Some Japanese Eponyms (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

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[Taphrospilus]

Terpsiphone atrocaudata tadai Momiyama, 1931 OD ' Amoeba ' , ii , no . 1 , p . 25 , 1930 : Botel Tobago . ( nom . nud . ) ; id . , t . C. , iii , nos . 1-2 , pp . 66– 67 , 1931 . (not seen)

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher ssp. Terpsiphone atrocaudata tadai Momiyama, 1931 NCR [JS Terpsiphone atrocaudata periophthalmica]
Tsunesuke Tada (fl.1897) was a Japanese naturalist and collector on Taiwan on behalf of Tokyo Imperial University.

The Key to Scientific Names

Tsunesuke Tada (fl. 1897) Japanese naturalist, collector on Taiwan (syn. Terpsiphone atrocaudata periophthalmica).

Tchitrea atrocaudata sidai Momiyama, 1932 鳥類分布より見たる紅頭嶼の地位. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 2(3): 251-350, pl.19. (not seen)

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Japanese Paradise-flycatcher ssp. Tchitrea atrocaudata sidai Momiyama, 1932 NCR [JS Terpsiphone atrocaudata atrocaudata]
Minoru Sida (DNF) collected the holotype (1928).

The Key to Scientific Names

Minoru Sida (fl. 1928) Japanese collector (syn. Terpsiphone atrocaudata).

Maybe posting it here helps to find their life dates and/or OD.

 

[Taphrospilus]

Campephaga lugubris asakurai Kuroda, 1920 OD here

The Key to Scientific Names

Japanese name Asakura for a cuckooshrike (cf. Richmond Card Index has “K. Asakura” as a collector) (syn. Coracina melaschistos intermedia).

The Ibis has as well here

K. Asakura coll.

What is telling us the OD?

 

[PScofield]

English description on pg 247 "Collected by Mr. K. Asakura"

 

[mb1848]

In 1928 is mention of a Dr. K. Asakura, C.M.E of the rolling stock section of the J.G.R. Consulting Mechanical Engineer? Japanese Railway.
過熱蒸氣機關車の最大引張力算定に用ふべき新線圖に就て .

 

[Taphrospilus]

Troglodytes troglodytes kawagutii Momiyama, 1927 OD here (not seen really)

Collected by Mr. M. KAWAGUTI . Distribution : Southern Kiusiu . I am indebted to Prof. KAWAMURA in Kyoto Imperial University , who lent me the valuable specimen for a long time for my investigations . In honour of the collector , Mr. M....

The Key to Scientific Names claims:

Magojirô Kawaguti (fl. 1924) Japanese collector (syn. Troglodtyes troglodytes fumigatus).

If Worldcat correct:

Kawaguchi, Magojiro, 1873-1937 or カワグチ, マゴジロウ, 1873-1937

 

[l_raty]

What is telling us the OD?

p. 245, 4th column (starting from the right) :

朝倉喜代松氏

Asakura Kiyomatsu-shi.

He seems to have been a professional in "butterfly processing" on Taiwan. See here and here. He has several butterflies named after him as well -- Pazala eurous asakurae (Matsumura 1908), Arhopala birmana asakurae Matsumura 1910, Polygonia c-album asakurai Nakahara 1920.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Troglodytes troglodytes kawagutii Momiyama, 1927 OD here (not seen really)
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For relevant parts (of the Etymology), see excerpts below:


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[l_raty]

English description on pg 247 "Collected by Mr. K. Asakura"

And, to be complete, on p. 248, there is a fully explicit: "The subspecific name is given in honour of the collector."


朝倉喜代松 is actually cited in a lot of places on the Web as the Japanese founder of the first "butterfly processing factory" of Taiwan, in Nantou Puli, which quickly became known internationally and exported literally hundreds of thousands (!!) of butterflies from Taiwan, mainly to Japan.

Yet there is apparently very little additional info about him around.

 

[Taphrospilus]

If Worldcat correct:

Sorrry forgot the link, but here. The books...

