Dendroica vitellina nelsoni Bangs, 1919 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Dendroica vitellina nelsoni Bangs, 1919 OD here

12. March, 1912 George Nelson

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Vitelline Warbler ssp. Dendroica vitellina nelsoni Bangs, 1919
George Nelson (b.1873) was a botanist, lecturer, zoologist and photographer who became Chief Taxidermist at theMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard(1901–1946). He specialised in the fauna of Florida,spending his winters studying Brown Pelicans Pelecanus occidentalis; he acquired land and built a house there in 1910. He wrote a study of Pelican Island (1911) and the changes to its ecology after the 1910 hurricane. A turtle is named after him.

The Key to Scientific Names

Dr Edward William Nelson (1855-1934) US zoologist, collector in US and Mexico, President of AOU 1908, and Chief of US Biological Survey 1916-1927 (subsp. Agelaius phoeniceus, Ammospiza, syn. Antrostomus badius, subsp. Campephilus guatemalensis, subsp. Campylorhynchus megalopterus, subsp. Catharus frantzii, syn. Colinus virginianus insignis, subsp. Cyanocorax sanblasianus, syn. Dryobates pubescens medianus, subsp. Eupherusa eximia, Geothlypis, subsp. Habia rubica, subsp. Icterus cucullatus, subsp. Lagopus muta, syn. Lanius ludovicianus mexicanus, subsp. Lochmias nematura, syn. Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi, syn. Nyctidromus albicollis yucatanensis, subsp. Onychoprion anaethetus, syn. Phaethornis striigularis subrufescens, subsp. Polioptila caerulea, subsp. Quiscalus mexicanus, subsp. Setophaga vitellina, subsp. Sialia mexicana, subsp. Sitta carolinensis, subsp. Tunchiornis ochraceiceps, Vireo (ex Vireo nanus Nelson, 1898)).

Even if Bangs named birds for Edward William Nelson in this case I agree to The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. The only missing piece seems his date of death.

 

[mb1848]

George Nelson I agree. I cannot find death date. Article describing him as the greatest taxidermist of his era. Page 112 of:
https://watermanbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Early-Birding-online-edition.pdf .
Story involves Jacob Giraud and G. Nelson and a Great Auk.

 

[PScofield]

Not much right here

Name	George Nelson (1876-1962)
Birth	19 Mar 1876 Vinal Haven, Maine, USA
Death	25 Apr 1962 Indian River, Florida, United States

See this

 

[mb1848]

Very good, here is more info: https://www.irclibrary.org/genealogy/pdf/nelsongeorge.pdf .

 

[James Jobling]

With the exception of Catharus frantzii nelsoni Phillips, 1991, and Sialia mexicana nelsoni Phillips, 1991, I have seen the descriptions of the various nelsoni taxa listed in The Key. I even discovered a 'new' synonym, Larus nelsoni Henshaw, 1884 (apparently a hybrid L. hyperboreus x L. vegae). Apart from Setophaga vitellina nelsoni (as highlighted by Martin), all honour Edward W. Nelson. A. Phillips was rather a loose cannon, so his eponyms probably indicate Edward, but could mean any Nelson - perhaps even the victor of Trafalgar!!

 

[l_raty]

Catharus frantzii nelsoni Phillips, 1991

This is actually of Phillips 1969 in Auk, full text here on Sora. Explicitly named after EW Nelson, one of the collectors of the type :

Catharus frantzii nelsoni new subspecies
[...]
TYPE: USNM 142,446 [first year?] ♀; Mt. Zempoaltepec, eastern Oaxaca, 8 July 1894; collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.
[...]
As unfortunately one or more of these may be incorrectly labeled, and the dates are untrustworthy in any case, I have selected as type a specimen taken by the thoroughly reliable and talented collecting team of Nelson and Goldman. It gives me pleasure to name this race for Nelson, in recognition of our great indebtedness to these outstanding naturalists, which can never be sufficiently stressed. In group after group of vertebrates, including Catharus, they laid the solid foundation of our knowledge.

 

[Taphrospilus]

If we see here Aldegundo Garza de León, was the collector of the holotype in Coahuila de Zaragoza, Saltillo. We can find here the holotype. He was honored in Poecile sclateri garzai A. R. Phillips, 1986

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Mexican Chickadee ssp. Poecile sclateri garzai A. R. Phillips, 1986
Aldegundo Garza de León (b.1939) is a Mexican businessman and ornithologist who founded the Museum of Birds of Mexico (1993). The library at the museum is named after Allan R. Phillips, who described this subspecies and mentioned Garza in The Known Birds of North and Middle America.

We can find:

Aldegundo Garza de León nació el 15 de noviembre de 1939

 

[PScofield]

Edward William Nelson

Birth	8 May 1855 Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Residence	1930 Ormond, Volusia, Florida, USA
Death	19 May 1934 Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Father	William Edward Nelson (1821-1864)

Mother	Nancy Mary Martha Wells (1831-1922)

 

[Taphrospilus]

No doubt his obituary in The Auk.