificação das aves do Brasil, II, p. 651)

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Short summary [my blue and bolds], simply to keep track of them all ...

In the past, interested and dedicated BirdForum members greatly assisted in finding obscure references and original descriptions/diagnoses (ODs) to add to The Key, making it the go-to site for the etymology of scientific names in ornithology. I was recently surprised to find a few definitions/entries still revealing, “OD not yet seen,” and would appreciate any input regarding the ODs of the following;

cenchroides ● OD not yet seen (Severtzov, 1873, Vertikal. Ghoriz. raspred. Turkestan. Zhivot., pp. 63, 113) (syn. Accipiter badius). = CHECK!

chesnea OD not yet seen (Fuligula chesnea Hodgson, 1844, Gray’s Zool. Miscellany, p. 86, no. 458 (per Salvadori 1895)); perhaps a Nepalese name for the Eurasian Wigeon (?syn. Mareca penelope). = CHECK! (i.e. cheonea)

decipiens ● OD not yet seen (Salvadori, 1871, Atti Reale Accademia Scienze Torino, VI, p. 131) (subsp. Leptotila verreauxi). = CHECK!

Gelastes ● (Corvidae; syn. Pica † Eurasian Magpie P. pica) Gr. γελαστης gelastēs laugher < γελαω gelaō to laugh; OD not yet seen; “Gelastes Mäklin, Vetensk. Grund. für Bestamm. af Fogelert. Od Ordnungsf., pp. 106, 107, 1868; new name for Pica Brisson.” (Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna British India, 2nd ed., Birds, VII, p. 4). = CHECK!

intermedia ● OD not yet seen (G. von Burg, 1921, Herkunft der Vögel und Säugethiere der Alpen, Der Weidmann, 3, no. 46, p. 8) (syn. Periparus ater).

Pyrgitopsis ● (Passeridae; syn. Passer † Southern Grey-headed Sparrow P. diffusus) OD not yet seen. “Pyrgitopsis A. Roberts, 1940, Birds of South Africa, p. 335 (not of Bonaparte, 1853). Type, by monotypy, Pyrgita diffusa A. Smith, 1836.” (JAJ 2023 per Richmond Index card). = CHECK!

Tchangtangia (Pteroclidae; syn. Syrrhaptes † Tibetan Sandgrouse S. tibetanus) Changtang, the wild, sparsely populated high plateau region covering much of northern Tibet; OD not yet seen (Kozlova, 1947, Referaty Nauchno-Issledovatel'skikh Rabot, Otdel. Biologiya Nauk (1945), p. 183); "Tchangtangia Kozlova, 1947 ... new name for Przewalskia Kozlova, preoccupied by Przewalskium Flerov, 1930." (Vaurie 1965).

Excellent job, well done guys!

...

Sakesphoroides (Thamnophilidae; † Silvery-cheeked Antshrike S. cristatus) Genus Sakesphorus Chubb, 1918, antshrike; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling. OD not yet seen (R. Grantsau, 2010, Guia completo para identificação das aves do Brasil, II, p. 651)

... earlier discussed here (back in 2018). James, have you changed your mind since?


However, don't forget the old elusive:

belousovi
Eponym; description not yet seen (E. M. Uvarova 1950, Ornitofauna gornogo khrebta Bassek, ee ekologicheskiye i zoologicheskiye svyazi, p.?); perhaps after (1) Boris Pavlovich Belousov (1893-1970) Russian chemist, biophysicist, or (2) Vladimir Vladimirovich Belousov (1907-1990) Russian geologist, geophysicist (syn. Prunella modularis).

Earlier dealt with here (see post/s #88-91).

And, also (if still "in play", of course), the even worse:

rosamariae
Female eponym; dedicatee not yet identified; description not yet verified (Regalado Ruiz ?1981, ?Revista Forestal Baracoa, vol.?, p.?) (see Buden & Olson 1989, Appendix, which indicates that this name may not have been published) (syn. Melanerpes superciliaris).

... i.e. doubtful if ever published (at least not in Revista Forestal Baracoa). Earlier dealt with here (see post/s #86-87, also in post/s #1, #5-8, #31 and 81-82).

Either way, we're clearly closing in on the very few still hiding!

Keep on digging

🔎

Björn

 

[James Jobling]

Björn,

Many thanks for your #289 which rounds things off rather nicely. I missed the two specific names because the entries did not contain “OD not yet seen.”

