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<blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 2982307" data-attributes="member: 113430"><p><strong>Comte de Castelnau and Baron de Lafresnay and "their" Piculet's … in French</strong></p><p></p><p>Here´s yet another cry for help … with that all over present French. </p><p></p><p>It´s apparently time to deal with the French Aristocracy and some "Noble" Woodpeckers …</p><p></p><p>First regarding the species Plain-breasted Piculet <em>Picumnus castelnau </em>MALHERBE 1862</p><p></p><p>It was described by Alfred Malherbe on page 281-282 in the second volume of his <em>Monograph Monographie des picidees, ou Histoire naturelle des picides picumnines, yuncines ou torcols</em> … Link to full volume (<span style="color: DarkRed"><u><a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124405#page/289/mode/1up" target="_blank">here</a></u></span>) </p><p></p><p>Except for the formal description there are a few lines (excerpt <span style="color: darkred">attached</span>) regarding the man behind the name <em>castelnau</em>:With only limited knowledge (close to none!) of French I hope that any of Bird Forums readers feel like translating that quote for me!? If so, please as accurate as possible, as I would like to quote it myself in Swedish. And don´t hesitate to remark on any errors that I might have done transcribing it. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"><strong>Anyone, please, feel up to it? </strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Björn Bergenholtz, post: 2982307, member: 113430"] [b]Comte de Castelnau and Baron de Lafresnay and "their" Piculet's … in French[/b] Here´s yet another cry for help … with that all over present French. It´s apparently time to deal with the French Aristocracy and some "Noble" Woodpeckers … First regarding the species Plain-breasted Piculet [I]Picumnus castelnau [/I]MALHERBE 1862 It was described by Alfred Malherbe on page 281-282 in the second volume of his [I]Monograph Monographie des picidees, ou Histoire naturelle des picides picumnines, yuncines ou torcols[/I] … Link to full volume ([COLOR="DarkRed"][U][URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124405#page/289/mode/1up"]here[/URL][/U][/COLOR]) Except for the formal description there are a few lines (excerpt [COLOR="darkred"]attached[/COLOR]) regarding the man behind the name [I]castelnau[/I]:With only limited knowledge (close to none!) of French I hope that any of Bird Forums readers feel like translating that quote for me!? If so, please as accurate as possible, as I would like to quote it myself in Swedish. And don´t hesitate to remark on any errors that I might have done transcribing it. [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]Anyone, please, feel up to it? [/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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