Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz and Trützschler

Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz and Trützschler (born March 23, 1873 on Gut Schwentnig near Zobten , German Empire , † December 4, 1927 in Varberg ) was a German ornithologist and writer.

origin

His grandfather was the District President Carl Graf von Zedlitz-Trützschler (1800–1880). His parents were the cavalry captain Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin von Zedlitz-Trützschler (* January 20, 1833 - February 1, 1888) and his wife Helene von Rohr (* January 21, 1839 - March 30, 1878) at Hohenwulsch near Stendal ,

He also had a sister Helene Dorothea (born March 3, 1878) who died on March 15, 1884.

Life

After the early death of his mother, his father also died relatively early. As an orphan , he grew up in the household of his aunt Elisabeth Zedlitz-Trützschler (* 1826), a long-time provost of the Freiadligen Magdalenenstift in Altenburg. Otto Graf Zedlitz's passion was the collection of bird hides and the associated worldwide hunt for birds. He developed his passion at an early age on his parents' estate, which had been in the family since 1734. In his native meadows and forests he became an excellent shooter very early on and observed their fauna with interest. He spent his school days in Breslau . He later became a law student, although this did not correspond to his actual desire to study zoology. He bowed to the wishes of his uncle Robert von Zedlitz-Trützschler , who described zoology as an art without a job . There followed a few years as a lieutenant in the body cuirassing of Breslau.

Soon his thirst for research drew him into the big wide world. As early as 1900 he accompanied Arthur Berger and Captain J. Roth to Norway and Spitzbergen. In 1904, 1905 and 1906 he traveled to Tunis . Together with Paul Spatz and his friend Alfred Blanchet , he toured Algeria and Northeast Africa. An ornithological trip to Eritrea and the neighboring areas of Ethiopia followed from 1908 to 1909 . He was accompanied by his taxidermist CW Müller. In July and August of 1910 he took part in the Zeppelin study trip with the steamer Mainz in the arctic waters. The route included northern Norway , Bear Island , the western part of Svalbard and the Arctic ice edge. In 1911 he toured the Sinai Peninsula . In the spring of 1913 he went back to Algeria with his old companion Paul Spatz. Both explored in particular the areas that Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild , and Ernst Hartert had not yet explored. The First World War took him from 1915 to 1918 to western Russia in the swampy Shchara region and the Prypiat swamps . After the war, due to the changed political situation, he left Germany and moved to Tovhult in Kalv, Älvsborgs län, Sweden.

Zedlitz was a member of the German Ornithological Society , became a committee member in 1915 and held the post of second chairman from 1921 to 1923. In 1923 he became a corresponding member of the American Ornithologists' Union . Zedlitz was also an honorary member of the Société ornithologique de Françe (today: La Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France) and of the Silesian Ornithologists' Association in 1926 . Most of his publications appeared in the Journal of Ornithology . He also published articles in ornithological monthly reports , articles on reproductive biology , game and dog , Revue française d'ornithologie , Fauna och Flora , Södra Älvsborgs läns jaktvårdsförenings årsbok .

With his contributions to the systematics of palaeoarctic and African birds, he expanded the previous research tasks in ornithology, for example by relating the breeding season of African birds to the periodicity of the climate or by viewing the weight of the birds as an expression of physiologically-related fluctuations in fat accumulation.

The Count's other numerous friends and acquaintances included Tsar Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians, Lord Walther Rothschild, Baron Carlo von Erlanger , Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch and Friedrich von Lucanus .

Taxa

Graf von Zedlitz described the taxa of different species and subspecies.

species

• Hartert-Camaroptera ( Camaroptera harterti ) ( Zedlitz , 1911)

Subspecies

• Blauastrild ( Uraeginthus angolensis natalensis ) ( Zedlitz , 1911)
• Brown-winged mouse bird ( Colius striatus hilgerti ) ( Zedlitz , 1910)
• Brillentaube ( Streptopelia decipiens elegans ) ( Zedlitz , 1913)
• Rock dove ( Columba livia palaestinae ) ( Zedlitz , 1912)
• Masked Pirol ( Oriolus larvatusreichenowi ) ( Zedlitz , 1916)
• Great Tit-Warbler ( Parisoma subcaeruleum ansorgei ) ( Zedlitz , 1921)
• Nose strip honey indicator ( Indicator minor riggenbachi ) ( Zedlitz , 1915)
• Pearl-bearded bird ( Trachyphonus margaritatus somalicus ) ( Zedlitz , 1910)
• Marsh harrier ( Circus aeruginosus harterti ) ( Zedlitz , 1914)
• Stone Swallow ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula pusilla ) ( Zedlitz , 1908)
• Quail ( Coturnix coturnix erlangeri ) ( Zedlitz , 1912)
• Quail deer ( Ortygospiza fuscocrissa mülleri ) ( Zedlitz , 1911)
• Willow Tit ( Poecile montanus loennbergi ) ( Zedlitz , 1925)

