Zosterops bowiae Horne, 1907 (1 Viewer)

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Zosterops bowiae Horne, 1907 OD here

About eighteen months ago Miss Bowie had in her aviaries a gray Zosterops, or White-eye.

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Our members. Dr. Geo. Home and Miss E. Bowie, have generously presented to ...

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims

Silvereye sp. Zosterops bowiae Horne, 1907 NCR [JS Zosterops lateralis lateralis]
Helen Bowie (fl.1907) was an Australian ornithologist and founder member of the RAOU. Her uncle, the aviculturist and ethnologist Dr George Horne, described the bird. She was an army nurse in France (WW1) in the unit of which Horne was the senior officer.

The Key to Scientific Names

Helen Bowie (fl. 1907) Australian ornithologist, founder member of RAOU, neice of aviculturalist and ethnologist Dr George Horne (syn. Zosterops lateralis).

I assume neice is a typo? aviculturalist or aviculturist?

So for sure not for the same person/celebrity as in the Heteropoda davidbowie Jäger, 2008. Ground Control to Major Tom.

Apart from that it would be interesting if...
1) E. Bowie is than a typo?
2) What her life dates are?
3) Eventually marriage and new name?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Here:

Helen Bowie​

1873-1959​

Nurse, bacteriologist, amateur ethnographer, bird breeder, philanthropist, golfer​

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Life Summary​

Birth Date	Birth Place
1873	Digger’s Rest or Sunbury , Victoria

Home Addresses

Home Street	Home City	Status of Building
59 Queens Parade	Clifton Hill	Extant

Death Date	Death Place	Cemetery
29 May 1959	Melbourne	Cremated; no memorial

Quite a Lady!