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  1. Björn Bergenholtz

    Ornismya esmeralda Lesson, 1843

    I think you're perfectly right. [...] Even if so, but (seemingly/apparently preoccupied) note that Lesson (also in the OD above, in post #1) called the Species in Glaucis "Les ÉMERAUDES ... Boié." /B
  2. Björn Bergenholtz

    Ornismya esmeralda Lesson, 1843

    Thanks Martin, and well done getting Copies of those two Manuscript pages! 🏆 I think (even if not knowing French) that this will finally close the case "sour le nom de la Esmeralda": "..., ou d'émeraude glacée d'or," ... " d'un vert brilliant." ... etc., etc.. Or?
  3. Björn Bergenholtz

    Ornismya esmeralda Lesson, 1843

    Paul, even if far, far away (geographically, that is) from Lesson's Hummingbird "Ornysmia Esmeralda" ... George Elphinstone Dalrymple (1826–1876), who named the Esmeralda Hill (after which the small township Esmeralda, Queensland, Australia, allegedly got its name*), clearly wrote: Also see...
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