Robert Cecil Beavan

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Robert Cecil Beavan (born August 14, 1841 in Mynporie (Minporee) , India , † February 3, 1870 at sea) was a British naturalist interested in ornithology who served as a captain in the British Indian Army .

Life

Robert Cecil Beavan was the firstborn son of the British officer Robert Beavan (1809-1853) stationed in India and his wife Cecilia Mabel Drury (1821-1896), a descendant of the British scholar Benjamin Heath (1704-1766). Both of the couple's sons were born in India. When Robert C. Beavan was twelve years old, his father died in India in October 1853. On November 4, 1859, he himself entered the British Indian Army and served for ten years in their Bengal Staff Corps .

During his years of service in the army he was a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London . In many different places he collected numerous specimens of bird species and bird eggs and wrote treatises on his discoveries and observations. He also described some species of birds that he had received from his younger brother Reginald (1843-1927), who from 1861 was also a member of the British Army in India. Captain Beavan sent his contributions to the ornithological journal The Ibis and to the Zoological Society of London, which they published in their magazine Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London .

In 1864, Beavan worked at Barrackpore and spent the winter in the now defunct Maunbhoom district , a region that had been explored by Samuel Tickell and Edward Blyth before him . From there came a specimen of a subspecies of the Indian pointed squirrel ( Anathana ellioti pallida ), which he gave to the British Museum . His communications from there were published in The Ibis in 1865 under the title Notes on various Indian Birds . During his stay on the Andaman Islands, Beavan was able to expand his collection further. Using information to him Colonel Robert Christopher Tytler had provided, he could 1867 a work entitled The avifauna of the Andaman Islands (German: The avifauna of the Andaman Islands ) finish and parts thereof gradually in The Ibis publish . Beavan also worked with the Scottish ornithologist AO Hume .

In early 1870 Beavan wanted to return to England because of his poor health. However, he died of emaciation at the age of 28 while traveling on a merchant navy ship.

After his death, Beavan's collections were incorporated into the collections of Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale , Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin . They are kept in the Natural History Museum in London . His book on the freshwater fishes of India "Handbook of the Freshwater Fishes of India" was published in 1877 seven years after his death.

First descriptions by Robert Cecil Beavan

The Andaman falcon owl ( Ninox affinis BEAVAN), one of the bird species that Robert Cecil Beavan first described scientifically
Andaman Endrongo

Beavan has numerous species and subspecies that were new to science described .

species

The species include chronological u. a .:

  • Andaman endrongo ( Dicrurus andamanensis Beavan , 1867)
  • Andaman falcon owl ( Ninox affinis Beavan , 1867)
  • Andaman cuckoo ( Centropus andamanensis Beavan , 1867)

Subspecies

The subspecies include chronological and a .:

  • Andaman star ( Sturnia erythropygia andamanensis ( Beavan , 1867))
  • Beo ( Gracula religiosa andamanensis ( Beavan , 1867))
  • Salangana ( Collocalia esculenta affinis Beavan , 1867)
  • Scarlet nigbird ( Pericrocotus speciosus andamanensis Beavan , 1867)
  • Black- necked Flycatcher ( Hypothymis azurea tytleri ( Beavan , 1867))
  • Black-necked Pyrol ( Oriolus chinensis andamanensis Beavan , 1867)

Dedication names

A subspecies of the red-breasted tit Parus rubidiventris beavani was named Jerdon in his honor by Thomas Caverhill in 1863 . In 1867 Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale named a subspecies of the rust prinie ( Prinia rufescens beavani ) after him. The Beavan's Kingfisher (Alcedo beavani) , which Hays described in 1874, is now a synonym for the meninting kingfisher subspecies ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra Walden , 1873). Charles Vaurie named a gray drong subspecies ( Dicrurus leucophaeus beavani ) in 1949 , a name that is now considered a synonym for another subspecies of the gray drongo ( Dicrurus leucophaeus longicaudatus Jerdon , 1862). The masked bullfinch ( Pyrrhula erythaca Blyth , 1862), which Beavan first collected on Mount Tonglu, is sometimes called Beavan's Bullfinch in English .

Wilhelm Peters dedicated to him in 1867 Mus beavanii , synonymous with Mus terri color Blyth , 1851. Albert Guenther called 1868 a collective of Beavan Schistura -Art Schistura beavani .

