Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
One short question (or questions), simply as something seems odd (at least unclear), regarding ...
jamesi (and James's) as in:
• James's Flamingo, a k a Lesser Andean Flamingo, or Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus) Phoenicoparrus jamesi Sclater 1886 (here, also see the Introduction, on page 395):
In today's Key explained as:
Thus, this far, nothing indicating anything strange (or wrong), but see this fairly detailed web-page, from the RSPB Walsall Local Group:
How does this add up to an "… early age of 42" ... ?!?
And what about "Harry" versus the Key's claim of his first name being Henry? Was "Harry" possibly his nick-name (just as in quite a few other examples that we've been dealing with earlier) ... ?
Or did, Andy Mabbett, the Author of that RSPB web-page, simply mixed up the first names (alt. or the person/s involved).
And missed Math in School?
Either way, note that the usually very reliable Mearns Couple (Barbara & Richard Mearns) also has him as "Harry", in their book The Bird Collectors, 1998 (here).
This also goes for (even if somewhat less reliable) the Valdés Chadwick Paper (2016), earlier dealt with in thread Chilean eponyms (here, see Post 1) that have him as:
The same goes for Alejandro Mouchard's Book Etimología de los nombres científicos de las aves de Argentina, 2019 (*), where we find him as:
Or, are they all just echoing each other, all erroneous (except the Key)... or vice versa (the other way around)?
One thing that confuse me even more, was/is that his name was written as "Harry B. James" in thread HBW Alive (here, see the quote in post #1), this time quoting the very presentation of Jobling's 'Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology'… !?!
Hrmm ...
Anyone know any details? Or (simply) the truth?
Björn
PS. And, one last question, just to be safe/sure:
Is/was Berkeley James his (double) Surname, or is/was it just James?
*Mouchard, A. 2019 Etimología de los nombres científicos de las aves de Argentina : su significado y origen. 1 Edition. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires : Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, pp. 1–389.
jamesi (and James's) as in:
• James's Flamingo, a k a Lesser Andean Flamingo, or Puna Flamingo (Phoenicopterus) Phoenicoparrus jamesi Sclater 1886 (here, also see the Introduction, on page 395):
In today's Key explained as:
Thus, this far, nothing indicating anything strange (or wrong), but see this fairly detailed web-page, from the RSPB Walsall Local Group:
How does this add up to an "… early age of 42" ... ?!? And what about "Harry" versus the Key's claim of his first name being Henry? Was "Harry" possibly his nick-name (just as in quite a few other examples that we've been dealing with earlier) ... ?
Or did, Andy Mabbett, the Author of that RSPB web-page, simply mixed up the first names (alt. or the person/s involved).
And missed Math in School?
Either way, note that the usually very reliable Mearns Couple (Barbara & Richard Mearns) also has him as "Harry", in their book The Bird Collectors, 1998 (here).
This also goes for (even if somewhat less reliable) the Valdés Chadwick Paper (2016), earlier dealt with in thread Chilean eponyms (here, see Post 1) that have him as:
The same goes for Alejandro Mouchard's Book Etimología de los nombres científicos de las aves de Argentina, 2019 (*), where we find him as:
Or, are they all just echoing each other, all erroneous (except the Key)... or vice versa (the other way around)?
One thing that confuse me even more, was/is that his name was written as "Harry B. James" in thread HBW Alive (here, see the quote in post #1), this time quoting the very presentation of Jobling's 'Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology'… !?!
Hrmm ...
Anyone know any details? Or (simply) the truth?
Björn
PS. And, one last question, just to be safe/sure:
Is/was Berkeley James his (double) Surname, or is/was it just James?
*Mouchard, A. 2019 Etimología de los nombres científicos de las aves de Argentina : su significado y origen. 1 Edition. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires : Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, pp. 1–389.
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