Actually, the full nomenclatural information is: *Pygoscelis papua* (J.R. Forster<http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/J.R._Forster>, 1781). So there is a publication by J. R. Forster in 1781, describing this penguin.
Alan On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngn...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth (possibly nothing), from Wikipedia: > > The application of *Gentoo* to the penguin is unclear, according to the * > OED <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OED>*, which reports that *Gentoo* was > an Anglo-Indian term, used as early as 1638 to distinguish > Hindus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu>in India from Muslims, the English > term originating in Portuguese > *gentio* (compare "gentile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentile>"); in > the twentieth century the term came to be regarded as > derogatory<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derogatory> > . > > This needs to be followed up. One interesting publication would be > > @article{calaby1999european, > title={The European Discovery and Scientific Description of Australian > Birds.}, > author={Calaby, JH}, > journal={Historical Records of Australian Science}, > volume={12}, > number={3}, > pages={313--329}, > year={1999}, > publisher={CSIRO} > } > > to which I do not have access. However, this investigation is not over. The > scientific name of the Gentoo Penguin is *Pygoscelis papua. It should not be > difficult to find the original description?* > > > Alan Davis > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de>wrote: > >> On 12/21/2011 04:59 PM, Joshua Murphy wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, >>> LinuxIsOne<reallife@hmamail.**com<reall...@hmamail.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Daniel Troeder<dan...@admin-box.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Also (ir)relevant: bug report concerning the mascot Larry the cow: >>>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_**bug.cgi?id=27727<https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27727> >>>>> >>>> >>>> But your links shows untrusted connection in my browser! >>>> >>>> >>> That would likely be because cacert.org isn't a "trusted' authority by >>> default and that is the issuer for B.G.O., making the certificate >>> throw up a red flag if you choose not to add cacert.org to your >>> trusted authorities. >>> >> >> What sucks is that you can't even get rid of the warnings even if you >> accept and add the cert to Firefox. Every time you click on an attachment >> in a bug, you get presented with a warning dialog again, and again, and >> again, and again, until you get mad and start shooting bunnies. That's >> because the domain changes with attachments (for some reason, b.g.o. uses >> subdomains instead of URLs to link to attachments.) >> >> So it's either add cacert.org to your trusted authorities, or live in >> hell when browsing b.g.o. IMO that's just stupid. I want to trust just >> b.g.o, not every site out there that has a cacert certificate. Stupid. >> Just stupid. >> >> >> >
