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January 4

What is Knip et Prév. Pig.?

Alright, so I've been doing a bit of digging through taxonomic records for a couple of pigeon articles, and I keep seeing references to Knip et Prév. Pig. Does anybody know what exactly this is a reference to? I've tried looking it up, but I can not find anything on it outside of more abbreviated references in 1850–1900ish taxonomic sources. AryKun (talk) 12:34, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They were French scientists who worked extensively to characterise pigeon species in the early 19th century. This pdf (in French) gives many references to their work. Prév was actually Prévost. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:30, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is an article about Knip at Pauline Rifer de Courcelles (she married Joseph August Knip). Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:42, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Prév. is Florent Prévost and Pig. is an abbreviation of the standard multi-volume work Les Pigeons, [par Madame Knip]. Prévost was listed as (co-)author on later editions. See entry 1838–4- in this bibliography. --Lambiam 23:08, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]