Turdus poliocephalus kulambangrae Mayr, 1941

Mary, Croy, History, Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural, At, Central Park West, Street, Th, York, New & Ny, 2005, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 6. Passeriformes: Prunellidae, Turdidae, Orthonychidae, Timaliidae, Paradoxornithidae, Picathartidae, And Polioptilidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (292), pp. 1-132 : 44-46

Turdus poliocephalus kulambangrae Mayr Turdus poliocephalus kulambangrae Mayr,

1941b: 6 (Kulambangra Island).

Now Turdus poliocephalus kulambangrae Mayr,

1941. See Clement, 2000: 360, 364, and Mayr

and Diamond, 2001: 390.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 226253 , adult male, collected on Kolombangara (5 Kulambangra) Island, Solomon Islands, on 30 September 1927, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 28380).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Only two specimens were collected. The paratype is a subadult male, AMNH 226254.

The France was anchored in Ariel Cove on the west side of Kolombangara on 30 September 1927 (unpubl. journal of Frederick P. Drowne, vol. P, journals of the Whitney South Sea Expedition, Archives, Dept. of Ornithology, AMNH) and camps were made at higher altitudes inland from there. Ariel Cove is now called Meresu Cove, 088029S, 1568599E (USBGN, 1956b).

Turdus poliocephalus rennellianus Mayr

Turdus poliocephalus rennellianus Mayr, 1931b: 21 (Rennell Island).

Now Turdus poliocephalus rennellianus Mayr, 1931 . See Clement, 2000: 360, 364, and Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 390.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 226493 , adult male, collected on Rennell Island , Solomon Islands, on 28 May 1930, by Hannibal Hamlin, William F. Coultas, and Walter J. Eyerdam on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 40214).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Mayr (1931b: 22) did not say how many specimens he examined but noted that all were collected in August 1928 and May 1930. Paratypes are AMNH 226241–226251, 226480–226492, and 226494–226503. I did not find AMNH 226481.

The France was anchored in Lughu Bay (5 Kunggava Bay, ca. 118469S, 1608139E) during both visits to Rennell Island by the Whitney South Sea Expedition ( Mayr and Hamlin, 1931: 3).

Turdus poliocephalus placens Mayr Turdus poliocephalus placens Mayr, 1941b: 5

(Vanua Lava Island, Banks Islands).

Now Turdus poliocephalus placens Mayr, 1941 .

See Bregulla, 1992: 222, and Clement, 2000:

361, 364.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 216298 , adult male, collected on Vanua Lava Island , ca. 138559S, 1678309E, Banks Islands, Vanuatu, on 10 November 1926 (not 1941), by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 23710).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Mayr did not list his specimens, but five collected by the Whitney South Sea Expedition on Vanua Lava were cataloged at AMNH. The four paratypes are: AMNH 216297, 216299, 216300, and 223934. Two specimens from Ureparapara (5 Bligh) Island, Banks Islands, were treated separately and are not part of the type series even though they were tentatively placed in T. p. placens.

Turdus poliocephalus whitneyi Mayr

Turdus poliocephalus whitneyi Mayr, 1941b: 5 (Gaua Island, Banks Islands).

Now Turdus poliocephalus whitneyi Mayr, 1941 . See Bregulla, 1992: 222, and Clement, 2000: 360, 364.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 214390 , adult male, collected on Gaua Island , ca. 148159S.

1678309E, Banks Islands, Vanuatu, on 11 September 1926, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 22664).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. The paratypes are: AMNH 214391, 214448, 216301–216303, and 223932.

Turdus poliocephalus malekulae Mayr Turdus poliocephalus malekulae Mayr, 1941b: 5

(Malekula Island, New Hebrides).

Now Turdus poliocephalus malekulae Mayr,

1941. See Bregulla, 1992: 222, and Clement,

2000: 361, 364.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 214418 , adult male, collected on Malakula (5 Malekula) Island, Vanuatu, on 23 August 1926, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 22253).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. The paratypes are: AMNH 214414–214417 and 214441–214445. AMNH 213128 was given to ZMB in July 1936 and would not have been seen by Mayr. Specimens from Ambrym and Pentecost were treated as possibly different subspecies but were not named. These specimens are not considered paratypes.

