Taphrospilus
Well-known member
Serinus canicollis thompsonae Roberts, 1924 OD here p. 186
The Eponym Dicionary of Birds claims:
The Key to Scientific Names
The husband according The Eponym Dicionary of Birds
According to The Key to Scientific Names:
OD here p. 78
If for his wife what is her name and what are the life dates? Can we definetely say it is for his wife?
The Eponym Dicionary of Birds claims:
Cape Canary Serinus canicollis thompsonae J. A.Roberts, 1924
Mrs. L. C. Thompson (DNF) was the wife of Dr Louis Thompson (q.v.)
The Key to Scientific Names
Mrs L. C. Thompson (fl. 1924) wife of South African collector Dr L. C. Thompson (subsp. Serinus canicollis).
The husband according The Eponym Dicionary of Birds
Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena thompsoni J. A. Roberts, 1924 NCR
[JS Dendroperdix sephaena zambesiae]
Dr Louis C. Thompson (b .1877) was an English collector in Damaraland South Africa.
According to The Key to Scientific Names:
Dr Louis Clifford Thompson (1877-1955) English collector in South Africa (subsp. Dendroperdix sephaena).
OD here p. 78
Type: T.M. No. 13033, collected, and donated by Dr L. C. Thompson, at Grootfontein, S.W.A. Protectorate, July, 1916. "Iris brown. Bill black . . Legs dark vermilion."
If for his wife what is her name and what are the life dates? Can we definetely say it is for his wife?
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