Sakesphoroides: Yes, I would still like to see the OD (a book/fieldguide that no-one seems to have!). My interest was re-kindled by the description of a new Sakesphoroides species/subspecies niedeguidonae.

belousovi: Russian websites could be difficult to negotiate, so defeat must be admitted in this case. I have adjusted the entry so it will appear on any future searches.

rosamariae: I think you are correct; this was never published. However, I have adjusted the entry (just in case!) so it will appear on any future searches.

Carry on the good work.

 

[kweetal]

FWIW, I found these candidate-TODOs (although I'm not sure they count):

Santaplonis    | Citation not yet verified
rosamariae     | dedicatee not yet identified
belousovi      | description not yet seen
Sakesphoroides | diagnosis not yet seen
Leucotaenia    | Diagnosis not yet seen
Enendrozdovoma | Diagnosis not yet seen
Hypsiphornis   | Diagnosis not yet verified

There's also:
24 'dedicatee not yet identified'
47 'etymology undiscovered'

(probably I do not have the complete set of up-to-date entries, so YMMV, caveat emptor, etc)

-kweetal

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Quick one, with nothing (or very, very little) to add, regarding:

...

intermedia ● OD not yet seen (G. von Burg, 1921, Herkunft der Vögel und Säugethiere der Alpen, Der Weidmann, 3, no. 46, p. 8) (syn. Periparus ater).
...

Even if unseen by me, the title to look/search for ought to be: "Herkunft der Vögel und Säugetiere der Alpen", see here, and it might/could have been published in Der Weidmann (Olten) 3, no. 45 (... or not).

Either way, Good luck finding it!

/B

 

[l_raty]

Leucotaenia | Diagnosis not yet seen

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[l_raty]

Enendrozdovoma | Diagnosis not yet seen

I have already searched for this work online a couple of times, to no avail, but the suggestion of the Eponym dictionary -- that it is formed from the name of Nikolay Nikolaevich (i.e., "N N") Drozdov (possibly united to Conostoma) -- seems quite plausibe to me.

 

[l_raty]

This one is not flagged as unseen in the Key, but the OD (Anz. Ornithol. Ges. Bayerns, 2 (11): 406-408) is not quoted.

 

[James Jobling]

I am overwhelmed by all these riches — it is like the ‘good old days!’ I even stopped watching the football and tennis on TV, but not for too long!

Prompted by Erikjan’s #291 calculations I searched my MS for “Etymology undiscovered” and found 69 entries in The Key so labelled. Many of them (35) were coined by Gregory Mathews (previously covered on BirdForum), so we shall never get to the truth, unless he can be summoned from the hereafter.
Here is the rump (full citations can be found in The Key):
acormus Hodgson 1844; acornaus Blyth 1847; benulasa ?Blyth 1846; cherina A. Smith 1843; codea A. Smith 1843; cuculio McClelland 1837; cuna Anon. 1846; denisea Temminck 1830; Eulidia Mulsant & Verreaux 1877; grantia McClelland 1840 (it is curious that this still remains a mystery); gyzola de Selys-Longchamps 1831; harlic Voigt 1831; legerli Koelz 1939; magdalenae Wolters 1949; maxuriensis Lichtenstein 1854; melba Linnaeus 1758 (x 2); Merotias Rafinesque 1815; Merva Hodgson 1847; myrtae Bourne 1959; neera Lesson 1839; nigratoides Anon. 1846; Osalia Mulsant Verreaux & Verreaux 1866; paliopris Anon. 1846; Pitalla Navás 1910; pseudogillia Lesson 1839; sala Swinhoe 1870; sanctinicolai Zarudny 1905; tatao Linnaeus 1766; Teta P. Browne 1787; tsipi Koelz 1954.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Re. "Santaplonis | Citation not yet verified" ... ought to be: Harrison, 1937 (alt. ditto, in A. J. Marshall, 1937)

See: Some problems in vertebrate nomenclature. II. Birds. Part. I., by Murray D. Bruce & Ian A.W. McAllan (1990), in which we (here) on pp.455–456 find the following:

