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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3404725" data-attributes="member: 113430">● Eastern Parotia Parotia helenae DE VIZ 1897 (<a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54800#page/448/mode/1up" target="_blank">here</a>) a k a "Helena's Parotia" or "Helena's Six-wired Bird-of-Paradise". However; no dedication, nor any out-spoken explanation.I don´t know the basis for either claim (it´s not an Eponym on my list), but The Author Charles Walter de Vis (1829-1915) was English and it could surely have been aimed at the mentioned Princess (but I doubt it, as commemoration intended for Royals almost always are both long, lingering and cringing) and what the other Helena (whoever she is?) "Helena Forde, (d. 1910) daughter of the Australian oologist Dr. A. Scott" (in both 2010 and the HBW ALIVE Key 2016, <a href="http://www.hbw.com/dictionary/key-to-scientific-names-in-ornithology?name=helenae&=Apply" target="_blank">here</a>) could have to do with this bird .. I simply don´t know?By the way: "The Scott sisters"; Helena Scott (later Mrs Forde, 1832–1910) [most likely James's Helena, or?] and her older sister Harriet Scott (later Mrs Morgan, 1830–1907) were both fairly skilled Bird illustrators. Their Father was Alexander Walker Scott (1800–1883), cattle rancher and a fairly well-known entomologist. If also an "oologist" is unknown to me (his father was a "Dr.", physician).The only reason (in my mind) that this bird would commemorate Mrs Forbe is that she made the Plate, but there´s apparently no such thing in the OD!?I would start to look for a relative (Wife) of the Italian Mr. Giulianetti (the collector himself, who collected the Type in New Guinea, in 1896). Or for a relative (wife, daughter?) of de Viz.Good luck finding her!---</blockquote>

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