A subspecies of the Kaptriel ( Burhinus capensis ehrenbergi ) ( Zedlitz , 1910) is considered invalid. It turned out that this was the already described species Burhinus capensis dodsoni ( Ogilvie-Grant , 1899). In the case of the subspecies Bonasia bonasia grassmanni ( Zedlitz , 1920), it was later shown that this subspecies of the hazel grouse was described by Carl von Linné as Tetrastes bonasia bonasia as early as 1758 . Together with Friedrich von Lucanus he described Turdus viscivorus jubilaeus in 1917 . Here, too, it turned out later that it is the subspecies of the mistletoe Turdus viscivorus viscivorus ( Linnaeus , 1758). There are many other exhibits from the collection of Graf von Zedlitz in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet , since he bequeathed his entire collection of 7,481 birds to the museum. As a thank you, the Swedish Academy of Science awarded the donor the Great Golden Linnaeus Medal .

Honors and dedications

Oscar Neumann dedicated a subspecies of the desert bullfinch ( Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi ) to him in 1907 , as the latter had provided specimens from his private collection. Two years later, Anton Reichenow named a subspecies of the short-winged Cistus singer ( Cisticola brachypterus zedlitzi ) under the protonym Cisticola zedlitzi in his honor. This type specimen also came from the von Zedlitz collection. The taxon Sylvietta zedlitzi (Reichenow, 1918) is actually the subspecies of the red rein Sylvietta ( Sylvietta whytii jacksoni ) ( Sharpe , 1897). In 1922 Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe described a subspecies of the gray-headed sparrow ( Passer griseus zedlitzi ). However, this is in all probability Passer griseus ugandae ( Reichenow , 1904).

Fonts

• J. Roth, Arthur Berger, Otto Graf von Zedlitz: German pastures under the midnight sun . Paul Parey, Berlin 1902.
• Does the amount of rain that fell in winter have an impact on the breeding business of individual birds in the Chott area south of the Atlas? In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 56 , no. 3 , July 1908, p. 480-487 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Ornithological observations from Tunisia, especially the Chott area . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 57 , no. 2 , April 1909, p. 121-211 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Ornithological observations from Tunisia, especially the Chott area . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 57 , no. 3 , July 1909, p. 241–322 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Some new forms from Northeast Africa . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 18 , no. 1 , 1910, pp. 8-10 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• Some new forms from Northeast Africa . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 18 , 1910, pp. 39-44 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• My ornithological yield from Northeast Africa . In: Journal of Ornithology, 1910 . tape 58 , no. 2 , p. 290–394 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• My ornithological yield from Northeast Africa . In: Journal of Ornithology, 1910 . tape 58 , no. 4 , p. 731-807 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• My ornithological harvest in Northeast Africa . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 59 , no. 1 , January 1911, p. 1-92 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Ornithological notes from the “Zeppelin study trip” Spitzbergen in summer 1910 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 59 , April 2, 1911, pp. 300–327 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Revision of the genus Camaroptera . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 59 , no. 2 , April 1911, p. 328-345 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Addendum to "My ornithological yield in Northeast Africa" . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 59 , no. 2 , April 1911, p. 591-613 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Heinrich von Prussia , Hugo Emil Hergesell , Adolf Miethe , Gustav von Bartenwerffer, Erich von Drygalski , Max Reich , Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck, Hans Hilmers, Ferdinand Leiber, Otto Eduard Graf von Zedlitz and Trützschler, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin : With Zeppelin after Spitzbergen: Pictures from the study trip of the German arctic zeppelin expedition , Bong, Berlin 1911, (Reprint: BookSurge Publishing, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4212-1289-0 )
• From Suez to the St. Catherine's Monastery - an ornithological foray . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 60 , no. 3 , July 1912, p. 325–329 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• From Suez to the St. Catherine's Monastery - an ornithological foray . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 60 , no. 4 , October 1912, p. 529-569 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Ornithological results of Paul Spatz's trip to the Algerian Sahara in the summer of 1912 . In: Novitates Zoologicae . tape 20 , 1913, pp. 164–186 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Ornithological travel pictures from Northern Algeria . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 62 , no. 1 , October 1914, p. 110-134 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Compilation of the nidological observations I made in Algeria in April-June 1913 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 62 , no. 1 , January 1914, p. 134–148 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• South Somaliland as a zoogeographic area . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 62 , no. 4 , October 1914, p. 608-678 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Notes on the City Bird Collection in Kielce . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 23 , 1915, pp. 161–167 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• South Somaliland as a zoogeographic area . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 64 , no. 1 , January 1916, p. 1–119 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• List of birds observed in the Shara area . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 65 , no. January 2 , 1917, p. 278-308 .
• The influence of the Russian winter on the bird world . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 66 , no. 4 , October 1918, p. 409-420 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Observations on corvids in western Russia . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 26 , no. 3/4 , 1918, p. 33–39 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Observations on corvids in western Russia . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 26 , no. 5/6 , 1918, pp. 63-67 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• About the occurrence of cormorant, gadfly and lemonade on the Militscher ponds . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 67 , no. 4 , October 1919, p. 118–123 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• About the forms of Turdus musicus . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 67 , no. 4 , October 1919, p. 485-490 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• The bird species found in the Pripjet Swamp and neighboring areas . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 68 , no. 2 , April 1920, p. 188–235 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• The avifauna of the western Pripjet swamp in the light of research by German ornithologists in the years 1915–1918 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 68 , no. 3-4 , July 1920, pp. 350–388 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed August 31, 2015]).
• Otto Graf von Zedlitz: The avifauna of the western Pripjet swamp in the light of research by German ornithologists in the years 1915–1918 . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 69 , no. 3 , 1921, pp. 269-399 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
• A contribution to the biology of Colymbus arcticus L. In: Journal for Ornithology . tape 70 , no. 4 , October 1922, p. 419-423 .
• Permanent marriages in birds . F. Bär, Neisse 1924.
• Recent shifts in Sweden's avifauna . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 73 , no. 3 , July 1925, p. 395-417 .
• Weights as an aid to biological research . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 74 , 1926, pp. 296-303 .