續飛驒の鳥 / Zoku hida no tori (= Hida Birds)​

日本鳥類生態学資料 / Nihon chōrui seitaigaku shiryō (=Japanese ecological Bird Material)​

...at least shows that at least Magojiro Kawaguchi had an interest in birds.

杜鵑研究 / Hototogisu kenkyū (=Forest research)​

自然暦 / Shizenreki (=Natural calendar)​

...may indicate as well an interest in natural history.

The question is if...

Kawaguchi, Magojiro, 1873-1937 or カワグチ, マゴジロウ, 1873-1937

...is the same as person as...

In honour of the collector, Mr. M. KAWAGUTI , the principal of Fukuoka Prefectural Meizen Middle School , this form is named after him.

Kawaguchi and Kawaguti are quite some different names. If different persons Magojiro may derifed from the Kawaguchi and may a mixed up?

 

[Taphrospilus]

Hypsipetes amaurotis matchie (Momiyama, 1923) OD Momiyama , T.T. , 1923 . New forms of birds from the Izu Islands. Dôbutsugaku Zasshi, 35, pp 417-422 (Not seen)

The Key to Scientific Names

Matchi Momiyama (fl. 1900) mother of Japanese ornithologist Toku Taro Momiyama (subsp. Hypsipetes amaurotis).

No idea if her life dates will be ever solved (and if correct as I haven't seen OD)? Maybe an bituary on Toku Taro Momiyama (1895–1962) throw some light on her?

 

[Taphrospilus]

Parus palustris mizunoi Yamashina , 1939 YAMASHINA , Y. 1939. Note on the specimens of Manchurian birds chiefly made by Mr. Hyojiro Orii in 1935. Tori , vol . 10 , pp . 446–544 (not seen)

The Key to Scientific Names

Kaworu Mizuno (fl. 1940) Japanese ornithologist (syn. Poecile palustris brevirostris).

水野馨 published A Distributional List of the Manchurian Birds or japanese version here

滿洲鳥類分布目錄 / Manshū chōrui bunpu mokuroku​

His life dates - I have no idea.

 

[mb1848]

Note on the specimens of Manchurian birds chiefly made by Mr. Hyojiro Orii in 1935. Tori , vol . 10 , pp . 446–544 (not seen)
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjo1915/10/49/10_49_446/_pdf .
Interesting.
Report oe [sic] the first Scientific expedition to manchoukuo under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaga, June-October 1933: Zoology .

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjo1915/8/37/8_37_126/_article/-char/en .

 

[mb1848]

Terpsiphone atrocaudata tadai Momiyama, 1931 OD ' Amoeba ' , ii , no . 1 , p . 25 , 1930 : Botel Tobago . ( nom . nud . ) ; id . , t . C. , iii , nos . 1-2 , pp . 66– 67 , 1931 . (not seen)

Temptingly close to being seen:
CiNii Journals - アミーバ .
Amoeba The Bulletin of the Amateur Biological Club of Japan edited by Mr. Kiichi Okada , started 1929 , discontinued 1933. It must not be confused with an entirely new journal also called “ Science Miscellany , Amoeba

 

[l_raty]

Parus palustris mizunoi Yamashina , 1939 YAMASHINA , Y. 1939. Note on the specimens of Manchurian birds chiefly made by Mr. Hyojiro Orii in 1935. Tori , vol . 10 , pp . 446–544 (not seen)

The Key to Scientific Names

水野馨 published A Distributional List of the Manchurian Birds or japanese version here


His life dates - I have no idea.

1895-1980 if this is correct.

His book: 水野馨 満洲鳥類原色大図鑑 昭和15 大冊 満州 山階鳥類「中古」の落札価格｜生物学｜ヤフオク！ 落札相場- オークファン（aucfan.com）

 

[Taphrospilus]

Garrulus glandarius nakaokae Momiyama, 1927 OD here

Sent by Mrs Koma Nakaoka.

