Mearns, Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Alexander (1856–1916) American surgeon in the U. S. Army.

Named species:

T. suluensis 1905 = Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus suluensis

Named subspecies:

T. s. alleni 1911 = Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus lepurana

R. a. raffertyi 1915 = Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus raffertyi