Eugene William Oates

Eugene William Oates (31. Dezember 1845 i​n Agrigent, Sizilien – 16. November 1911 i​n Edgbaston, England) w​ar ein britischer Naturwissenschaftler.

Eugene William Ooates, 1908

Leben

Oates w​urde 1845 a​uf Sizilien geboren u​nd ging i​m englischen Bath z​ur Schule. Er besuchte d​ort zeitweise d​as Sydney College u​nd wurde später v​on Privatlehrern unterrichtet.[1] Zwischen 1867 u​nd 1899 w​ar er Beamter d​er britischen Kolonialverwaltung i​n Indien u​nd Burma. Nach seiner Pensionierung kehrte e​r nach Großbritannien zurück, w​o er a​m Natural History Museum i​n London d​ie Vogeleiersammlung katalogisierte. Von 1898 b​is 1901 w​ar er außerdem Sekretär d​er British Ornithologists’ Union.

Dedikationsnamen

Die indische Schlangenart Typhlops oatesii, d​ie George Albert Boulenger 1890 beschrieb, trägt i​hr Artepitheton oatesii z​u seinen Ehren.[2] Allan Octavian Hume e​hrte ihn 1873 i​m Namen d​er Rostbauchpitta (Hydrornis oatesi)[3]. George Rippon (1861–1927) nannte 1903 d​ie Assam-Zaunkönigstimalie (Spelaeornis oatesi).[4] Außerdem findet s​ich sein Name i​n den Unterarten d​es Swinhoeblauschnäppers (Niltava vivida oatesi Salvadori, 1887)[5], d​es Eichelhähers (Garrulus glandarius oatesi Sharpe, 1896)[6], d​er Schwarzbrauen-Papageimeise (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris oatesi (Sharpe, 1903))[7] u​nd des Kalifasans (Lophura leucomelanos oatesi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893))[8]. Die v​on Herbert Hastings Harington 1913 beschriebene Unterart Siva cyanouroptera oatesi[9] g​ilt heute a​ls Synonym für d​ie Blauflügelsiva (Siva cyanouroptera sordidior (Sharpe, 1888)), d​ie von Charles Boughey Rickett 1901 beschriebene Art Anser oatesi[10] a​ls Synonym für d​ie Kurzschnabelgans (Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834).

Veröffentlichungen
  • Oates, E.W. (1883). A handbook to the birds of British Burmah including those found in the adjoining state of Karennee. Vol II. R.H. Porter, London.
  • Oates, E.W. (1888). On the Indian and Burmese Scorpions of the Genus Isometrus, with Description of Three new Species. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol.iii, p. 244–250
  • Oates, E.W. (1899). A manual of the Game Birds of India. Vol. II, p. 139–146. Cambridge: Bombay.
  • Oates, E.W. & Blanford, W.T. (1889–98). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. (birds). 4 vols. Taylor & Francis, London.

Literatur
  • Unbekannt: Obituary: Eugene William Oates. In: The Ibis (= 9). Band 6, Nr. 3, 1912, S. 341–342 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Tommaso Salvadori: Diagnosi di nuove specie di Uccelli del Tenasserim raccolti de Sig. Leonardo Fea. In: Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (= 2). Band 5, 1887, S. 514–516 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • William Robert Ogilvie-Grant: Catalogue of the Game Birds (Pterocletes, Gallinae, Opisthocomi, Hemipodii) Collection in the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees, London 1893 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Allan Octavian Hume: Novelities? In: Stray feathers. Journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies. Band 1, Nr. 6, 1873, S. 464–483 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe: Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe sent a description of two apparently new species of birds. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Band 5, Nr. 36, 1896, S. 44 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe: A hand-list of the genera and species of birds: nomenclator avium tum fossilium tum viventium. Band 4. Order of the Trustees, London 1903 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • George Rippon: On new species from the Southern Chin Hills. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Band 14, Nr. 36, 1904, S. 83–84 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Herbert Hastings Harington: Major H. H. Harington described the following new forms of Timelidae. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Band 33, Nr. 192, 1913, S. 59–63 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • Charles Boughey Rickett: C.B. Rickett exhibited specimen of two apparently new species of birds from China. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Band 11, Nr. 77, 1901, S. 46 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
  • George Albert Boulenger: The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma published under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Councii Edited by W.T. Blanfort Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London 1890 (biodiversitylibrary.org).

Einzelbelege
  1. Anon.: Obituary: Eugene William Oates. In: Ibis. 54, Nr. 2, 1912. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1912.tb05299.x
  2. George Albert Boulenger, S. 238.
  3. Allan Octavian Hume, S. 477.
  4. George Rippon, S. 83.
  5. Tommaso Salvadori, S. 514.
  6. Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896), S. 44.
  7. Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1903), S. 70.
  8. William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, S. 306.
  9. Herbert Hastings Harington, S. 62.
  10. Charles Boughey Rickett, S. 46.
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