As early as 1874, the French scientist P^re A. David introduced to science a new bird species, Trochalopteron milnei, described as: "Ressemblant au T.formosum du Setchouan, mais ayant le dessus de la tete couleur de...As early as 1874, the French scientist P^re A. David introduced to science a new bird species, Trochalopteron milnei, described as: "Ressemblant au T.formosum du Setchouan, mais ayant le dessus de la tete couleur de cannelle ou d'amadou, et la r6gion parotique blanche" (David, 1874). The bird skin that P^re David collected, and so far deposited in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, was from "Koaten of W Fo-kien", in the current Chinese romanization system, Koaten is spelt as Guadun and Fo-kien spelt as Fujian.展开更多
文摘As early as 1874, the French scientist P^re A. David introduced to science a new bird species, Trochalopteron milnei, described as: "Ressemblant au T.formosum du Setchouan, mais ayant le dessus de la tete couleur de cannelle ou d'amadou, et la r6gion parotique blanche" (David, 1874). The bird skin that P^re David collected, and so far deposited in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, was from "Koaten of W Fo-kien", in the current Chinese romanization system, Koaten is spelt as Guadun and Fo-kien spelt as Fujian.