Notes on John Whitehead (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Aerodramus whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) OD ser.7:v.1=no.1-4 (1895) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1887 OD 1887 - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Harpactes whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 OD ser.5:v.6=no.21-24;Index v.1-6 (1883-1888) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Sitta whiteheadi Sharpe, 1884 OD 1884 - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Urocissa whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 OD vol.10 (1899-1900) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Urosphena whiteheadi (Sharpe, 1888) OD ser.5:v.6=no.21-24;Index v.1-6 (1883-1888) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Zosterornis whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 OD v.1-9=no.1-64 (1892-1899) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Dicrurus leucophaeus whiteheadi Dubois, AJC 1901 OD v.1 (1902) - Synopsis avium - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Lophura nycthemera whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) OD ser.7:v.5=no.17-20 (1899) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi Salomonsen, 1953 OD not seen)
Turdus javanicus whiteheadi (Seebohm, 1893) OD v.1-9=no.1-64 (1892-1899) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Turnix sylvaticus whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1897 OD v.2 - A hand-book to the game-birds - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Zosterops montanus whiteheadi Hartert, EJO 1903 OD v.10-15=no.65-117 [v.10 Incomplete] (1899-1905) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Dicaeum haematostictum whiteheadi Hachisuka , 1926 OD v.47=no.308-316 (1926-1927) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Leptocoma sperata whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) OD ser.6:v.6=no.21-24;Index v.1-6 (1889-1894) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Spizaetus nipalensis whiteheadi Swann 1933 A Monograph Of The Birds of Prey Vol 2. p. 122 (not seen)
Hyloterpe whiteheadi Sharpe& McGregor, , 1909 OD A manual of Philippine birds - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Syrnium whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 OD ser.5:v.6=no.21-24;Index v.1-6 (1883-1888) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Erythrocichla bicolor whiteheadi Hartert, EJO 1915 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100962#page/242/mode/1up

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John Whitehead (1860-1899) English explorer, collector in Borneo 1885-1888, the Philippines 1893-1896, and Hainan 1899 (Aerodramus, Calyptomena, syn. Dicaeum haematostictum, subsp. Dicrurus leucophaeus (ex Buchanga palawanensis Whitehead, 1890), Harpactes, syn. Leptocoma sperata henkei, subsp. Lophura nycthemera, syn. Nisaetus nipalensis, syn. Pachycephala grisola plateni, subsp. Prioniturus discurus, Sitta, syn. Strix seloputo wiepkeni, syn. Trichastoma bicolor, subsp. Turdus javanicus, subsp. Turnix sylvaticus, Urocissa, Urosphena, subsp. Zosterops japonicus, Zosterornis).

I am just wondering if the bryologist John Whitehead mentioned https://books.google.de/books?id=s2kQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA736 has any connection to our John Whitehead?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

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Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi Salomonsen, 1953 OD not seen)
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Unseen (in full) also by me, but it ought to be Finn Salomonsen's Paper, Miscellaneous notes on Philippine birds, in Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening (i Kjøbenhavn) 115: pp. 205–281 (OD on p.224, as of here)

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Spizaetus nipalensis whiteheadi Swann 1933 A Monograph Of The Birds of Prey Vol 2. p. 122 (not seen)
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= here, on p.112 (in vol.2, of 1945):

 

[Xenospiza]

Just for fun, more about the moss expert, the other John Whitehead (1833-1896) - Wiki

 

[Taphrospilus]

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Martin ('Taphrospilus'), re. the Birds in post #1, I'd go for the second guy, mentioned in the same Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists:



I think the "Cotton operative. Bryologist. ..." namesake is of less (far less) relevance.

Don't you?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

But don't forget Paul's claim (from May 2021) in thread HBWAlive Key; mission accomplished or mission impossible? (post #570, here, or below):

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John Whitehead

Birth	7 Apr 1861 Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England
Residence	1891 Bickley, Kent, England
Marriage	1897 West Ham, Essex, England
Death	2 Jun 1899 Hainan, China

Father	Jeffery Ludlam Barton Whitehead (1831-1915)
Mother	Jane Ashton Tinker (1829-1899)
Spouse	Edith Mary Thorogood (1870-1940)

Hrmm...

/B

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Also note that Mearns & Mearns (2022*) has him (in Vol. 1, on pp. 376–380) as:

John Whitehead (1860–1899), ...
... English ornithologist and professional collector who worked on Corsica, Borneo and Hainan.
[...]
... born at Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, in London, on 30 June 1860, ...