Sitta europaea nakaokae Momiyama , 1931 OD Momiyama, T.T., 1931. The Sittidae or Family of Nuthatches.— Kaidori, 2 (8): 1-24 , (p . 23) fig. L (not seen)

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Eurasian Jay ssp. Garrulus glandarius nakaokae Momiyama, 1927 NCR [JS Garrulus glandarius japonicus]
Eurasian Nuthatch ssp Sitta europaea nakaokae Momiyama, 1931 NCR [JS Sitta europaea hondoensis]
Mrs Koma Nakaoka (DNF) was an ornithologist on Shikoku, Japan.

The Key to Scientific Names

Koma Nakaoka (fl. 1927) Japanese collector, donor (syn. Garrulus glandarius japonicus, syn. Sitta europaea amurensis).

Maybe her life dates can be solved here?

 

[mb1848]

Garrulus glandarius nakaokae Momiyama, 1927 description is in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologist’s Club you have linked but it is also in the Annotationes ornithologiae orientalis: Toa chogaku iho, Volume 1 1927 and I am not sure which was published first. Momiyama says in the latter I am grateful to Mrs. Koma NAKAOKA in Köti . Which was a prefecture/city on Sikoku Island. SNAB 66 (2006) Dickinson Morioka et al states about Kaidori “ Momiyama, T.T., 1931. The Sittidae or Family of Nuthatches.— Kaidori, 2 (8): 1-24. (In Japanese.) (takatsukasai p. 20, figs. A & B; bergmani p. 20, fig. C; buturlini, p. 22, fig. I.; harterti p. 23, fig. K; nakaokae p. 23, fi g. L., yamashinai p. 24 nomen nudum).”

Björn found here:

Some missing journals and books with Swedish Eponyms .

Kaidori [alternate title: Kaidori Shusei (Coloured Plates of Cage Birds in Japan)?]

He attached part of the publication.

I have seen "Kaidori (Pet Birds)" edited by "Tori no Kai (Bird Society)"?

 

[mb1848]

From Wikipedia: Kōchi-shi, pronounced [koːꜜtɕi ɕi]) is the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture located on the island of Shikoku in Japan. So I guess not Köti prefecture/city on Sikoku Island.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

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Sitta europaea nakaokae Momiyama , 1931 OD Momiyama, T.T., 1931. The Sittidae or Family of Nuthatches.— Kaidori, 2 (8): 1-24 , (p . 23) fig. L (not seen)
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Excerpt below, from page 23 in Momiyama's On a Family of Nuthaches [sic] in Japan. Reprinted from ̒Kaidori ̓ vol. ii, no. 8, pp. 1–25, with plate, Dec., 1931:

 

[l_raty]

Excerpt below, from page 23 in Momiyama's On a Family of Nuthaches [sic] in Japan. Reprinted from ̒Kaidori ̓ vol. ii, no. 8, pp. 1–25, with plate, Dec., 1931:

A nomen nudum, like (all?) other names in this work.

The entry includes:

• a Japanese name (first in hiragana, then in kanji; with a statement that it's a new taxon appended to the kanji version),
• a scientific name (attributed to "Momiyama in litteris"),
• a figure (illustrating the tail of the bird),
• a reference to a 1912 work by Uchida (here -- the bird is merely cited there in a blank list of species as "Sitta caesia amurensis (Sw.)"),
• an English name, and
• a range statement.

(What is cited under Sitta nagaensis does not concern Sitta europaea nakaokae.)

None of these can make a name available after 1930. Had the work been published before 1931, the figure would have been sufficient. After 1930, a statement in words of characters purported to differentiate the new taxon is required, either in the OD, or in a work referenced in the OD. As no such thing is present here, the name is unavailable.

(The same applies to takatsukasai, which is in use but can surely not be taken from Momiyama 1931 (who published it with refs to Stejneger '1886' (= 1887) and Yamashina 1929, neither of which includes a statement in words of characters differentiating the Urup & Iturup taxon). It might be interesting to find out where -- and for which bird populations -- this name was first used with a written description. Perhaps Bergman 1935 ? If so, the type series associated to the name where it was made avaialable included specimens from Kunashir, which are currently in clara Stejneger 1887, and it is completely unclear that it might be interpreted as having included Taka Tsukasa's original specimen.)