User:Pelagic/sandbox/notes/birds/raptors/vieillot

I'm interested in Veillot's taxonomy of raptors, but unfortunately haven't found any English translation of his Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. (Would this translate as "Analysis of a new elementary ornithology"?)

He appears to have coined many genus names.

The Smithsonian Libraries have digitized an 1883 edition of the 1816 book: this version is available via Internet Archive vieillotsanalyse00viei, Biodiversity Library vieillotsanalyse00viei DOI and Open Library OL23356508M.

He starts with raptors as the first order on page 21: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46097#page/21/, giving the taxon names in French and Latin. I have italicized the Latin but not the French, as in the original.

The constituent species are listed in either French or Latin, depending on the original authority; I have attempted English translations for some, and omitted some that don't add extra information (e.g. genus pygargue, species pygargue). Note that Veillot has many genera, with few species in each. Compare this to Turton (1800), who has many more species listed in total.

List of raptor tribes, families, and genera

 * order Accipitres / Accipitres
 * tribe Diurnes / Diurni
 * family Vautourins / Vulturini
 * genus Vautour, Vultur, Linné. Gmelin. Latham.
 * Species: little vulture, griffon, black vulture.
 * genus Zopilote, Gypagus. (Vultur, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * Species: king of vultures, vultur gryffus.
 * genus Gallinaze, Catharista. (Vultur, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * Species: vautour urubu, aura.
 * genus Iribin, Daptrius
 * Iribin noir, Daptrius ater (gen. et sp. nov.) lives in Brasil
 * genus Rancanca, Ibycter. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * Species: little American eagle
 * genus Caracara, Polyborus. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath)
 * Species: caracara
 * family Gypaëtes / Gypaëti.
 * Phène, Phene, Savigny (bird of Egypt and Syria). (Vultur, Lin. Falco, Gm. Lath.)
 * Species: alpine gypaëtus
 * family Accipitrins / Accipitrini
 * section A. long wings (Ailes longues)
 * genus Aigle, Aquila. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * Species: common eagle
 * genus Pygargue, Haliæetus, Savig. (Falco), Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * genus Balbuzard, Pandion, Savig. (Falco, Lin. Gm. Lath.)
 * genus Circaëte, Circaëtus. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * species Jean-de-Blanc
 * genus Busard, Circus. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * genus Buse, Buteo. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * genus Milan, Milvus. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * genus Couhyeh, Elanus, Savig, (Falco, Lath.)
 * species Blac
 * genus Ictinie, Ictinia. (Falco, Lath.)
 * species milan-cresserelle (kestrel-kite)
 * genus Faucon, Falco. Linn. Gm. Lath.
 * species falcon, cresserelle (crécerelle, kestrel)
 * section B. medium wings (Ailes médiocres).
 * Physète, Physeta. (Falco, Gm. Lath.)
 * species Falco sufflator, Gra. (laughing falcon, see Aves in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
 * genus Harpie, Harpia. (Vultur, Linn. Lath. Falco, Gm.)
 * species Aigle destructeur
 * genus Spizaëte, Spizaëtus. (Falco, Gm. Lath.)
 * species Autour huppé, Aigle moucheté (crested hawk, spotted eagle)
 * genus Asturine, Asturina.
 * Asturie cendrée Asturia cineria (genus et species novae) lives in Guiana
 * genus Épervier, Sparvius. (Falco, Linn. Gm. Lath.)
 * species Autour (goshawk), Épervier (sparrow hawk)
 * tribe Nocturnes / Nocturni
 * family Ægoliens, Ægolii
 * genus Chouette, Strix. Linn. Gm. Lath.
 * species chouette-épervier, effraie, scops

Greek glossary
An appendix gives Latin glosses for Greek-based names. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46097#page/87/

Due to keyboard limitations, I have transliterated the Greek into Roman script, using ’ and ‘ for breathing accents; with í ò etc. for the other accents. O-mega is ō (I was tempted to use 'w', but it looked wrong); unaccented is o-micron. Theta and psi are th (katharizo) and ps (gyps). Zeta is 'z' rather than 'ts'; upsilon/ypsilon is 'y' rather than 'u'; eta/heta is 'h' (’ibykth`r could equally have been written ’ibuktÈr).


 * Ægolii (a’igōlios, ulula) – howl, hoot?, screech? (as in screech-owl)
 * Catharista (katharizō, purifico) – purify, cleanse, purge
 * Circaetus (kírkos, circus, ’áetos, aquila) – circling eagle
 * Daptrius (dáptrios, vorator) – devourer
 * Gypagus (gỳps, vultur, ’agòs, dux) – leading or commanding vulture
 * Ibycter (’ibykth`r, vociferator) – loud, shouting
 * Spizaëtus (spizía, accipiter, ’aetòs, aquila ) – hawk eagle

Summary list
Just the Latin names. Entries in bold are existing taxa, credited to other authors; all other names may have been new.


 * order Accipitres L.
 * tribe Diurni
 * family Vulturini
 * genera: Vultur Linné Gmelin Latham; Gypagus; Catharista; Daptrius (new species Daptrius ater, Brazil); Ibycter; Polyborus
 * family Gypaëti.
 * genus Phene Savigny
 * family Accipitrini
 * section A. long wings (Ailes longues)
 * genera: Aquila; Haliæetus Savig.; Pandion Savig.; Circaëtus; Circus; Buteo; Milvus; Elanus Savig.; Ictinia; Falco Linn. Gm. Lath.
 * section B. medium wings (Ailes médiocres).
 * genera: Physeta; Harpia; Spizaëtus; Asturina (new species Asturia cineria, Guiana); Sparvius.
 * tribe Nocturni
 * family Ægolii
 * genus Strix. Linn. Gm. Lath.