On 23 August 1926, the France was anchored in Bushman Bay, on the east coast of Malakula at ca. 168109S, 1678309E.

Turdus poliocephalus becki Mayr Turdus poliocephalus becki Mayr, 1941b: 4 (Mai

Island, New Hebrides).

Now Turdus poliocephalus becki Mayr, 1941 . See

Bregulla, 1992: 222, and Clement, 2000: 360,

364.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 213142 , adult male, collected on Émaé (5 Mai) Island, ca. 178059S, 1688229E, Shepherd Islands, Vanuatu, on 12 July 1926, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 21511).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. Paratypes from Émae´, Epi, Lopévi, and Paama islands are: AMNH 213123–213127, 213130–213141, 213156–213163, 214422, 214423, 214425, 214426, 216311, and 223933.

Turdus poliocephalus efatensis Mayr Turdus poliocephalus efatensis Mayr, 1941b: 4

(Efate Island, New Hebrides).

Now Turdus poliocephalus efatensis Mayr, 1941 .

See Bregulla, 1992: 222, and Clement, 2000:

360, 364.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 213152 , subadult male, collected on Efate Island , Vanuatu, on 24 June 1926 by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 21120).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. Paratypes are: Efate Island , AMNH 213143– 213151 , 213153–213155 , 213167 , and 223929 ; Nguna Island , AMNH 213129 .

On 24 June 1926, the France was anchored in Undine Bay on the north coast of Efate, at ca. 178339S, 1688209E.

Turdus poliocephalus hades Mayr Turdus poliocephalus hades Mayr, 1941b: 4

(Ngau Island, Fiji).

Now Turdus poliocephalus hades Mayr, 1941 .

See Clement, 2000: 359, 365, and Watling,

2001: 147.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 252607 , adult male, collected on Gau (5 Ngau) Island, 188009S, 1798169E (Times Atlas), Fiji, on 20 February 1925, by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 17266).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. Paratypes are: AMNH 223922, 252601– 252607, and 252625.

Merula celaenops yakushimensis Ogawa Merula celaenops yakushimensis Ogawa, 1905:

180 (Mt. Miyanouradake, Yakushima).

Now Turdus celaenops Stejneger, 1887 . See Com­

mittee for Check­List of Japanese Birds, 2000:

213, 305–306, and Clement, 2000: 375–376.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 575677 , adult male, collected on Mt. Miyanoura dake, 1666– 2000 m, 308229N, 1308359E (Times Atlas), Yakushima, Japan, on 21 October 1904, by M. Osa and T. Osada for Alan Owston of Yokohama (no. 1843), Ogawa no. 1257. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Ogawa did not designate a type but listed a type series of four adult males and three adult females from Mt. Miyanoura dake. Four males and two females came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. Hartert (1920: 476) designated the male specimen collected on 21 October 1904 as the lectotype ; this collecting date is unique in the series (including the specimen that did not come to AMNH, see below).

Ogawa (1905: 181) listed a number for each specimen, 1254–1260, that had been written on the Owston Japanese label in red pencil but not copied onto the Owston English label, where a different set of numbers had been recorded. The red numbers have faded over the years and some are no longer readable. However, in the case of the six specimens of this taxon that came to AMNH, the numbers can be matched with the dates in Ogawa’s list. Ogawa’s wing measurements are consistently 3–4 mm shorter than mine, when I measure the wing unflattened.

The following paralectotypes are at AMNH: AMNH 575678 (Owston number 1841, Ogawa red number 1255), adult male, 16 October 1904 ; AMNH 575679 (1838, 1256), male, but in immature plumage and published as a female, 19 October 1904 ; AMNH 575680 (1842, 1259), adult male, 19 October 1904 (incorrectly copied on the English Owston label as 19 September) ; AMNH 575681 (1839, 1260), adult female, 18 October 1904 ; and AMNH 575682 (1840, 1254), adult female, 16 October 1904 .

The whereabouts of the seventh specimen is not known. It would be a male collected on 18 October 1904 and bearing Ogawa’s no. 1258 and Owston labels.