Motacilla clara chapini Amadon, 1954

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 43-44

Motacilla clara chapini Amadon

Motacilla clara chapini Amadon, 1954: 4 (Nkongsamba district, at 3000 feet, Cameroons).

Now Motacilla clara chapini Amadon, 1954 . See Keith et al., 1992: 208.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 415300 , unsexed, collected in N’Kongsamba , 3000 ft, 04°59′N, 09°53′E (Times Atlas), Cameroun, on 4 April 1930, by R. H. Drinkwater (no. 163).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Amadon (1954: 4) listed 12 paratypes, nine of which are in AMNH: AMNH 161701–161704, 264054, 344948, 415298, 415299, and 569749. The other three specimens were borrowed from the Cleveland Museum.

Macronyx sharpei Jackson

Macronyx sharpei Jackson, 1904: 74 (Mau Plateau, Equatorial Africa).

Now Macronyx sharpei Jackson, 1904 . See Keith et al., 1992: 246.

SYNTYPE?: AMNH 573246, adult female, collected at Londiani, 8000 ft, 00°10′S, 35°36′E (Times Atlas), Mau Plateau, on 13 May 1901?, by Frederick J. Jackson. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Jackson (1904: 74) did not designate a type in the original description, but said that he had a total of 10 specimens. The original date on Jackson’s tag attached to AMNH 573246 reads ‘‘13.V’’, but the year, which seems to have originally been ‘‘03’’, has been overwritten with a ‘‘1’’ in a different ink. If either ‘‘01’’ or ‘‘03’’ is correct, then this specimen is certainly a syntype, as either of these years would have been prior to the description in 1904. However, there is another Jackson specimen of this taxon in AMNH, collected in 1908, that was not a part of the Rothschild Collection. A careful comparison of the ‘‘8’’ on this label with the overwritten number indicates that it was not an ‘‘8’’ and was probably a ‘‘3’’. Not all 10 syntypes have been accounted for; however, because of the problematic date on the Rothschild Collection specimen and because Hartert (1919, 1928) did not list it in his Rothschild type lists, its status as a syntype is questionable. It had not previously been segregat­ ed with the AMNH types. Warren and Harrison (1971: 505) list a syntype in BMNH, and three syntypes are in RMCA ( Louette et al., 2002: 31– 32).

Anthus richardi lacuum Meinertzhagen Anthus richardi lacuum Meinertzhagen, 1920: 22 (Naivasha) .

Now Anthus cinnamomeus lacuum Meinertzhagen,

1920. See Sibley and Monroe, 1990: 675, and Keith et al., 1992: 218.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 572074 , adult male, collected at Naivasha , 00°44′S, 36°26′E (Times Atlas), Kenya, on 9 November 1916, by H.J. Allen Turner (no. 87) for Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Meinertzhagen noted that the type was in the Rothschild Collection and that 47 specimens were collected with the ‘‘assistance of Mr. Turner’’. Two of Meinertzhagen’s specimens bear the same data cited for the type, but AMNH 527074 was designated the lectotype by Hartert (1928: 203), who added Turner’s no. 87. The paralectotype is AMNH 572075, Turner no. 90.

Sibley and Monroe (1990: 675) considered cinnamomeus an allospecies in the superspecies Anthus novaeseelandiae , whereas Keith et al. (1992: 218) included African forms in the species A. novaeseelandiae , sensu lato.

Anthus richardi annae Meinertzhagen

Anthus richardi annae Meinertzhagen, 1921: 656 (Megago, northern Somaliland, 4000 feet).

Now Anthus cinnamomeus annae Meinertzhagen, 1921 . See Sibley and Monroe, 1990: 675, and Keith et al., 1992: 218.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 571857 , adult female, collected at Megago (Magago) Mt. , 09°25′N, 44°08′E ( R. Dowsett, personal commun.), 4000 ft, Somalia, on 29 September 1918, by G.F. Archer (no. 1571). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Meinertzhagen (1921: 656) noted that he had 17 specimens of this taxon collected by Archer in northern Somalia and that the label of the type bore Archer no. 1571. Actually 17, plus the holotype, came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection: AMNH 571842–571856 and 571858–571859 are paratypes. James Chapin reidentified two, AMNH 571842 and 571846, as Anthus similis nivescens and one, AMNH 851859, as Anthus leucophrys .

Sibley and Monroe (1990: 675) considered cinnamomeus an allospecies in the superspecies Anthus novaeseelandiae , whereas Keith et al. (1992: 218) included African forms in the species A. novaeseelandiae , sensu lato.