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  1. J

    BOW Key

    Good point re eremiae, Björn I have not seen the OD of Mesopicos goertae eremiae Stoneham, 1926 (Ibis not yet available on BHL, and I got rid of all my old copies during a projected house-move!) Can anybody out there help?
  2. J

    BOW Key

    soumagnei For the purposes of The Key any subsequent spelling of a specific name is a variant (although it is a close-run thing here!)
  3. J

    BOW Key

    The Key (see #253); This list celebrates my full recovery from obsessive Giebelitis, having just reached p. 824 of vol. III of Giebel’s, Thesaurus Ornithologiae ( 1872-1877). Seemingly full of valuable information, I was astounded by the number of typos and other errors in that work, and hope...
  4. J

    BOW Key

    The Key, today's new specific entry: chaski “Our migration-tracking, genomic, physiological, and morphological analyses reveal that the northern, high-elevation resident giant hummingbird populations comprise a new species, which we describe here: Patagona chaski sp. nov. Northern Giant...
  5. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan Congratulations on completing your nomenclathon! A worthy task and much appreciated. I have been away (on a Billy Fury & Beatles-fest), and succumbed to Giebelitis upon my return (so some of your findings I had already foreseen). A few of the names are new (duly acknowledged) and...
  6. J

    BOW Key

    The Key: additional generic edits (see #245) — —Casmarhynchus, Clonorhynchus, Coparus, Ctenorhynchus, —Hapalus, Helinaea, Helortyx, Heteropus, Hiracococcyx, —Laropsis, Leptogrammus, Liopa, Lophocoryphus, —Megapelia, Myiadectes, —Necrolytes, Nematura, —Orotrochilus, —Parisoma, Petrocichla...
  7. J

    BOW Key

    Thanks Erikjan, I am treating Ctenorhynchus Agassiz as a new name, and, whilst checking podicips, find that podicipes is also new as a specific name. New also are brabournei and falklandius, with undulatum as a new gender entry. As for calli-, cali-, kali-, kalli……!
  8. J

    BOW Key

    Thanks Erikjan, As you remark, mainly typos, but I am treating fulvidus (separated from fulvida by fulvidior) and gradatus (OD seen) as new, and have moved syn. Xiphidiopicus percussus to ruppelii (OD seen).
  9. J

    BOW Key

    The Key: yet some more generic additions and editing (see #188). — Alectorophasis, Anuropsis, Bebrornis, Calamocichla, Calamonastes, Centropus, Climacocercus, Coryphaspiza, Corythocichla, Crateroscelis, Dixiphia, Dryonastes, Entomophagus, Euchlorornis, Hydrocichla, Ibiceter, Morphnus, Pampa...
  10. J

    BOW Key

    Thanks Erikjan, I am treating moestus and myiotherina as new entries. I cannot find humaythea in my copy.
  11. J

    BOW Key

    Thanks Erikjan, I am treating cyaneculus and obscurius as novelties deserving entry. The rest are either errors or gender termination differences.
  12. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, You beat me to it - I was about to reveal that lawrentii is not in my copy. I am treating litorea, guarixa, and gymnopsis as novelties. I think intercapularis is an original spelling, but haven't yet seen the OD (Nordmann in Erman's Reise, Naturhist. Atlas, p. 13, 1835).
  13. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, An interesting selection, especially as the first two epithets (viride, galotii) together with cyanolaima warrant new entries to The Key. Perhaps one of our aficionados may be able to find out more about Galot.
  14. J

    BOW Key

    I have weakened, and now treat Saltatricola as a separate synonymous name in The Key. I am still pondering on a possible form of words for Coryphospiza.
  15. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, No, Coryphaspiza is a different bird altogether; Sclater's succinct text indicates a lapsus for Coryphospingus (spingos and spiza both mean finch). That said, Coryphospiza and Saltatricola could be considered for separation, although I will keep them as Variants for the time being...
  16. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, What a stupendous but much appreciated task you have set yourself. I welcome chirimontanus and eburneus as new. EDIT 1: I thought chirimontanus was new, but in fact it is a lapsus for chirimotanus. The eburneus sub-entry is a good find.
  17. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, Another good selection. Because of its disparate spelling and treatment in a different family (Accipitridae instead of Falconidae) I have chosen to regard Ibiceter as a new name, altho’ acknowledging that it is probably a lapsus for Ibycter.
  18. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, The numbering of Hellmayr et al., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., publication nos. (various), Cat. Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands, can be confusing. The series began with Part II, No. 1, in 1918 (to take advantage of the projected completion of Ridgway’s Birds of North and...
  19. J

    BOW Key

    Hellmayr has 11 parts, covered in 15 volumes (Part 1 has 4 numbers; Part 2 has 2 numbers). Peters vol. I has two editions (1931, 1979), so a full Peters (including the Comprehensive Index) has 17 volumes.
  20. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, Hellmayr as well as Peters! Hellmayr et al. has only one less volume than Peters (nearly a bookshelf each) and the synonymies are even more extensive. Some of your findings I have treated as gender differences; brachyurae is a grammatical form (see Laurent's previous remarks); eremiae...
  21. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan An interesting little group. The diphthong in œnicaudus is not very well printed in Peters, IV, p. 55, but is visible under closer scrutiny in my copy. I am treating abessynicus, camerunense, ensiferus, porphyreolopha, rufidorsus, semicaeruleus, and westralasianus as new or additional...
  22. J

    BOW Key

    Erikjan, You raise an important point. GENERA should mirror the taxonomy of BOW (i.e. genera currently recognised by them). Most of the names you list were brought across unchanged from my MS (based on HBW and other references), and I have yet to review them and cross-check the associated...
  23. J

    BOW Key

    You are correct re Med., L. etc. I cannot effect the alterations, and had already brought these to the attention of Cornell IT (and before that, to Lynx), but there seems to be a problem. I shall try again when next in touch with Cornell IT.
  24. J

    BOW Key

    Thanks Erikjan All entered, except Muscicapae, which is a plural form of Muscicapa used by the original author. Names and words followed by (sic) indicate an original author spelling/misspelling. EDIT 1: Laurent (below #191) is correct, of course. I shouldn't rush headlong into these things -...
  25. J

    BOW Key

    The Key: a few more additions (see #125). — Acanthopus, Adelopes, Anchilorhinus, Anthocichla, Driophlox, Neophilydor, Protopelma, Pseudoxenops, Quechuavis, Stictocerthia, Tepuiornis, Thaumatius, Titanoperdix
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