Wood's (Greater) Sandhill Crane (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Anyone who have seen the full OD of "Megalornis" c./c [canadensis] "woodi" BAILEY 1830?

According to here published by H. H. Bailey [Harold H. (Harris) Bailey (1878–1962)] in The Bailey Museum and Library of Natural History Bulletin, vol. 4, p.2 (1930), like here, or here (but unfortunately no access, at least not for me).

Is it with, or without, dedication? Alt. a clear explanation/connection?

Anyone who've seen it?

Either way, in today's Key we find this eponym explained as (my blue bolds):

woodi
• Dr Casey Albert Wood (1856-1942) Canadian ophthalmologist, bibliophile, ornithologist (syn. Amazona finschi, syn. Grus canadensis, subsp. Lalage maculosa, subsp. Laterallus flaviventer).
• ...

Just curious ...

Björn

PS. We have dealt with this hard-to-find-journal earlier. As, for example, here (and that one clearly incl. a dedication).

PPS. A synonym of the nominate(!?), isn't it a ditto of the Grus canadensis tabida ssp. ... ?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

The reason why I got curious was the following phrases: "... a synonym of Grus canadensis tabida (Peters) ... [...]... The mounted specimen designated as the lectotype ... some time ago by Josselyn Van Tyne ..." (by Hubbard & Richards C. Banks, 1970, here)* .... which lead onwards to Robert W. Storer (1988) here, pp.9–10;

According to a note left by Josselyn Van Tyne, Norman A. Wood was out at the time of Bailey's visit, so Bailey saw only the single mounted pair on exhibit. ...
[...]
... Hence, woodi is considered a synonym of Grus canadensis tabida Peters.

Storer's phrase (above) made me wonder if the woodi Crane truly was aimed at "Dr Casey Albert Wood" (as per today's Key) ...?

Thus, was/is it Casey A. Wood's (Greater) Sandhill Crane, or Norman A. Wood's ditto ... ?

Thus, that's why I would like to see the OD.

Anyone who've found it?

Björn

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*Note that quite a few Lists recognize (or have recognized) the ssp. G. c. tabida (J.L. Peters, 1925) ... also as Antigone c. tabida, with the comment; "Nominate, rowani and tabida may form a cline, ..."), others consider "tabida" invalid, as included in G./A. canadensis mexicana (Müller, 1776), or in rowani (Walkinshaw, 1965), alt. vice versa... ? Today's Key tell us simply: "syn. Grus canadensis". As a synonym of the nominate (ssp.)? Avibase's version, here.

Sorting out this mess (or confusion) I gladly leave in more capable hands.

 

[l_raty]

The current Google/Hathi scan apparently has problems, which makes it unsearchable. (This work will fall in the public domain in the US on 1 Jan 2026. But the file may not be much more interesting than this one...)

For all intents and purposes :

Norman Asa Wood
b. 19 Aug 1857, Lodi Township, Michigan
d. 7 Sep 1943, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Obit in the Jack-Pine Warbler : https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/ummz-assets/ummz-docs/NAWobit.pdf

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Thanks Laurent!

Thereby, I assume we'll simply have to wait until next year ...

That is, if anyone else can't find a (physical) copy, of course.

'Patience is a virtue' (for those who have time enough to wait)

 

[James Jobling]

No need to wait until next year. I believe Björn’s #2 indicating the texts by Storer, 1988, pp. 9-10, unequivocally imply and identify Norman A. Wood as the dedicatee here. I have so treated the name in The Key —— thanks, Björn.