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<blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3188756" data-attributes="member: 113430"><p><strong>Interim report!</strong></p><p></p><p>So far so good … this far we´ve been able to solve quite a few (or at least add some information on most) of those earlier "unseen" ones. Not bad!</p><p></p><p>This only leave us with the following:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>gerhardi</strong></em>:</p><p>● in the subspecies <em>Zosterops senegalensis gerhardi</em> VAN DEN ELZEN & KÖNIG 1983 (OD, <a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44720015#page/600/mode/1up" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><p>= the German ornithologist <strong>Gerhard Nikolaus </strong>(fl. 2010), writer of <em>Distribution Atlas of Sudan's Birds with Notes on Habitat and Status</em> 1987 and <em>Birds of South Sudan</em> 1989 ... etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>Also see <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=LE0ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=Gerhard+Nikolaus+Sudan&source=bl&ots=O3x1rU43iY&sig=ieKNLe-FXSfZUaC2_BkIbDcNOG8&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=EZMOVZ_6C-T7ywPZuYLQAw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Gerhard%20Nikolaus%20Sudan&f=false" target="_blank"><u>this</u></a> link, and the earlier Bird Forum thread <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=184623." target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>. </p><p></p><p><strong><em>passmori</em></strong></p><p>● … in the invalid "<em>Cygnus Passmori</em>" HINCKS 1865 (OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98595#page/11/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>) [Syn. <em>Cygnus buccinator</em> RICHARDSON 1832] </p><p>= <strong><span style="color: RoyalBlue">most likely</span></strong> the British (later Canadian) <strong>Samuel Wilkins Passmore</strong> (b. ca. 1805), of Toronto, taxidermist to the <em>Montreal Natural History Society</em> …</p><p></p><p><strong><em>mariae</em></strong></p><p>● … in "<em>T</em>. [<em>Trochilus</em>] <em>Mariæ</em>" (OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/159286#page/331/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>).</p><p>= <strong><span style="color: RoyalBlue">most likely</span></strong> (I agree), thanks to the clever "guess" by Martin and the links in his Post No. #18: the French <strong>Marie Wachanru</strong> (<strong>1821–1853</strong>), whose full (maiden) name was <strong><em>Marie-Rose Gaudemard</em></strong>. Wife of the French naturalist, entomologist Alexandre Wachanru ... etc. etc. much more on her (if you know French) in that Obituary.</p><p></p><p>and then it´s the tricky, still unidentified: </p><p></p><p>● <strong><em>Tiltria</em></strong>Yes, James, why not? Do that. Maybe the Identification guys would be able to tell us what it could be!?</p><p></p><p>And, by the way; while on the subject of identification! </p><p></p><p><strong>nigellii </strong></p><p>● in the "Nigells Pheasant-Grouse. <em>Tetraogallus Nigellii</em>" GRAY … couldn´t the <em>nigell<u>ii</u> </em>and <em>nigell<u>i</u> </em>commemorate the same man (i.e. Dr Macneill)<strong><span style="color: Blue">!?</span></strong> <u>And</u> be synonymous of (or at least intended at) the same (of today's valid) species? I think that was the original intention …</p><p></p><p>See link <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=iYk-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=Lophophorus+Tetraogallus&source=bl&ots=LRevWMnqQq&sig=_icU5-tno7lkYQXZ4KwycnXmMFI&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=z7sOVcriL4v9ywOt-IKIAQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Lophophorus%20Tetraogallus&f=false" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, and Wiki's Taxonomy and systematics chapter (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_snowcock#Taxonomy_and_systematics" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>) for Himalayan snowcock (<em>Tetraogallus himalayensis</em>).</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>However, the following are, this far, still totally unexplained:</p><p> </p><p>● <strong><em>libussa </em></strong>(OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13867379#page/608/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>)</p><p></p><p>● <strong><em>Merva </em></strong>… (OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124976#page/53/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>)</p><p></p><p>● <strong><em>lucieni </em></strong>(OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110204#page/95/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>) The answer to who this "<em>Lucien</em>" was is probably hidden in Louis Petit's book <em>Dix années de chasses d'un jeune naturaliste au Congo</em> 1926 (apparently nowhere to be found on-line).</p><p></p><p>● <strong><em>sabinae </em></strong>a k a "<em>Le C</em>.[<em>Colibri</em>] <em>de Sabine</em>" (OD, <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/159286#page/335/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>)</p><p></p><p>● <strong><em>tounelieri </em></strong></p><p>… in the subspecies <em>Hypotaenidia philippensis tounelieri </em>SCHODDE & NAUROIS 1982 as "<em>Gallirallus philippensis tounelieri</em>" (OD, <a href="http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_29_2.pdf" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, p.131+): Who this colleague was, or is (presumably a Mr. <em>Tounelier</em>) we still do not know.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"><strong>Anyone know anything on any of these names?</strong></span></p><p></p><p>PS. "<em><strong>Himelia</strong></em>", in No.33 ... sorry for the earlier (erroneous) link. Wrong year, wrong journal! :h?:<span style="color: Blue">It´s this one</span> (<a href="http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN627228666_0022&DMDID=DMDLOG_0033&LOGID=LOG_0039&PHYSID=PHYS_0255" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>)<span style="color: Blue">!!!