We take this opportunity to point out an overlooked generic name belonging to the Aplornis group. The endemic Vanuatuan species A. santovestris Harrisson & Marshall, 1937, was originally intended to be described as a new genus and species, as indicated by a notation on one of the labels of the Australian Museum paratype (AM 0.44567; ex-British Museum specimen), but subsequently crossed out. However, this anticipation of describing a new genus had already been indicated in print. In his narrative of the expedition, Marshall (1937), made the following remarks on p. 162:
----“Quite near the camp a dull reddish bird was seen huddled in the downpour. It was a stranger to me; I called, it responded, and was duly collected after another uncomfortable scramble in the debris. At the camp Harrisson recognised it as “Santaplonis”, probably a new species and genus which he had collected in the southern ranges [of Espiritu Santo, northern Vanuatu] and tentatively named after its island habitat and the starling (Aplonis) which it closely resembles”.
----Santaplonis Harrisson, 1937, in Marshall. The Black Musketeers, p. 162 [publ. no later than 21 September 1937 (the date taken from the author’s inscription in the copy owned by I.A.W.McA)]. It is of interest to note that the bird referred to in ‘The Black Musketeers’ could possibly be the Australian Museum specimen. Also on one of the labels attached to AM 0.44567, A.J. Marshall wrote that it was collected, “a few days before or after type. A.J.M. (Sydney Jan ’38)”.
----This name was overlooked by Amadon in his reviews of Sturnidae (1943,1956,1962), and in the latter indicated that he had not examined specimens of A. santovestris. Following current taxonomy, Santaplonis is a junior synonym of Aplonis [=Aplornis]. However, we note that a reappraisal of this conservative treatment of a large complex of species may justify the recognition of separate genera for several aberrant groups, perhaps including separation of Santaplonis.

Good luck finding a Copy of the above-mentioned Book itself! [*]

/B

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*The Black Musketeers: The Work and Adventures of a Scientist on a South Sea Island at War and in Peace, by Alexander James Marshall (1937), Snippet view here.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

...
Here is the rump (full citations can be found in The Key):
acormus Hodgson 1844; acornaus Blyth 1847; benulasa ?Blyth 1846; cherina A. Smith 1843; codea A. Smith 1843; cuculio McClelland 1837; cuna Anon. 1846; denisea Temminck 1830; Eulidia Mulsant & Verreaux 1877; grantia McClelland 1840 (it is curious that this still remains a mystery); gyzola de Selys-Longchamps 1831; harlic Voigt 1831; legerli Koelz 1939; magdalenae Wolters 1949; maxuriensis Lichtenstein 1854; melba Linnaeus 1758 (x 2); Merotias Rafinesque 1815; Merva Hodgson 1847; myrtae Bourne 1959; neera Lesson 1839; nigratoides Anon. 1846; Osalia Mulsant Verreaux & Verreaux 1866; paliopris Anon. 1846; Pitalla Navás 1910; pseudogillia Lesson 1839; sala Swinhoe 1870; sanctinicolai Zarudny 1905; tatao Linnaeus 1766; Teta P. Browne 1787; tsipi Koelz 1954.

For everyone that might feel like giving either one a go, remember that most of those names have been dealt with earlier, in various threads, some of them repeatedly, here on the Bird Name Etymology subforum, some quite meticulously, and on a few we've only scratched the surface ... with various degrees of success.

Either way: before starting, check what's already been found, or stated (or even guessed), by using the Search button (above, top right corner on your screen)

Simply to save anyone from some unwarranted work.

And; Good luck!

/B

 

[l_raty]

See: Some problems in vertebrate nomenclature. II. Birds. Part. I., by Murray D. Bruce & Ian A.W. McAllan (1990), in which we (here) on pp.455–456 find the following text/s:

Although most of the "problems" raised by Bruce & McAllan in this paper seem to have been real, claiming that Marshall's "anticipation of describing a new genus", in 1937, even if "indicated in print", was sufficient to produce an available name that could some day be recognized as valid, is not correct.
A genus-group name that is not a new replacement name, if published after 1930 without any included nominal species cited by an available species-group name, has no fixed nominal type species, thus fails to conform to ICZN 13.3 and is a nomen nudum.

 

[PScofield]

re: "Columba denisea" TEMMINCK 1830 a k a (in French) "Colombe Denise" ... OD, here.

Laurent said in 2015

Not explained, somewhat intriguing word, I feel: could certainly be an eponym, but looks neither like a genitive, nor like a classical latinization of the female name Denise; with an -ea ending, rather adjective-like (the "Deniseous" dove), but the adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eumis somewhat unusual in association with a personal name.

I can only note that the name "Denise" originally means "dedicated to Dyonisos", and that the bird is decidedly wine-coloured

However, the answer is much simpler:

Dionysia Catharina Cau (1779-1828)​

First wife of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Sr.