Hermann von Ihering (alt. Jhering), and "his" birds (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Nothing much, nothing major, just some confirmations on the guy commemorated in ...

iheringi & jheringi (and Ihering's) as in:
• the Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi HELLMAYR 1909 (here):

... par M. [Monsieur] Hermann von Ihering, le servant directeur du Museu Paulista à Saint-Paul (Brésil), ...

• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi SNETHLAGE 1914 (here):

Ich erlaube mir, die neue Art nach dem um die Erforschung Brasiliens hochverdienten Direktor des Museu Paulista zu nennen.

• the (Buff-fronted) Owl ssp. Aegolius harrisii iheringi SHARPE 1899 (here), as "Gisella iheringi" (in text) in BBOC (not sure if it's the actual 'OD' itself, or not?), however; note that it's written/typed "Gisella jheringi", in The Ibis, (later) the same year (here). Also note that thee Richmond Card (here) incl. a reference onwards, to a text (here), written by "H. von Jhering"

• the invalid (Mottled) Piculet "Picumnus jheringi" BERLEPSCH 1884 (here):

Habitat. in Prov. Rio Grande do Sul, Brasiliæ merid. circum Taquara do Mundo novo collegit H. v. Jhering. ...
[...]
The discovery of this interesting new species we owe to Dr. Hermann von Jhering, who resided several years in the colony Taquara do Mundo novo, in the northern part of the province of Rio Grande do Sul. Through the assiduity of this collector, I have received a great many skins from this locality, representing about 220 species, and among them several of considerable rarity, such as ...
[...]
Dr. v. Jhering is about to continue his researches in the southern part of the province, viz. in the neighbourhood of the city of Rio Grande. Wishing him every success, I am glad to name this species after him, partly in acknowledgment of his successful researches, and partly in memory of our old friendship, dating from university times.
[...]

... as far as I understand, all four ends up with the same guy.

In today's Key we find him as:

iheringi
Hermann Friedrich Albrecht von Ihering (or Jhering) (1850-1930) German zoologist, collector in Brazil 1880-1920, founding Director of Museu Paulista, Brazil (subsp. Aegolius harrisii, Formicivora, Myrmotherula) (see jheringi).

jheringi
Hermann Friedrich Albrecht von Ihering (or Jhering) (1850-1930) German zoologist, collector in Brazil 1880-1920, founding Director of Museu Paulista, Brazil (syn. Picumnus nebulosus) (see iheringi).

Note that he himself, in the (Owl) Letter above, signed it with "H. von Jhering", written/typed with a starting J ...
That is, if the Editor (or the Printer) of The Ibis didn't mess things up, of course ...

Björn

PS. He's not to be confused with his Son: Rodolpho (Theodor Wilhelm Gaspar) von Ihering (1883–1939), also he a zoologist connected to the Museu Paulista [and the very reason for this thread].

See for example their joint/united work Catalogos da Fauna Brazileira/As Aves do Brazil (1907) here (and/alt. here), or the excerpts below:




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