In line with today's Key:

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● John Whitehead (1860-1899) English explorer, collector in Borneo 1885-1888, the Philippines 1893-1896, and Hainan 1899 ...
● ...

Thus, was he born 30th of June 1860, or 7th of April 1861 ... ?!?

In both cases; in/at Muswell Hill, in (either way) London/Middlexex ...

Actually, I'm quite surprised that there are different claims of the Birth of such a celebrated, and 'well-known' guy.

Clearly he's not that well known.

/B

PS. James, I miss one collection locality (in the Key) – Corsica, where he found the Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi Sharpe 1884, (see the OD in post #1)

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*Biographies for Birdwatchers – The Lives of Those Commemorated in Western Palearctic Bird Names (Revised and expanded edition), by Barbara Mearns and Richard Mearns (662 pages, in two volumes), © 2022.

 

[PScofield]

Error in the Ancestry users tree - He was born on 30 June 1860 and baptised 7 April 1861 (attached). Mearn & Mearns are thorough as usual!

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Thank you Paul!

That explains the apparent confusion, and saves me a lot of time (and headache)!

Thanks again!

Björn

 

[Taphrospilus]

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Whitehead's Scops Owl Otus megalotis Walden , 1875 [Alt . Philippine Scops Owl]
Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi Sharpe, 1884
Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae Sharpe, 1887
Mangrove Whistler Hyloterpe whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 NCR [JS Pachycephala cinerea plateni]
Spotted Wood Owl Syrnium whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 NCR [JS Strix seloputo wiepkeni]
Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888
Whitehead's Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 [Alt. Bornean Stubtail]
Whitehead's rogon Harpactes whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888
Whitehead's Tree Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 [Alt. Chestnut-faced Babbler; Syn. Stachyris whiteheadi]
Whitehead's Swiftlet Aerodramus whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
Whitehead's Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 [Alt. White-winged Magpie]
Island Thrush ssp. Turdus poliocephalus whiteheadi Seebohm, 1893
Common Buttonquail ssp. Turnix sylvaticus whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant ,1897
Silver Pheasant ssp. Lophura nycthemera whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1899
Mountain White eye ssp . Zosterops montanus whiteheadi Hartert, 1903
Ferruginous Babbler ssp. Erythrocichla bicolor whiteheadi Hartert, 1915 NCR [Syn Trichastoma bicolor NRM]
Black-belted Flowerpecker ssp. Dicaeum haematostictum whiteheadi Hachisuka, 1926 NCR; NRM
Mountain Hawk Eagle ssp. Spizaetus nipalensis whiteheadi Swann, 1933 NCR [JS Nisaetus nipalensis nipalensis]
Blue-crowned Racket-tail ssp. Prioniturus discurus whiteheadi Salomonsen , 1953
John Whitehead (1860–1899) was a British explorer and naturalist who collected in Borneo (1885–1888), the the Philippines (1893–1896) and Hainan (1899). He wrote Explorations of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo (1893) and he may have been the first European to reach the summit of the mountain. He died of fever in Hainan, at the age of 38. An amphibian and five mammals are named after him.

Not birds:

• Meristogenys whiteheadi Boulenger, 1887 OD ser.5:v.20=no.115-120 (1887) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887) OD ser.5:v.20=no.115-120 (1887) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Maxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894) OD ser.6:v.14=no.79-84 (1894) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Kerivoula whiteheadi Thomas, 1894 OD ser.6:v.14=no.79-84 (1894) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Chrotomys whiteheadi Thomas, 1895 OD ser.6:v.16=no.91-96 (1895) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Harpyionycteris whiteheadi Thomas 1896 OD ser.6:v.18=no.103-108 (1896) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Rhododendron whiteheadii Rendle OD v. 34 1896 - Journal of botany, British and foreign - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Zeuxine whiteheadii Rendle OD v. 34 1896 - Journal of botany, British and foreign - Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Hedyotis whiteheadii Merr. OD v. 34 1896 - Journal of botany, British and foreign - Biodiversity Heritage Library

 

[Taphrospilus]

Sorry last link is wrong and I can't correct it. v.2:C (1907) [Botany] - The Philippine journal of science - Biodiversity Heritage Library

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

Thanks for these. There are 5 Whitehead's wildlife found in Mt. Kinabalu and endemic to Borneo where I live. A must see for visiting birders...

Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi
Whitehead's Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae
Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi
Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Thanks for these. There are 5 Whitehead's wildlife found in Mt. Kinabalu and endemic to Borneo where I live. A must see for visiting birders...

Therse are very nice birds! Thanks for sharing these amazing photos!!