On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:56 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,
> which reports that Gentoo was an Anglo-Indian term, used as early as 1638 to
> distinguish Hindus in India from Muslims, the English term originating in
> Portuguese gentio (compare "gentile"); in the twentieth century the term
> came to be regarded as 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?
Nice Davis!