</span></p><p><u>Not</u> to be confused with <em>Him<u>a</u>lia</em> (on p.224, same volume).</p><p></p><p>PPS. And the <strong><em>Leocadiae </em></strong>(<em>vs <strong>Aline</strong></em>) still remain a mystery?</p><p><span style="color: White">x</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Björn Bergenholtz, post: 3188756, member: 113430"] [b]Interim report![/b] So far so good … this far we´ve been able to solve quite a few (or at least add some information on most) of those earlier "unseen" ones. Not bad! This only leave us with the following: [I][B]gerhardi[/B][/I]: ● in the subspecies [I]Zosterops senegalensis gerhardi[/I] VAN DEN ELZEN & KÖNIG 1983 (OD, [URL="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44720015#page/600/mode/1up"]here[/URL]). = the German ornithologist [B]Gerhard Nikolaus [/B](fl. 2010), writer of [I]Distribution Atlas of Sudan's Birds with Notes on Habitat and Status[/I] 1987 and [I]Birds of South Sudan[/I] 1989 ... etc. etc. Also see [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=LE0ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=Gerhard+Nikolaus+Sudan&source=bl&ots=O3x1rU43iY&sig=ieKNLe-FXSfZUaC2_BkIbDcNOG8&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=EZMOVZ_6C-T7ywPZuYLQAw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Gerhard%20Nikolaus%20Sudan&f=false"][U]this[/U][/URL] link, and the earlier Bird Forum thread [URL="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=184623."][U]here[/U][/URL]. [B][I]passmori[/I][/B] ● … in the invalid "[I]Cygnus Passmori[/I]" HINCKS 1865 (OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98595#page/11/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) [Syn. [I]Cygnus buccinator[/I] RICHARDSON 1832] = [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]most likely[/COLOR][/B] the British (later Canadian) [B]Samuel Wilkins Passmore[/B] (b. ca. 1805), of Toronto, taxidermist to the [I]Montreal Natural History Society[/I] … [B][I]mariae[/I][/B] ● … in "[I]T[/I]. [[I]Trochilus[/I]] [I]Mariæ[/I]" (OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/159286#page/331/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]). = [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]most likely[/COLOR][/B] (I agree), thanks to the clever "guess" by Martin and the links in his Post No. #18: the French [B]Marie Wachanru[/B] ([B]1821–1853[/B]), whose full (maiden) name was [B][I]Marie-Rose Gaudemard[/I][/B]. Wife of the French naturalist, entomologist Alexandre Wachanru ... etc. etc. much more on her (if you know French) in that Obituary. and then it´s the tricky, still unidentified: ● [B][I]Tiltria[/I][/B]Yes, James, why not? Do that. Maybe the Identification guys would be able to tell us what it could be!? And, by the way; while on the subject of identification! [B]nigellii [/B] ● in the "Nigells Pheasant-Grouse. [I]Tetraogallus Nigellii[/I]" GRAY … couldn´t the [I]nigell[U]ii[/U] [/I]and [I]nigell[U]i[/U] [/I]commemorate the same man (i.e. Dr Macneill)[B][COLOR="Blue"]!?[/COLOR][/B] [U]And[/U] be synonymous of (or at least intended at) the same (of today's valid) species? I think that was the original intention … See link [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=iYk-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=Lophophorus+Tetraogallus&source=bl&ots=LRevWMnqQq&sig=_icU5-tno7lkYQXZ4KwycnXmMFI&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=z7sOVcriL4v9ywOt-IKIAQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Lophophorus%20Tetraogallus&f=false"][U]here[/U][/URL], and Wiki's Taxonomy and systematics chapter ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_snowcock#Taxonomy_and_systematics"][U]here[/U][/URL]) for Himalayan snowcock ([I]Tetraogallus himalayensis[/I]). --- However, the following are, this far, still totally unexplained: ● [B][I]libussa [/I][/B](OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13867379#page/608/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) ● [B][I]Merva [/I][/B]… (OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124976#page/53/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) ● [B][I]lucieni [/I][/B](OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110204#page/95/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) The answer to who this "[I]Lucien[/I]" was is probably hidden in Louis Petit's book [I]Dix années de chasses d'un jeune naturaliste au Congo[/I] 1926 (apparently nowhere to be found on-line). ● [B][I]sabinae [/I][/B]a k a "[I]Le C[/I].[[I]Colibri[/I]] [I]de Sabine[/I]" (OD, [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/159286#page/335/mode/1up"][U]here[/U][/URL]) ● [B][I]tounelieri [/I][/B] … in the subspecies [I]Hypotaenidia philippensis tounelieri [/I]SCHODDE & NAUROIS 1982 as "[I]Gallirallus philippensis tounelieri[/I]" (OD, [URL="http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_29_2.pdf"][U]here[/U][/URL], p.131+): Who this colleague was, or is (presumably a Mr. [I]Tounelier[/I]) we still do not know. [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]Anyone know anything on any of these names?[/B][/COLOR] PS. "[I][B]Himelia[/B][/I]", in No.33 ... sorry for the earlier (erroneous) link. Wrong year, wrong journal! :h?:[COLOR="Blue"]It´s this one[/COLOR] ([URL="http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN627228666_0022&DMDID=DMDLOG_0033&LOGID=LOG_0039&PHYSID=PHYS_0255"][U]here[/U][/URL])[COLOR="Blue"]!!![/COLOR] [U]Not[/U] to be confused with [I]Him[U]a[/U]lia[/I] (on p.224, same volume). PPS. And the [B][I]Leocadiae [/I][/B]([I]vs [B]Aline[/B][/I]) still remain a mystery? [COLOR="White"]x[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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