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-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:18, 22 April 2016‎ (UTC)

Reginald Beavan edit

Regarding your recent edits to Reginald Beavan, changing our description from "ornithologist" to "ichthyologist": we list him as the author of the names of three species of bird. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:47, 1 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Reginald Beavan is the younger brother of Robert Cecil Beavan (1841-1870). There is no C. In Reginald Beavans name. All birds are described by R.C. Beavan. Therefore his Obituary in The Ibis. Two publications here and here are from Reginald. All about fish and nothing about birds. It is true that he collected for his brother Robert Cecil Beavan. But he never described any bird. So he is in my opinion rather an ichthyologist than an ornithologist. In the German Wiki you can find all birds described by R.C. Beavan. Hope you can accept my explanation. See also my discussion here if you are still not convinced. I doubt even that he described a new fish.--Earwig (talk) 07:21, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
None of which I dispute, My point is: "we list him [Reginald] as the author of the names of three species of bird". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:21, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
And all three should be attributed to Robert Cecil Beavan instaed.--Earwig (talk) 12:00, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
If you have sources for that, please make the necessary adjustments. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:37, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
I now see you have already done so; thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:42, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply