Heinrichia calligyna simplex Stresemann, 1931

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Heinrichia calligyna simplex Stresemann

Heinrichia calligyna simplex Stresemann, 1931c: 81 (Matinang­Gebirge: Ile­Ile).

Now Heinrichia calligyna simplex Stresemann, 1931 . See White and Bruce, 1986: 328, and Coates et al., 1997: 422.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 292816 , adult female, collected, at Ile­Ile , 1700 m, Matinan (5 Matinang) Mts., central Sulawesi I., Indonesia, on 11 November 1930, by Gerd Heinrich (no. 2635). From the Gerd Heinrich Expedition.

COMMENTS: Stresemann (1931c: 81) cited Heinrich’s unique field number for the holotype. See Heinrichia c. calligyna for details of the disposition of this collection. Paratypes deposited in AMNH are: AMNH 292807–292815, 292817, and 292818. Of these, AMNH 292811 was exchanged with YPM in January 1950, and AMNH 292813 was presented by Sanford to Prof. Sarasin, Basel, on 26 October 1932. One paratype is in RMNH ( Dekker, 2003: 39).

Matinan is at 018049N, 1218409E (USBGN, 1982b).

Heinrichia calligyna picta Stresemann Heinrichia calligyna picta Stresemann, 1932: 108

(Tanke Salokko 2000 m).

Now Heinrichia calligyna picta Stresemann,

1932. See White and Bruce, 1986: 328, and

Coates et al., 1997: 422.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 299585 , adult female, collected at Tanke Salokko , 2000 m, Gunung Menkongga (5 Mengkoka Mts. ), 038399S, 1218159E ( Times Atlas ), southeast Sulawesi Island , Indonesia, on 23 December 1931, by Gerd Heinrich (no. 6995). From the Gerd Heinrich Expedition.

COMMENTS: Stresemann (1932: 108) cited Heinrich’s unique field number for the holotype. See Heinrichia c. calligyna for details of the disposition of this collection. Paratypes deposited in AMNH are: AMNH 299579–299584 and 299586.

Brachypteryx poliogyna mindorensis

Hartert

Brachypteryx poliogyna mindorensis Hartert,

1916b: 87 (Mt. Dulangan, 4500 feet, Mindoro). Now Brachypteryx montana mindorensis Hartert,

1916. See Dickinson et al., 1991: 314.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 590649 , adult female, collected on Mt. Dulangan , 4500 ft, Mindoro I., Philippines, on 25 January 1896, by John Whitehead (no. B.93). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1916b: 87) did not give Whitehead’s field number but said that the female type, with data cited above, was in the Rothschild Collection. This is the only female collected by Whitehead on Mindoro now in AMNH. Two male paratypes from Mt. Dulangan are AMNH 590650 and 590651.

This subspecies was not mentioned by Ripley (1964: 16–18) and Mindoro was included in the range of B. m. poliogyna . Mt. Dulangan is a lower peak close to Mt. Halcon, 138169N, 1218009E ( Dickinson et al., 1991: 419).

Brachypteryx brunneiceps Ogilvie­Grant Brachypteryx brunneiceps Ogilvie­Grant, 1896a:

547 (Negros).

Now Brachypteryx montana brunneiceps Ogilvie­

Grant, 1896. See Dickinson et al., 1991: 314.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 590652, adult male, collected on 27 April 1896, and AMNH 590653, adult female, collected on 26 April 1896, on Canlaon Volcano, 108259N, 1238089E ( Dickinson et al., 1991: 417), Negros I., Philippines, by John Whitehead (nos. B.471 and B.468, respectively). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Ogilvie­Grant (1896a: 547) described both male and female but did not designate a type or enumerate Whitehead’s specimens. Hartert (1920: 479) listed only a male specimen as ‘‘Type of?’’, so marked by the author. However, this does not serve to designate it as the lectotype, and there is in AMNH a female, listed above, which is also a syntype. A third syntype is in BMNH ( Warren and Harrison, 1971: 78).

Brachypteryx erythrogyna Sharpe Brachypteryx erythrogyna Sharpe, 1888: 389

(Kina Balu).

Now Brachypteryx montana erythrogyna Sharpe,

1888. See Smythies and Davison, 1999: 477.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 590654 , adult male, collected at 8000 feet on Kinabalu , 068039N, 1168329E (Times Atlas), Sabah, Malaysia, on 28 February 1888, by John Whitehead (no. 2084). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Sharpe (1888: 389) described males and females and gave Whitehead’s field numbers for the three specimens upon which he based his description (2062, 2084, 2085), but he did not designate a type; thus, these three specimens were syntypes. Hartert (1920: 479) designated no. 2084 the lectotype but incorrectly cited the date as 27 February. The Whitehead label on this specimen is marked ‘‘Type, RBS[harpe]’’. Neither of the two paralectotypes is in AMNH. The paralectotype bearing Whitehead’s no. 2085 is in BMNH (M. Walters, personal commun.). Three additional specimens of erythrogyna , bearing Whitehead numbers 1924, 2086, and 2307, came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. They are incorrectly labeled ‘‘paralectotypes’ ’.

