Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")

Here's a look at the Scientific name/s ....
frobenii as well as frobeenii and frobeni (in chronological order), as in:
• the invalid (Band-tailed/Belcher's) Gull "Larus Frobenii" PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1861 (here):
• the invalid (South American) Tern "Sterna Frobeenii" PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1863 (here):
However, the "Frobeen’chen Sammlung in Arica in Peru" was/is also mentioned on p.120, and on p.123, we find it as: "der Samlung des in Arica verstorbenen Frobeen". He's also mentioned himself (as Frobeen) on pp. 128, 130, and 204.
But most important (even if in context of completely different Birds), on p.132 (here), where he's mentioned twice, as [my blue bolds]:
• the [Altiplano] (Common) Miner ssp. Geositta cunicularia frobeni PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1864 (here), as "Certhilauda Frobeni":
Frobén, Froben, Frobeen, Forbeen ... clearly Philippi & Landbeck had a problem with how the Surname of this guy ought to be written ...
In today's The Key we find him as:
From the OD's above (alone), I think we can stretch it into "fl. 1854", at least as far as; in August of 1854 ...
Either way, the origin of the Key's "von" part is unknown to me.
If "our guy" truly was a Noble (as the von Part would indicate), I guess he ought to be able to trace ....
However, other than this I know nothing, absolutely nothing, about this guy (more than what's shown above, of course). I just happened to notice the binary name "Cunicularia Frobeni" (a combination I'd never seen before), and decided (out of pure curiosity) to give him 'a go' ... somewhat in vain, with very little result.
Anyone who can add anything?
Björn
PS. Note that the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (2014), by Beolens et al. has the dedicatee as nothing but: "J. Frobenius (fl.1860) was a collector in Chile (1853)", ... which to me (this far), even if very brief, seems erroneous.
Not to confuse with the (far later) German ethnologist and archaeologist Leo Viktor Frobenius (1873–1938), who travelled around in Central Africa (in the early 1900's), who (according to the same Dictionary, and the Key), was/is commemorated in the (Village/Spotted-backed) Weaver ssp. Ploceus cucullatus frobenii REICHENOW 1923 (here).
*the Generic name Cunicularia is not included in today's Key.
frobenii as well as frobeenii and frobeni (in chronological order), as in:
• the invalid (Band-tailed/Belcher's) Gull "Larus Frobenii" PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1861 (here):
The same Bird was also described, alt. reported, by the same Authors (in the same year) in the German Journal Archiv für Naturgeschichte (here):Sacamos esta descripcion de un individuo adulto bembra muerto en agosto de 1854 en Arica por el finado A. Frobén, i nos complacemos en dedicar la especie a la memoria de este celoso e intelijente colector.
Die Reschreibung ist einem im August 1854 vom verewigten A. F r o b e e n in Arica erlegten alten weiblichen Vogel entnommen und wir haben zu Ehren des eifrigen Sammlers demselben seinen Namen beigelegt.
• the invalid (South American) Tern "Sterna Frobeenii" PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1863 (here):
Also note the ending phrase of the preceding Tern species ("Sterna lorata Ph. et Ldb."):Vorstehende Beschreibung ist einem im August 1851 in der Bay von Arica in Peru erlegten alten Weibchen aus der Sammlung von Frobeen in Arica entnommen.
Diese niedliche kleine Seeschwalbe, welche in Gestalt und Grösse mit der europäischen Sterna minuta Linn. Aehnlichkeit hat, wurde in der Bay von Arica im Sept. 1851 durch F o r b e e n [sic] erlegt.
However, the "Frobeen’chen Sammlung in Arica in Peru" was/is also mentioned on p.120, and on p.123, we find it as: "der Samlung des in Arica verstorbenen Frobeen". He's also mentioned himself (as Frobeen) on pp. 128, 130, and 204.
But most important (even if in context of completely different Birds), on p.132 (here), where he's mentioned twice, as [my blue bolds]:
Diese hübsche Avocette, welche mit keiner verwandten Art zu verwechseln ist, wurde vom verstorbenen A. F r o b e e n von Arica ... und nur ein Exemplar — im Juni 1853 — erlegt. ...
[...]
In der Sammlung peruanischer Yögel, welche das National-Museum in Santiago aus dem Nachlasse des in Arica verstorbenen A l f r e d _F r o b e e n acquirirte, befand sich auch ein Vogel ...
• the [Altiplano] (Common) Miner ssp. Geositta cunicularia frobeni PHILIPPI & LANDBECK 1864 (here), as "Certhilauda Frobeni":
I assume it's the same Bird as "Cunicularia [*] Frobeni Ph. y Ldb.", listed by Landbeck himself in 1872 (here, see No. 231) .El Museo Nacional posee un pájaro del Perú matado en julio de 1853 en Putre, en una elevacion de 10,000 piés sobre el nivel del mar, que tiene mucha semejanza con el Caminante, diferenciándose sin embargo tanto en algunos puntos, que no podemos considerarlo como una simple variedad climatica; lo tomamos por especie i le damos el nombre de su descubridor, el señor Froben de Tacna, que una muerte prematura ha arrebatado a la ciencia.
Frobén, Froben, Frobeen, Forbeen ... clearly Philippi & Landbeck had a problem with how the Surname of this guy ought to be written ...
In today's The Key we find him as:
frobeenii / frobeni / frobenii
● Alfred von Froben (fl. 1851) Prussian resident in Tacna, Chile (now in Peru), collector (subsp. Geositta cunicularia, syn. Larus belcheri, syn. Sterna hirundinacea).
● ...
From the OD's above (alone), I think we can stretch it into "fl. 1854", at least as far as; in August of 1854 ...
Either way, the origin of the Key's "von" part is unknown to me.
If "our guy" truly was a Noble (as the von Part would indicate), I guess he ought to be able to trace ....
However, other than this I know nothing, absolutely nothing, about this guy (more than what's shown above, of course). I just happened to notice the binary name "Cunicularia Frobeni" (a combination I'd never seen before), and decided (out of pure curiosity) to give him 'a go' ... somewhat in vain, with very little result.
Anyone who can add anything?
Björn
PS. Note that the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (2014), by Beolens et al. has the dedicatee as nothing but: "J. Frobenius (fl.1860) was a collector in Chile (1853)", ... which to me (this far), even if very brief, seems erroneous.
Not to confuse with the (far later) German ethnologist and archaeologist Leo Viktor Frobenius (1873–1938), who travelled around in Central Africa (in the early 1900's), who (according to the same Dictionary, and the Key), was/is commemorated in the (Village/Spotted-backed) Weaver ssp. Ploceus cucullatus frobenii REICHENOW 1923 (here).
*the Generic name Cunicularia is not included in today's Key.
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