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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rick Wright" data-source="post: 3086783" data-attributes="member: 116515">No, little Prince Maximilian was too young to play in the jungle. His older sister and brother, though, did go to Brazil in 1829, the former to become empress for a few years, the latter to collect. Wagler in Das Ausland: An sie -- diese kleinen schimmernden Wesen -- das Andenken werther Personen zu knüpfen, scheint mir besonders passend zu seyn, und mit Vergnügen vernahm ich die Benennungen neuer Gattungen, womit der Hr. Herzog die fortwährende Erinnerung an Glieder seiner Familie zu feiern gedachte.... der kleine Trochilus Maximiliani, die Farbe der Heiterkeit in ihrer ungetrübten Reinheit auf dem Herzen tragend.It seems especially fitting to me to link the memory of worthy persons to these tiny glittering beings [hummingbirds], and with pleasure I have undertaken the naming of new species [Wagler always uses "Gattung" to mean species] with which the duke [Auguste von Leuchtenberg] has intended to celebrate the lasting memory of his family members.... [among them] the little Trochilus Maximiliani, which bears on its heart the color of merriment in all its unsullied purity. I haven't had a chance to identify the bird Wagler was naming here, and I don't have great hopes that it will prove possible -- unless, of course, someone can tell me exactly what color merriment might be in all its unsullied purity.</blockquote>