Meliphagidae (5 Viewers)

[l_raty]

"Uitgegeven [...] door C.J. Temminck" and "geredigeerd door J.A. Susanna" according to the title page.

The primary reference for the dating of this work seems to be Husson & Holthuis 1955.
Therein, we are told:

Temminck was entrusted with the general editorship of this publication, while J. A. Susanna, the administrator of the Leiden Museum, was in charge of the administrative side of the publication and also fulfilled editorial duties.

The Land- en volkenkunde volume was authored by Salomon Müller alone. The bird section of the Zoologie volume was co-authored by him and Schlegel. (Some parts as Müller & Schlegel, others as Schlegel & Müller.)

 

[Xenospiza]

I guess Susanna did quite a bit of the translating, as that seems to have been a hobby of his:

Van der Aa

resources.huygens.knaw.nl

"Also he dabbled in the literary field in the hours of recreation and translated epistles by Mme de Genlis, Mme de Montholieu, Mme Cottin, Schlegels's Remarks on Paris, Metasko, or the Poles by Pigault le brun etc. etc."
It's difficult to convey the snooty attitude radiating from this sentence!

 

[mb1848]

Thanks both Laurent and Xenospiza very interesting. I found the Bird part of the Zoologie volume with colored plates.
Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
Husson & Holthuis 1955 says "The published pl. 8 of the Aves section shows some honey-eaters," I cannot find that online but am wondering if it is a plate of a Trop. In a paper about an unpublished plate made for S.Müller they have a note "The Verhandelingen included zoology, botany, and geography/ethnography and were published in 29 parts over the periodfrom 1839–1847 (Husson & Holthuis 1955). Müller’s report on the mammals was issued in three parts beginning in 1839,whereas his geographic and ethnographic summary of Timor was issued in six parts beginning in 1842"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354571972_Three's_Company_discovery_of_a_third_syntype_of_Stegonotus_lividus_a_species_of_colubrid_snake_from_Pulau_Semau_Lesser_Sunda_Islands_Indonesia_with_comments_on_an_unpublished_19_th_Century_manuscript_ .

 

[Markus Lagerqvist]

A taxonomic revision of Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843), including the description of a new species from Babar Island, Indonesia
Alex J. Berryman, Andrew J. Spencer, Puja Sharma, James A. Eaton
Abstract
Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843) is a small honeyeater distributed in two subspecies across three island groups in Maluku Province, Indonesia: M. b. boiei on the Banda Islands, and c.350 km to the south, M. b. annabellae on the Tanimbar Islands and Babar. We compare data from 28 museum specimens and 21 sound recordings, and report the results of 152 playback experiments, to investigate the taxonomy of these three populations. Compared to M. b. annabellae, M. b. boiei has a c.10% longer wing, bill and tarsus, more extensive black breast-band, duskier posterior underparts, and a highly divergent song; in playback experiments, M. b. boiei proved unresponsive to recordings of M. b. annabellae. However, the songs of M. b. annabellae on the Tanimbars and Babar are also highly divergent, with populations on both islands unresponsive to the song of the other. Birds on Babar are also slightly larger than annabellae on the Tanimbars (with a c.10% longer tail) and may have more scarlet on the back. We consider the vocal differences between the three populations to be highly indicative of reproductive isolation and recommend they be treated as three independent species under a modern interpretation of the Biological Species Concept. Because no nomen is available for the Babar population, we name it as a new species.

A taxonomic revision of Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843), including the description of a new species from Babar Island, Indonesia

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

A taxonomic revision of Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843), including the description of a new species from Babar Island, Indonesia
Alex J. Berryman, Andrew J. Spencer, Puja Sharma, James A. Eaton
Abstract
Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843) is a small honeyeater distributed in two subspecies across three island groups in Maluku Province, Indonesia: M. b. boiei on the Banda Islands, and c.350 km to the south, M. b. annabellae on the Tanimbar Islands and Babar. We compare data from 28 museum specimens and 21 sound recordings, and report the results of 152 playback experiments, to investigate the taxonomy of these three populations. Compared to M. b. annabellae, M. b. boiei has a c.10% longer wing, bill and tarsus, more extensive black breast-band, duskier posterior underparts, and a highly divergent song; in playback experiments, M. b. boiei proved unresponsive to recordings of M. b. annabellae. However, the songs of M. b. annabellae on the Tanimbars and Babar are also highly divergent, with populations on both islands unresponsive to the song of the other. Birds on Babar are also slightly larger than annabellae on the Tanimbars (with a c.10% longer tail) and may have more scarlet on the back. We consider the vocal differences between the three populations to be highly indicative of reproductive isolation and recommend they be treated as three independent species under a modern interpretation of the Biological Species Concept. Because no nomen is available for the Babar population, we name it as a new species.

A taxonomic revision of Banda Myzomela Myzomela boiei (S. Müller 1843), including the description of a new species from Babar Island, Indonesia

Myzomela babarensis new species. Added !!