Dendrocygna javanica ( Horsfield, 1821 )

Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 39-49 : 48

2158 [843b] and 2159. Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica ( Horsfield, 1821)

In 1825, Stanley listed two unsexed specimens simply as Anas ,ȱwhichȱmatchesȱRafflesȱ(1822).ȱ The only species of Anas ȱlistedȱbyȱVigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ1830)ȱwasȱ Anas arcuata , aȱHorsfieldȱnameȱ from 1824. However, one skin of a relaxed mount (2158) is at NML, accession number D843b, and is a D. javanica . Lack of a second traceable specimen at NML, or a number in Moore’s stock books, suggests it may not have been part of the 1851 bequest.