How is the bird Erithacus rubecula more commonly known?
Harry Forbes Witherby a few pages devoted to corrections and additions to previous editions, but few of these are of great significance and the main text was left untouched. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1928 and was awarded the Godman-Salvin Medal by the BOU in 1937. Witherby's lark ("Alaemon hamertoni") was named for him, in 1905, but is now more commonly known as the lesser hoopoe-lark. Two other bird sub-species have been named after him: "Emberiza schoeniclus witherbyi" (common reed bunting) and "Erithacus rubecula witherbyi" (European robin). During World War I he was a lieutenant in
Septa rubecula Septa rubecula Septa rubecula, common name : the ruby triton or the red redbreast triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, the Mascarene basin and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific. The shell size of "Septa rubecula" varies between 25 mm and 55 mm. These moderately small shells are commonly rather solid, ovate and vetricose. The six convex whorls are sculptured with one varix on each whorl and with spiral cords, nodules and knobs. Siphonal canal is moderately long. The external