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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3647820" data-attributes="member: 113430">And what about the last unsolved Mr. James [in James's Key <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />], the one, and the only one, with ending double-i, as in today's HBW Alive Key entry: ... which must be the debated Manucode subspecies or subspecies group (Manucodia) Phonygammus keraudrenii "jamesii" SHARPE 1877 (here) as "Phonygama jamesii" ... no dedication, no explanation, only the note below:Note that the "C." in scare bracketts is part of the quote, not inserted by me! C. = Collector.Another clue is found <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/bird-type-specimens/detail.dsml?authorqtype=starts+with&Typeqtype=contains&vol=2&collectorqtype=starts+with&Species=jamesii&sort=Genus%2cSpecies%2csubspecies&typedescqtype=starts+with&searchPageURL=search%2edsml&yearqtype=starts+with&subspeciesqtype=starts+with&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Genusqtype=starts+with&locqtype=starts+with&refer=list&sort=Genus,Species,subspecies&beginIndex=0&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fauthorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Typeqtype%3dcontains%26vol%3d2%26collectorqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Species%3djamesii%26sort%3dGenus%252cSpecies%252csubspecies%26typedescqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26yearqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26subspeciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Speciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Genusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26locqtype%3dstarts%2bwith" target="_blank">here</a>: "Collected by Dr. James. Purchased of T. Higgins.", which leads us to "T. Higgins", <a href="https://archive.org/stream/historyofcollect02brit#page/384/mode/2up/search/Higgins" target="_blank">here</a> (p.384), and the "late Dr. James", who apparently was "killed by the natives of Yule Island shortly after his arrival in British New Guinea." With reference further on, to ... <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98585#page/319/mode/1up" target="_blank">here</a>:Trusting this the young Dr. James was killed in 1876 ... which takes us to The Sydney Morning Herald, of 9 Nov. 1876, confirmed in the very hard to read piece: NEW GUINEA.—THE RECENT MASSACRE NEAR YULE ISLAND. (<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13383101" target="_blank">here</a>). A bit more easy to read a week later, in the Melbourne Argus (<a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5909631" target="_blank">here</a>).Ending up with: Dr. James = William Hughes James (1852–1876), US medical doctor, naturalist and collector, etc., etc., ... Case closed!BjörnPS. For more details and full story, see the following paper, by the same guy (I assume) who supplied James (Jobling) with the initials ("W. H") above: Graham R. Fulton. 2017. Dr William H. James 1852–76: medical doctor and naturalist. Bull. B.O.C. 2017 137 (1): pp. 71-87. (<a href="http://boc-online.org/bulletins/downloads/boc1371-Fulton.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>). The bird in question is mentioned on pp.79-80._____________________________________________* The Swede, mentioned as "Carl Thorngren" by Fulton, a k a Karl ditto (in German texts) = Captain (mariner) Carl Johan Törngren (<a href="http://magasin.kb.se:8080/searchinterface/page.jsp?issue_id=kb:118407&sequence_number=2&recordNumber=136&totalRecordNumber=3146" target="_blank">here</a>, in Swedish)</blockquote>

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