- Italian Ornithological Web Site by Alberto Masi since 1996

-

 
 

versione italiana
 

      One new proposal :  " mocinoi "   or " mocini ".
 

      PREMISED:

               Quetzal or Splendid Trogone, in english Resplendent Quetzal / the Quetzal
      it is brought back from the J.L. Peters (Check-list of Birds of the World, vol.V pag.148) with
      scientific name Pharomachrus mocino de la Llave,1832 .

      " mocino " is the name for José Mariano Mociño (1757-1819) naturalist and Mexican botanist.

      On the base of the Spanish letter " ñ ", Eisenmann (1959), Auk 76, 108, writes:

        “Latin words with “nn” generally softened in Spanish into “ñ”, and  the “ñ” sound
        was  formerly written “nn”.  The tilde represents the suppressed extra “n” of  the
        older  orthography.
        Trasliteration into Latin of the Spanish “ñ”  by  “nn”  was standard scientific usage -
        recommended  by the A.O.U. Code of  Nomenclature: 65, 1892 ”.

     Later on the scientific denomination of the Quetzal has been modified in " mocinno ",
     therefore currently it is called:  Pharomachrus mocinno de la Llave,1832 .

      ARGUMENT:

      Recommended how much from the A.O.U. (65.1892), to my warning, do not have to be
      put into effect to recalled species. Mociño is a last name. The last names not always need of
      one transliteration.
      For correctness, in truth we could use also the genitivo (than in ourscase would be  mocinoi
      or, better  mocini).

      In the specific case, being a name (Spanish) of person, therefore much analogous one to the
      Latin, it does not have need of being strengthened with " nn ". It can remain invariate. In the
      writing " ñ " is adeguate substitute in  " n to the Latin ".

     It pronounces does not have to be considered. Present must itself instead be held who is of
     onewritten (of a language near the Latin) and that the person names do not have to be
     standard but most possible left unchanged (latinized).

      CONCLUSION:

     I think that the scientific nomenclature already brought back from the J.L.Peters can be
    restored in 1945:  Pharomachrus mocino de la Llave,1832  name to the nominative case.

                                                   PROPOSAL:

     For exposed how much I ask the restoration for the name.

     In alternative, the adoption and the use of the term " Pharomachrus mocinoi or  mocini
     Masi, 1995 " name to the genitivo, junore synonym, that I propose.

                                                                              Alberto Masi

     e-mail scricciolo@yahoo.com