[MVZ Bird specimens 81048] Dendroica tigrina - date / collector

[KenBlankenship]

I believe there are several likely errors in the data related to this record, and they may simply be a matter of poor handwriting on old tags or ledgers. Though I am not familiar with a "G.J." Rossignol, "G.R. Rossignol" was an active naturalist and field ornithologist in the Savannah area in the first part of the 20th century, having obtained and prepared a number of avian specimens that are in various collections today. I have yet to locate any extant specimens from Georgia older than 1825 (among over 10,000+ so far), so it is much more likely that the year is actually 1918 and the collector was Gilbert R. Rossignol; it was almost certainly collected in Chatham County, but if there is not indication on the tag there is no way to know at this point. Finally, 20 June would be an extremely odd date for a Cape May Warbler to be in Georgia, it being a species whose breeding range is hundreds of miles to our north... perhaps the month is wrong as well?

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You can view the original detail page on VertNet. Here are the original record contents:

Term	Value
InstitutionID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777
CollectionID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34952
InstitutionCode	MVZ
CollectionCode	Bird specimens
BasisOfRecord	PreservedSpecimen
DynamicProperties	sex=unknown ; age=u ad.
OccurrenceID	urn:occurrence:Arctos:MVZ:Bird:81048:485265
CatalogNumber	81048
OccurrenceRemarks	COLL. OF ARTHUR H. HOWELL.
RecordedBy	Collector(s): G. J. Rossignol
IndividualID	http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Bird:81048
IndividualCount	1
Sex	unknown
EstablishmentMeans	wild caught
Preparations	study skin
PreviousIdentifications	Dendroica tigrina (accepted ID) identified by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley on 1999-01-27; method: legacy
EventDate	1818-06-20/1999-02-04
EventTime	1818-06-20/1999-02-04
VerbatimEventDate	not recorded
HigherGeography	North America, United States, Georgia
Continent	North America
Country	United States
StateProvince	Georgia
Locality	no specific locality recorded
VerbatimLocality	no specific locality recorded
LocationAccordingTo	Ashley Roddy
VerbatimCoordinates	32.6875/-83.3467
VerbatimCoordinateSystem	decimal degrees
DecimalLatitude	32.6875
DecimalLongitude	-83.3467
GeodeticDatum	North American Datum 1927
CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters	256690.368
GeoreferencedBy	Ashley Roddy
GeoreferencedDate	2003-03-31 00:00:00.0
GeoreferenceProtocol	MaNIS georeferencing guidelines
GeoreferenceSources	Topozone.com gazetteer
GeoreferenceVerificationStatus	unverified
IdentifiedBy	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
DateIdentified	1999-01-27
IdentificationVerificationStatus	legacy
IdentificationQualifier	A
ScientificName	Dendroica tigrina
HigherClassification	Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Passeriformes; Parulidae;
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Parulidae
Genus	Dendroica
SpecificEpithet	tigrina
NomenclaturalCode	ICZN

[ccicero]

I checked the specimen and there are two labels. The original label is from the collection of A. H. Howell and gives the collector as "G. T. Rossignol" whereas the second MVZ label lists the name as "G. J. Rossignol." Neither tag shows the name as "G. R. Rossignol." The only locality that's given is "Georgia" and there is no date. Thus, the range of dates given in Arctos and VertNet is based on our formula for unknown dates (date of earliest MVZ specimen to date when our data were migrated to a new system).

[KenBlankenship]

Cool. Thanks! KB

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I checked the specimen and there are two labels. The original label is from the collection of A. H. Howell and gives the collector as "G. T. Rossignol" whereas the second MVZ label lists the name as "G. J. Rossignol." Neither tag shows the name as "G. R. Rossignol." The only locality that's given is "Georgia" and there is no date. Thus, the range of dates given in Arctos and VertNet is based on our formula for unknown dates (date of earliest MVZ specimen to date when our data were migrated to a new system).

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[ccicero]

I have updated the record in Arctos to reflect the uncertainty in collector.