Talk:Bat hawk

Original description
"Une des plus importantes découvertes de l'ornithologie moderne est celle que je proclame d'un Falconide qui remplace, dans l'Asie orientale, les Cymindis de l'Amerique. Son bec, extrêment petit, très-comprimé, à arète tranchante, ressemblant à celui des Alcæ, a décidé Schlegel luimême, ennemi déclaré des genres nouveaux, à le considérer comme tel sous le nom de Macheiramphus; ce sera Macheiramphus alcinus. Il vient de la presqu'île de Malacca. Ses ailes sont de longueur moyenne, à première rémige égale à la cinquième, la troisième étant la plus longue de toutes."

Google Translate gives me this:

"One of the most important discoveries of modern ornithology is what I proclaim a Falconide replaces, in East Asia, Cymindis of America. Its beak, extremely small, very compressed, in sharp arris, resembling that of Alcæ decided Schlegel himself, declared enemy of new genres, to be considered as such under the name Macheiramphus; it will Macheiramphus alcinus. It comes from the Malay Peninsula. Its wings are of medium length, equal to the first remix in the fifth, the third being the longest of all."

Does this mean that Schlegel coined the name, but Bonaparte was responsible for the published description?

Pelagic (talk) 05:56, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Slightly tweaked translation:

"One of the most important discoveries of modern ornithology is what I proclaim a raptor that replaces, in East Asia, Cymindis of America. Its beak, extremely small, very compressed, in sharp arris, resembling that of auks, decided Schlegel himself, declared enemy of new genres, to be considered as such under the name Macheiramphus; it will be Macheiramphus alcinus. It comes from the Malay Peninsula. Its wings are of medium length, the first flight feather equal to the fifth, the third being the longest of all."

Pelagic (talk) 04:09, 1 November 2014 (UTC)