...
Could this be Charles Butler mentioned
here p. 1069?
Hrmmm ... but I don't think so Martin, even if I have no idea on whom the OD's/Madarász's mysterious "C. Butler" could, or might have been [nor do I know if such a person ever existed, at least not in that certain place and Era, and in connection to that particular Zoo, but several namesakes does exist, both in Europe and US, all far away from Sudan and Africa – also consider that Charles (Stewart) Butler is a fairly Common name (even more so when/if the second given name is excluded from any search)], thus, I tend to think like Laurent (in post #2).
Also consider the following (fairly recent) text:
• Brendan Tuttle. 2019. A trip to the zoo: colonial sightseeing and spectacle in Sudan (1901–1933). Journal of Tourism History 11 (3): pp.1–26. (accessible for download
here):
On the afternoon of August 16th [in 1933], the chiefs and their wives were given a ‘grand tour’ of Khartoum [alt. Chartum (in German)], and Omdurman. They were taken around to see the public buildings and markets, squares, the ‘grand promenade’, bridges and trains and trams, gardens, statues, polo grounds and other sites. They ended the day at the zoo. The Khartoum Zoological Gardens were established in 1901, mainly to accommodate ‘animals accepted by ... the Governor General as complimentary presents from native personages of import’, and partly to house animals caught for sale to zoos in Europe, Congo, South Africa and elsewhere. [...]
‘The time for forming a large Zoo in Khartoum has not yet come’, A. L. Butler, the Superintendent of the Game Preservation Department, wrote in 1903 when the zoo was moved into the Mogren gardens, ‘nor is a big establishment to rival the Cairo Gardens contemplated’. Instead, Butler recommended the collection of ‘an excellent and typical small collection of local animals and birds’. Between 1903 and 1930, however, the zoo was expanded on account of its popularly among ‘all classes of residents and with tourists’ and because of the importance of game safaris and the wild animal trade to Sudan’s economy. [...]
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[from p.20, footnotes excluded (and unchecked)]
Also note the Paper
A contribution to the Ornithology of the Western Sudan, by the same Madarász, in 1914 (
here), where Mr Butler is/was mentioned repeatedly (in reference to, for examples;
this and
this Paper/s, on birds in about the same Area, both by the same; "A. L. Butler, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., &c. ...". In the latter
Ibis he's listed, among other Butlers, as: "B
UTLER, A
RTHUR L
ENNOX, F.Z.S.; Supt. of Game Preservation, Sudan Government, Khartum, Sudan.", on p. vii).
Just some observations ... if relevant?
Björn
PS. Also see
here: , where he's listed as; collector; A.L.B. ... "Mr. A. L. Butler." + as taxidermist: (A.L.B.) ... "Mr. A. L. Butler.". That guy sure collected (and preserved) a lot of Birds! Also see
here [and, if anyone have 650£ to spare, one of his Works/Birds can be bought
here!].
Obituary after Arthur L. (Lennox) Butler
here (p.348) + Grave,
here, and note that he apparently had a Brother by the name:
Charles Edward Butler (1874–1960).
However this far, from what we've seen at this point, I'd prefer to think of Madarász's "C. Butler", in the OD of "
Upupa butleri", as nothing but a Printers error (or a mere typo – even if A. and C. rarely gets mixed-up), alt. a misinterpretation of a possible, plausible label note; "C. (
Coll. collector/collection) Butler".
But, as always, don't hesitate to prove me wrong.
/B