Hartert (1920: 479), through a slip of the pen, referred to erythrogyna as erythropyga but correctly listed Whitehead’s field number.

Brachypteryx floris Hartert Brachypteryx floris Hartert, 1897a: 170 (At and

above 3500 feet in South Flores).

Now Brachypteryx montana floris Hartert, 1897 .

See White and Bruce, 1986: 327.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 590661 , adult female, collected in October 1896 ; AMNH 590662 and 590663, adult males, collected in November 1896, and AMNH 590664 , adult female, collected in November 1896 ; all from about 3500 feet in southern Flores I., Indonesia. Collected by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection .

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert did not designate a type or say how many specimens he had, although it is obvious from the measurements given that he had more than one specimen of each sex. Rothschild type labels were tied on specimens now numbered AMNH 590661 and 590662; and as he listed male and female types, Hartert (1920: 479) probably intended that these be male and female syntypes. Yet, because he did not unambiguously identify any of the specimens as types, all specimens in the original series are syntypes, including the four listed above and any others that may have been deposited elsewhere before the Rothschild Collection came to AMNH. Hartert (1897b: 513) noted that Everett’s base on south Flores was at Nanga Ramau (5 Nanga Roma), which locality I did not find.

Erythropygia leucoptera permutata Grote Erythropygia leucoptera permutata Grote, 1930:

187 (Huxe (Benguella, Angola)).

Now Cercotrichas leucophrys munda (Cabanis,

1880). See Ripley, 1964: 21, and Keith et al.,

1992: 478.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 581025 , adult male, collected at Uche (5 Huxe), 128439S, 138209E ( Dean, 2000: 386), Namibe, Angola, on 27 June (not May) 1904, by William John Ansorge (no. 132). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Grote cited Ansorge’s field number of the ho­ lotype and said that it was in the Rothschild Collection; the date of collection was given as 27 May, but the date on the holotype is 27 June. He did not say how many specimens he examined.

Erythropygia hartlaubi Reichenow Erythropygia hartlaubi Reichenow, 1891: 63

(Mutjara).

Now Cercotrichas hartlaubi ( Reichenow, 1891) .

See Keith et al., 1992: 476.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 581160 , adult male, collected at Mutsora (5 Mutjara), 008199N, 298449E ( Chapin, 1954: 708), Congo (Kinshasa), on 13 June 1889, by Emin Pasha (no. 253). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Reichenow did not designate a type, but said only that the new species was from Mutjara, collected by Emin. He ( Reichenow, 1891: 61) also said that he had studied eight specimens borrowed from Rothschild of what was then considered Erythropygia leucoptera . The above specimen, the only one of Emin’s specimens of hartlaubi that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, is marked ‘‘Type’’ on the Rothschild Museum label and bears a Rothschild type label. It was designated the lectotype by Hartert (1920: 472), who also cited Emin’s field number. It is no longer possible to know which specimens Reichenow borrowed from Rothschild.

Ripley (1964: 22) included hartlaubi in the genus Erythropygia .

Mimus Bruchii Brehm

Mimus Bruchii Brehm, 1845 , col. 337 (Griech­

enland, sehr häufig die Umgegend von Athen). Now Cercotrichas galactotes syriaca (Hemprich

and Ehrenberg, 1833). See Hartert, 1918a: 33,

and Dickinson, 2003: 679.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 455406 , adult male, collected in Attica (5 Greece), on 4 June 1842, by Lindermayer. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1918a: 33) designated this specimen the lectotype. It bears the name Agrobates Bruchii in Brehm’s hand and the Rothschild type label, and it is the only AMNH Brehm specimen collected before the description was published. Hartert (1909a: 605) cited Brehm, 1856, as the first use of the name Bruchii, in the combination Aëdon Bruchii , but he later ( Hartert, 1918a: 33, footnote) noted Brehm’s earlier use of the name.

Ripley (1964: 22) included galactotes in the genus Erythropygia .

Aëdon meridionalis Brehm

Aëdon meridionalis Brehm, 1856: 441 (Sennaar) . Now Cercotrichas galactotes minor (Cabanis,

1850). See Hartert, 1918a: 33, and Keith et al.,

1992: 481.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 455425 , adult male, collected at [Old] Sennar , Blue Nile, Sudan, in December 1850, by Alfred E. Brehm. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The above specimen is marked meridionalis in Brehm’s hand, and Hartert (1918a: 33) designated it the lectotype. A second specimen marked meridionalis by Brehm is a paralectotype: AMNH 455426, collected at [Old] Sennar on 5 October 1850 by A.E. Brehm.

R. Dowsett (personal commun.) pointed out to me that Sennar in 1850 would have been Old Sennar, at 138409N, 338339E. Old Sennar was destroyed in 1885 ( Seltzer, 1962: 1733).

Ripley (1964: 23) included galactotes in the genus Erythropygia .