Oenanthe finschii barnesi (Oates, 1890) (1 Viewer)

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Oenanthe finschii barnesi (Oates, 1890)OD Birds v.2 (1st ed.) (1890) - The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma - Biodiversity Heritage Library
No direct dedication. Sometimes e.g. refered to v. 9 (1880) - Stray feathers - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Barnes's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii barnesi Oates, 1890 [Alt. Finsch's/White-backed Wheatear ssp.]
Henry Edwin Barnes (1845–1895) was a professional British soldier. He was originally apprenticed to his father, a cabinetmaker, but ran away to join the army. He rose through the ranks and was eventually commissioned. He was posted to Aden (1866). He wrote on Indian and Arabian birds, including such articles as 'On the birds of Aden' and 'List of birds noted at Aden and its vicinity' (1893) and the Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency (1885).

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Lt. Henry Edwin Barnes (1848-1895) British Army, commissary in Aden, India and Afghanistan, oologist, collector (subsp. Oenanthe finschii).

Björn recently reported that Mearns & Mearns 2022 have him as:

Mearns & Mearns: [Vol. 2: 409] Henry Edwin Barnes (1848–1895), ... [English Army officer] "Served with the British Army in Aden, India and the region which is now Pakistan. ..."

Obituary ser.7:v.2=no.5-8 (1896) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library

So it might be that he was b. 11 Jun 1848 in Oxford to James Barnes and Emily Frances

I am wondering now why the BOW key was changed to 1895 as at least I was not able to identify when he died 1895 or 1896?

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ser.6:v.5=no.17-20 (1893) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Henry E. Barnes, Lieut.; F.Z.S.; Commissariat Officer, Ahmednagar, Deccan, India