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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@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.=A0 One interesting publication would be
>
> @article{calaby1999european,
>   title=3D{The European Discovery and Scientific Description of Australia=
n
> Birds.},
>   author=3D{Calaby, JH},
>   journal=3D{Historical Records of Australian Science},
>   volume=3D{12},
>   number=3D{3},
>   pages=3D{313--329},
>   year=3D{1999},
>   publisher=3D{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!