Anthus Lichtensteinii Brehm

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 : 53

Anthus Lichtensteinii Brehm

Anthus Lichtensteinii Brehm, 1824: 967 (nicht weit von

Dortmund).

Now Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert,

1918b: 24, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 122.

LECTOTYPE?: AMNH 458270 , adult male, collected at Dortmund, 51°32′N, 07°27′E (Times Atlas), Germany, in May 182(?), by F.W.J. Bädecker. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1918b: 24) called attention to the earlier 1824 date of the description, not 1831 ( Hartert, 1905a: 275). The date on the above specimen presents a problem, as it appears to be 1829. In the original description the specimen(s) was said to have been collected by Herrn Apotheker Baedecker in Witten. Baedecker was known to have collected near Witten in 1828 and 1829 ( Hartert, 1918b: 24) and may have collected in nearby Dortmund earlier. Hartert (1918b: 24) said: ‘‘I expect this must be the type, and that the date on the label became confused when the label was copied.’’ This is probably what happened. Brehm did not say how many specimens he had when he named this taxon, but this is the only Brehm specimen from Dortmund that came to AMNH.