Publications (selection)

  • Notes on the Horned Pheasant . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 4 , 1864, p. 195-197 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on specimens of Birds' egg collected near Barrackpore . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1864 . 1864, p. 375-377 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Remarks on the Tusseh Silkworm of Bengal . In: Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History . tape 22 , 1864, p. 9269-9272 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The Rhinoceros in Bhotan . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 6 , 1865, p. 170-174 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XXXIII. Notes on various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 1 , no. 4 , 1865, p. 400-423 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • An Indian Building Insect (Pelopoeus madraspatanus) . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 6 , 1865, p. 314-317 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The patridges of Bengal . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 7 , 1865, p. 223-226 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Indian ornithological notes, chiefly on the migration of species . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1865 . 1865, p. 690-695 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Trip to Zwagaben and discovery of Nemorhaedus Sumatrensis . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1866 . 1866, p. 2-4 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on our common Indian birds . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 9 , 1866, pp. 102-106 ( books.google.de ).
  • The Choughs of the Himalayas . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 3 , no. 9 , 1868, p. 136-138 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on the Panolia deer or Tamyn (Cervus eldi) . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1867 . 1867, p. 759-766 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XVIII. The Avifauna of the Andaman Islands . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 3 , no. 9 , 1867, p. 314-334 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XXVI. Notes on various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 3 , no. 12 , 1867, p. 430-455 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • The Lineated Pheasant of Burmah, Gallophasis lineatus . In: Intellectual Observer . tape 10 , 1867, p. 170-174 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Contributions towards a history of Panola eldi, McLelland . In: The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. tape 36 , no. 2 , 1867, p. 175-188 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • VIII. Notes on Various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 4 , no. 13 , 1868, p. 73-85 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XIII. Notes on Various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 4 , no. 14 , 1868, p. 165-181 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Correction: Notes on Various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 4 , no. 15 , 1868, p. 355-356 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XXXI. Notes on Various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 4 , no. 16 , 1868, pp. 370-406 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Notes on Buchanga waldensi . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 4 , no. 37 , 1868, p. 496-497 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Sundry Notes on Indian Raptors . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1868 . 1868, p. 390-402 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XXXVII. Additional Notes on various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 5 , no. 20 , 1869, pp. 403-426 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • XXII. Additional Notes on various Indian Birds . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 6 , no. 15 , 1870, p. 310-327 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

There is also a manuscript in the Natural History Museum with the title:

  • Catalog of birds collected in the Maunbhoom district (Chota Nagpore) in Feby. March & April 1864 .

literature

  • Alfred Newton: Obituary - Robert Cecil Beavan . In: The Ibis (=  2 ). tape 6 , no. 22 , 1870, p. 301-302 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Frances E. Warr: Manuscripts and Drawings in the Ornithology and Rothschild Libraries of the Natural History Museum at Tring . British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publication, London 1997, ISBN 978-0-9522886-1-9 .
  • Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns: The Bird Collectors . Academic Press Limited, London 1998, ISBN 978-0-12-487440-4 , pp. 196-197 .
  • Thomas Caverhill Jerdon: The birds of India: being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India . Printed for the Author by the Military Orphan Press, Calcutta 1863 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Edward Blyth: The following notes are extracted from Mr. Blyth's more recent letters . In: The Ibis . tape 4 , no. 16 , 1862, pp. 387-390 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale: Notes on Birds collected in Tenasserin and in the Andaman Islands . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1866 . 1866, p. 537-556 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale: Description of some new species of birds . In: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History (=  4 ). tape 14 , no. 80 , 1874, pp. 156-158 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Wilhelm Peters: Notes on a Collection of Mice, made by Capitain AC Beaven at Mauhhoum in 1965 . In: Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1867 . 1866, p. 558-559 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Charles Vaurie: A revision of the bird family Dicruridae . In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . tape 93 , no. 4 , 1949, pp. 199–342 ( digitallibrary.amnh.org [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
  • Albert Günther: Catalog of the fishes in the British Museum . Catalog of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidæ, Gonorhynchiidæ, Hypodontidæ, Osteoglossidæ, Clupeidæ, Chirocentridæ, Alepochephalidæ, Notopteridæ, Halosauridæ, in the collection of the British Museum. tape 7 . Printed by Order of the Trustees, London 1868 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parbury, Allen, and Company: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia. Parbury, Allen, and Company, 1841, p. 300 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ a b Personal data at ancestry.com, accessed on January 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ The Quarterly Army List Of Her Majestys British And Indian Forces, On Their Bengal Establishment. In: archive.org. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
  4. ^ Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse, 1850). In: gbif.org. Retrieved October 18, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Periparus rubidiventris beavani (red-bellied tit beavani) - Avibase. In: avibase.bsc-eoc.org. June 24, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-408-13326-2 , p. 69 ( archive.org ).
  7. ^ Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1866) p. 551.
  8. ^ Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale (1874) p. 158.
  9. ^ Charles Vaurie p. 243.
  10. ^ Edward Blyth p. 389.
  11. ^ Wilhelm Peters p. 559.
  12. ↑ Albert Günther pp. 350–351.
  13. ^ Bibliography of South Asia Ornithology: Records. In: southasiaornith.in. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale was known from 1862 to 1876 under the name Arthur Viscount Walden. Even if the volume of the Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London indicates the year 1866, the article did not appear until 1867. Thus, the year of publication according to the International Rules for Zoological Nomenclature is 1867.
personal data
SURNAME Beavan, Robert Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beavan, Robert C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British military and naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainpuri , India
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1870
Place of death at sea