Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
While looking (in vain) for the Helena (or Helen) in Parotia helenae (in the thread Helena's Parotia, here) I suddenly stumbled upon two other birds …
Thereby, here´s some minor additions on the Eponyms harrietae and helenae that I picked up along the way, commemorating one (and the same) or two different Women .. !?
● as in the invalid "Æthopyga gouldiæ harrietæ" DELACOUR & GREENWAY 1940 (here)
Clearly must be commemorating an earlier wife …
I had the impression that James C. Greenway Jr. married a Helen Scott in 1931 (later divorced), but if he did and if she´s equal of Wynne's suggested "Helen Harriet Greenway" I do not know. *
However I doubt the quotes above would be phrased in such a way if it was intended for his Mother, but it sure could be!? She was also a "Mrs. James C. Greenway", hence his Father (1877–1976) had the same name (but, of course, no "Jr." ). Both his Father and his Mother, Harriet Miller Lauder (1879–1959), was still around when the OD was published.
I guess the main question is: if commemorating the one and same wife why alter the name?
None of the above mentioned Eponyms are on my "Swedish List" of Etymologies to look-in-to, thereby I will leave them at this, but I thought I ought to mention it, as I found this info.
If of any use?
Björn
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*Almost frighteningly similar to the persons discussed in the Parotia thread:
Harriet and Helena Scott (later Mrs. Morgan resp. Mrs. Forde), some odd 40 years apart!?
Thereby, here´s some minor additions on the Eponyms harrietae and helenae that I picked up along the way, commemorating one (and the same) or two different Women .. !?
● as in the invalid "Æthopyga gouldiæ harrietæ" DELACOUR & GREENWAY 1940 (here)
● and the subspecies Stachyris strialata/striolata helenae DELACOUR & GREENWAY 1939 (here)Nommé en l’honneur de Mrs. James C. Greenway.
Explained in today's HBW Alive Key as:Named in honour of Mrs. J. Greenway.
Mary Frances Greenway née Oakes was the second wife of James "Jim" Cowan Greenway, Jr. (1903–1989). They married in 1961.harrietae
Helen Harriet Greenway (fl. 1940) wife of US ornithologist James C. Greenway, Jr. (per Wynne 1969) (but according to Greenway's obituarist, F. Vuilleumier, 1992, his wife was Mary Frances Greenway née Oakes) (cf. Harriet Greenway née Lauder (fl. 1903) mother of James C. Greenway, Jr. (per Beolens et al. 2014)) (see helenae) (syn. Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii).helenae
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● “Named in honour of Mrs J. Greenway” (Delacour & Greenway 1939) (see harrietae) (subsp. Stachyris striolata).
Clearly must be commemorating an earlier wife …
I had the impression that James C. Greenway Jr. married a Helen Scott in 1931 (later divorced), but if he did and if she´s equal of Wynne's suggested "Helen Harriet Greenway" I do not know. *
However I doubt the quotes above would be phrased in such a way if it was intended for his Mother, but it sure could be!? She was also a "Mrs. James C. Greenway", hence his Father (1877–1976) had the same name (but, of course, no "Jr." ). Both his Father and his Mother, Harriet Miller Lauder (1879–1959), was still around when the OD was published.
I guess the main question is: if commemorating the one and same wife why alter the name?
None of the above mentioned Eponyms are on my "Swedish List" of Etymologies to look-in-to, thereby I will leave them at this, but I thought I ought to mention it, as I found this info.
If of any use?
Björn
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*Almost frighteningly similar to the persons discussed in the Parotia thread:
Harriet and Helena Scott (later Mrs. Morgan resp. Mrs. Forde), some odd 40 years apart!?
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