Trochalopteron affine bethelae (Rand & Fleming, 1956) & Pucrasia macrolopha bethelae Fleming, 1947 (1 Viewer)

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Trochalopteron affine bethelae (Rand & Fleming, 1956) OD here

This bird is named in honor of Dr. Bethel H. Flemming (Mrs R. L. Flemming), who took over Carl E. Taylor's hospital for three month, making it possible for him to go on the first expedition, and who accompanied later expeditions to Nepal.

Pucrasia macrolopha bethelae Fleming, 1947 OD here


The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Koklass Pheasant ssp. Pucrasia macrolopha bethelae Fleming, 1947 [Maybeaclinal morph ofthe subspecies biddulphi]
Blackfaced Laughingthrush ssp. Trochalopteron affine bethelae Rand & Fleming, 1956
Dr Bethel F. Fleming née Harris (b.1901) was a medical missionary in India and wife of Dr Robert Lee Fleming Sr, an ornithologist (co-author of Birds of Nepal with Reference to Kashmir and Sikkim 1979) and educational administrator. They were in Nepal initially to watch birds but returned (c.1949–c.1962) and founded a hospital in Kathmandu (1959). The couple's full story can be read in Grace Fletcher's biography, The Fabulous Flemings of Kathmandu: the Story of Two Doctors in Nepal (1965).

The Key to Scientific Names

Dr Bethel F. Fleming née Harris (b. 1901) US physician, missionary, founder of Awon Kalimati Clinic, Nepal 1959, wife of Dr R. L. Fleming, Sr. (syn. Pucrasia macrolopha biddulphi, subsp. Trochalopteron affine).

No idea at the moment about her middle name and the year of death.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Maybe of some help ...

"DR. BETHEL HARRIS FLEMING: THE FABULOUS FLEMINGS OF KATHMANDU"

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[Björn Bergenholtz]

Obituary attached.

Thus, Dr. Bethel Harris Fleming (1901–1972).

No Idea about the "F." part.