Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman

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 : 38-39

Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman

Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman, 1924a: 12 (Alamor, Prov. Loja, southwestern Ecuador).

Now Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman, 1924 . See below.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 171963 , adult male, collected at Alamor , 04°02′S, 80°02′W ( Paynter 1993: 2), 4550 ft, Loja, Ecuador, on 23 August 1921, by George K. Cherrie (no. 23675) and Geoffrey Gill.

COMMENTS: In recognizing Petrochelidon , I follow Sheldon and Winkler (1993), who found Petrochelidon to be monophyletic, based on their DNA–DNA hybridization studies. Ridgely and Tudor (1989: 64) merged Petrochelidon with Hirundo and considered rufocollaris a species separate from fulva , with aequatorialis a valid subspecies. Turner and Rose (1989: 219) also combined Petrochelidon with Hirundo but included H. rufocollaris in H. fulva . At the subspecies level, they followed Brooke (1974: 129), who considered Petrochelidon to be a subjective synonym of Hirundo and P. r. aequatorialis Chapman to be preoccupied by Hirundo aequatorialis Lawrence (see above), based on Hellmayr (1935: 71). Brooke (1974: 129) then proposed Hirundo (Petrochelidon) fulva chapmani as a nomen novum. Parkes (1993: 119–120) thought that the original spelling of H. aequitorialis could not be shown to be a misspelling, contra Hellmayr (1935: 71), but as I have shown under H. aequatorialis Lawrence (above), the spelling was corrected on an errata sheet in the original publication, a justified emendation. Thus, if Petrochelidon is included in Hirundo , a new name would be needed for Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman.

However, while Hellmayr (1935: 71) did synonymize Hirundo aequatorialis Lawrence with Hirundo albiventer Boddaert, 1783 , he placed albiventer in the genus Iridoprocne , now included in Tachycineta . Article 59.4 of the Code (see, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999: 62) applies here: ‘‘A species­group name rejected after 1960 on grounds of secondary homonymy is to be reinstated by an author who considers that the two species­group taxa in question are not congeneric, unless it is invalid for some other reason.’’ Under its provisions, Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis Chapman is reinstated here, with Hirundo (Petrochelidon) fulva chapmani Brooke, 1974 , a junior objective synonym.

Petrochelidon ariel conigravi Mathews Petrochelidon ariel conigravi Mathews, 1912c: 75

(Wyndham, North­west Australia).

Now Petrochelidon ariel (Gould, 1843) . See Peters,

1960b: 123, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 674.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 560835, unsexed, collected on the Forrest River, near Wyndham, 15°28′S, 128°06′E ( Johnstone and Storr, 1998: 422), Western Australia, on 28 August 1911, by Lachlan McK. Burns on the Charles P. Conigrave (no. 267) Expedition (see, Whittell, 1954: 94, 166). From the Mathews Collection (no. 11981) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews cited the Mathews Collection number in the original description. This specimen has Mathews and Rothschild type labels in addition to the field label. Mathews did not indicate how many specimens he had.

Johnstone (2001: 88) placed ariel in the genus Hirundo and did not recognize subspecies.

Hirundo urbica meridionalis Hartert Hirundo urbica meridionalis Hartert, 1910a: 809 (Hammam R’Hira in Algerien).

Now Delichon urbica meridionalis (Hartert, 1910) . See

Dickinson and Dekker, 2001b: 138, and Dickinson et al., 2001b: 151.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 559204 , adult male, collected at Hammam Rirha , 11 mi NE of Miliana ( Seltzer, 1962: 752), 36°20′N, 02°15′E (Times Atlas), Algeria, on 8 May 1908, by Walter Rothschild and Ernst Hartert (no. 337). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The unique Rothschild and Hartert field number was given in the original description. Although Hartert (1910a: 809) stated that he had four specimens of meridionalis , the holotype is the only specimen of this form collected before 1910 that came to AMNH.

Vaurie (1959: 15) and Turner and Rose (1989: 230) did not recognize this subspecies.

Hirundo urbica nigrimentalis Hartert

Hirundo urbica nigrimentalis Hartert, 1910a: 810 (Kuatun) .

Now Delichon dasypus nigrimentalis (Hartert, 1910) . See Dickinson and Dekker, 2001b: 138, and Dickinson et al., 2001b: 151.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 559253 , adult male, collected at Guadun (= Kuatun), 27°45′N, 117°50′E (Dickinson, et al., 2000: 57), hills of northwestern Fujian, China, on 30 April 1897, by J.D. LaTouche. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The type was said to be a LaTouche specimen in the Rothschild Collection with the above data. AMNH 559253 is the only LaTouche specimen of this taxon that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. Cheng (1987: 439) and Cramp (1988: 287) retained this taxon in Delichon urbica .

LaTouche (1925 –1930), in the frontispiece of volume 1, shows a drawing of ‘‘Kuatun Hamlet, in N.W. Fohkien where M. l’Abbé Armand David ... resided from 8th October to 30th November, 1873’’.