Ostinops sincipitalis neglectus Chapman

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 44

Ostinops sincipitalis neglectus Chapman

Ostinops sincipitalis neglectus Chapman, 1914: 190 (Monteredondo, eastern slope of Eastern Andes, alt. 5800 ft).

Now Psarocolius angustifrons neglectus ( Chapman, 1914) . See Hellmayr, 1937: 23; Blake, 1968: 141; Dickinson, 2003: 768; and Fraga, 2011: 753– 754.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 123115 , adult male, collected at Monteredondo , ca. 04.17N, 73.48W ( Paynter, 1997), Cundinamarca, eastern slope of the eastern Andes, Colombia, on 1 March 1913, by T.M. Ring.

COMMENTS: Chapman cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and gave details for three paratypes. I can verify only one of the paratypes: AMNH 100917, male, collected near Mérida, Pedregosa, 2000 m, 30 November 1902, by S. Briceño Gabaldón. Chapman (1914: 190) listed two additional paratypes, ‘‘an adult male and female from the eastern slope below Andalucia (5000 ft).’’ There are three specimens, AMNH 117486–117488, labeled as from Andalucia, 5000 ft, one unsexed and two sexed as females, but judging by size, one female and two males, all three collected on 10 June 1912 by Miller. They were all labeled neglectus with one additionally marked ‘‘near alfredi.’’ AMNH 117489, sexed as a male, was collected on the eastern slope below Caquetá, 2500 ft, on 22 June 1912 by Miller. It has no yellow on the forehead and is labeled ‘‘ angustifrons + neglectus ’’ and is discussed as a possible intergrade by Chapman (1917: 627).

Chapman (1917: 50–58) gave details of this expedition. Ring was collecting at Monteredondo while the rest of the expedition personnel were based at Quetame, which name appears on the AMNH label of this specimen. However, Ring’s field label gives the correct locality, as did Chapman in the description of neglectus.