Tricholaema melanocephala blandi Lort Phillips, 1897 (2 Viewers)

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Tricholaema melanocephala blandi Lort Phillips, 1897 OD here

Later in The Ibis here

I have named it after Mr. Ivers Bland, who brought me the first specimen obtained.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims

Black-throated Barbet ssp. Tricholaema melanocephala blandi E. L. Phillips, 1897
Ivers Bland (d.1903) was a member of the BOU and was in Somalia (1896–1897) on an expedition with the describer.

The Key to Scientific Names

Ivers Bland (d. 1903) British collector in Somalia 1896-1897 (subsp. Tricholaema melanocephala).

Is it him here?

George Ivers Bland
Born: 17 Apr 1870
Died: 23 Feb 1903

 

[PScofield]

Pretty confident it is him - in BOU member list for 1903 but not 1904.