[UMZC Vertebrates 16/Lar/15/q/1] Sterna repressa - Location Imprecise

[paintedstork]

During Jerdon's times, this would have meant Madras presidency - which is a wide area covering present day Tamil Nadu and northern Kerala. Is it possible to get to the original tag and find the actual location? Rasmussen & Anderton (2005) includes "Madras" coast in its range - probably based on this specimen. Jerdon reported a Sterna from Ooty lake, identified as Sterna fluviatilis [=Sterna hirundo] which Hume's commented that it is most likely Sterna albigena [=Strena repressa] or Sterna tibetana [=Sterna hirundo tibetana](Stray Feathers Vol 10: pp:418). I wonder if this specimen would relate to that record and can the identification be ascertained ? thanks & best rgds Praveen

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Term	Value
Modified	2014-04-12
Language	en
InstitutionID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34902
CollectionID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34903
InstitutionCode	UMZC
CollectionCode	Vertebrates
BasisOfRecord	PreservedSpecimen
OccurrenceID	urn:catalog:UMZC:Vertebrates:16/Lar/15/q/1
CatalogNumber	16/Lar/15/q/1
RecordedBy	Jerdon, T.C.
IndividualCount	1
EstablishmentMeans	native
OccurrenceStatus	present
Preparations	Skin (un-mounted)
EventDate	1845
Year	1845
VerbatimEventDate	1845
HigherGeography	;[India];;;;;;
Country	[India]
Locality	Madras
VerbatimLocality	; [India]; ; ; ; ; ; Madras
ScientificName	Sterna repressa
HigherClassification	ANIMALIA:CHORDATA:Aves:Ciconiiformes:LARIDAE:Sterna
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae
Genus	Sterna
SpecificEpithet	repressa
TaxonRank	species
NomenclaturalCode	ICZN

[dbloom]

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[paintedstork]

Thank you very much Sir,

There is no urgency. As long as someone attends to it at some point in the future, it is fine. Would it be OK to keep this issue open so that the right people can get to it when their time permits? If not, any other alternate process which does not involve me raising a fresh github issue so that this point is not completely forgotten?

Tnx n rgds Praveen On 28-Jul-2016 12:30 am, "David Bloom" notifications@github.com wrote:

@paintedstork https://github.com/paintedstork I have attempted to contact the curator at the UCZM to alert them to this issue. It appears they may be unable to address any issues for a time. If you need me to follow up again, please let me know. In the meantime, here is the auto-response I received, some of the links may be of use.

The Museum is currently closed for an exciting redevelopment. As such we are extremely time limited.

For information about the collections please consult our online catalogue:

http://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/collections.archives/catalogues/

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[tucotuco]

Yes, this issue will remain open until addressed.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:31 PM, paintedstork notifications@github.com wrote:

Thank you very much Sir,

There is no urgency. As long as someone attends to it at some point in the future, it is fine. Would it be OK to keep this issue open so that the right people can get to it when their time permits? If not, any other alternate process which does not involve me raising a fresh github issue so that this point is not completely forgotten?

Tnx n rgds Praveen On 28-Jul-2016 12:30 am, "David Bloom" notifications@github.com wrote:

@paintedstork https://github.com/paintedstork I have attempted to contact the curator at the UCZM to alert them to this issue. It appears they may be unable to address any issues for a time. If you need me to follow up again, please let me know. In the meantime, here is the auto-response I received, some of the links may be of use.

The Museum is currently closed for an exciting redevelopment. As such we are extremely time limited.

For information about the collections please consult our online catalogue:

http://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/collections.archives/catalogues/

For academic use please contact the relevant curator(s) after reading the following:

http://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/collections.archives/academic.use/

http://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/who.we.are/people/

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