literature

• Graf von Studnitz: Otto-Eduard Graf von Zedlitz-Trützschler . In: Deutsches Adelsblatt . tape 18 , 1979, p. 175-176 .
• Erwin Stresemann: Otto Graf Zedlitz . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 76 , no. 1 , 1928, pp. 231–235 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01923571 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Roland Prinzinger: 150 years of the German Ornithological Society . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 142 , 1 Supplement 1, 2001, p. 2-26 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01651445 .
• William Lutley Sclater: Obituary Otto Graf von Zedlitz and Trützschler . In: The Ibis . tape 70 , no. 2 , 1928, p. 328–329 ( onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF; accessed March 22, 2013]).
• Oscar Rudolph Neumann: About the geographical forms of the desert trumpeter . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 15 , no. 9 , 1907, pp. 144-146 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed October 9, 2012]).
• Anton Reichenow: New Bird Species . In: Ornithological monthly reports . tape 17 , no. 3 , 1907, pp. 41-42 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed March 22, 2013]).
• Anton Reichenow: Mr. Reichenow describes the following new species . In: Journal of Ornithology . tape 66 , no. 4 , 1918, pp. 437-439 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed March 22, 2013]).
• Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe: Count Gyldenstolpe had forwared the following notes and descriptions of the new birds obtained, which were communicated to the Club by Mr. Bannermann . In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . tape 43 , 1922, pp. 31-39 ( biodiversitylibrary.org [accessed March 22, 2013]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Notes and News (PDF; 332 kB)
2. ^ Otto Graf Zedlitz in Journal of Ornithology
3. ↑ Streptopelia decipiens elegans from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Oriolus larvatusreichenowi from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( memento of the original from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Parisoma subcaeruleum ansorgei from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Circus aeruginosus harterti from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Ptyonoprogne fuligula pusilla from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Ortygospiza atricollis mülleri from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( memento of the original from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Bonasia bonasia grassmanni from the Zedlitz collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm
10. ↑ Turdus viscivorus jubilaeus from the Zedlitz Collection in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet Stockholm ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Oscar Rudolph Neumann, p. 144. The first description follows on p. 145.
12. ^ Anton Reichenow (1909), p. 144.
13. ^ Anton Reichenow (1918), p. 437.
14. ↑ Sylvietta zedlitzi ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ Nils Carl Gustaf Fersen Gyldenstolpe, p. 32.
16. ↑ Commentary on Passer griseus zedlitzi (PDF; 6.7 MB).