The Key to Scientific Names
- grisola
Mod. L. grisola name given by Aldrovandus 1603, to a small, ash-coloured bird with a mournful cry (cf. < dim. Med. L. griseum grey).
● "113. MUSCICAPA. ... Grisola. 20. M. subfusca, subtus albicans, collo longitudinaliter maculato, crisso rufescente. Muscicapa. Briss. av. 2. p. 357. t. 35. f. 3. Grisola. Aldr. orn. 2. p. 737. t. 738. Will. orn. 82 & 171. Raj. av. 81. Staparola. Will. orn. 159. Currucis s. Ficedulis cognata. Gesn. av. 629. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Muscicapa striata).
● "Tephrodornis superciliosus ... The female of this bird appears to present an extraordinary difference from the male. I brought down two at a shot ... One was a young male, retaining most of its nestling feathers, which on the head and body resembled the corresponding garb of Muscicapa grisola ... the other bird was an adult female. ... the diversity in the tail is so remarkable, that I imagine few would incline to regard them as specifically the same.* ... *I have since shot a female of this species not differing from the male, which leads me to conclude that the female above is distinct" (Blyth 1842); "The supposed variety of Tephrodornis superciliosus, having no whitish line over the eye, nor white on the exterior tail-feathers, may be designated T. grisola" (Blyth 1843). The type having been lost, this bird is generally regarded as unidentifiable (syn. Pachycephala cinerea).- isola
Mod. L. isola isolate < French isolé isolated < Late L. insulatus made into an island < L. insula, insulae island.
- isolata
Mod. L. isolatus isolated, insular < French isolé isolated < Late L. insulatus made into an island < L. insula, insulae island.
- pseudogrisola
Gr. ψευδος pseudos false; specific name Muscicapa grisola Linnaeus, 1766 (= syn. Muscicapa striata); "Alseonax pseudogrisola n. (Pl. IV.) A Flycatcher shot at Njoro in the thornbush-country north of Guaso Nyiri 27/2 1911 is of considerable interest as it possibly is a geographic race of Alseonax gambagæ ALEX., discovered and described by BOYD ALEXANDER from "Gambaga, Goldcoast Hinterland." The dimensions of the present specimen agree rather tolerably with those recorded by ALEXANDER for his species ... In its general appearance it reminds one strikingly about the Spotted Flycatcher of Europe, hence the name." (Lönnberg 1912) (syn. Muscicapa gambagae).
