Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand, 1936

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Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand

Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand, 1936: 16 (Siwi (Berge b. Siwi), Arfak Mts., New Guinea).

Now Meliphaga orientalis facialis Rand, 1936 . See Diamond, 1969: 38–46; Diamond, 1972: 371– 373, and Higgins et al., 2008: 590–591.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 294338 , adult female, collected on the mountain near Siwi (5 Berge b. Siwi), 01.30S, 134.02E ( USBGN, 1982a), Arfak Mountains, Papua Province, Indone- sia, on 29 April 1928, by Ernst Mayr (no. 378).

COMMENTS: Rand gave the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and said that he had three females, one sex? from the Arfak Mountains (Siwi and Ditschi) ; two males, one female from the Weyland Mountains ; and one male, two females from the Snow Mountains . Specimens collected by Mayr in the Arfak Mountains came to AMNH partly directly and partly with the Rothschild Collection. G. Stein’s Weyland Mountains collection also was to be divided between the two collections, but before this occurred, AMNH purchased the Rothschild Collection and the specimens came directly to AMNH. Specimens collected by Mayr and Stein that went to ZMB were not available to Rand and would not form part of his type series. A.S. Meek’s Snow Mountains material came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection in 1932. The following specimens would have been available to Rand and I consider them paratypes although the sexing of the specimens on the labels, as here given, does not entirely correspond with Rand’s listing: Arfak Mountains, AMNH 294337 , male, Siwi ; AMNH 294339 , sex?, Siwi ; AMNH 695853 , female, Ditschi ; AMNH 695854 , female, Siwi ; Weyland Mountains , AMNH 302565 , male ; AMNH 302566 , female ; AMNH 302567 , female ; Snow Mountains , AMNH 695855 , male ; AMNH 695856 , female ; AMNH 695857 , female .