Laniarius dohertyi Rothschild

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 : 99-100

Laniarius dohertyi Rothschild

Laniarius dohertyi Rothschild, 1901: 52 (‘‘ Nandi Escarpment’’, British East Africa).

Now Telophorus dohertyi ( Rothschild, 1901) . See Fry et al., 2000: 411.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 663912 , adult male, collected in the Kikuyu Mountains above the ‘‘ Escarpment’ ’ Station of the Uganda Railroad ( Hartert, 1902d: 620), in December 1900, by William Doherty. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Rothschild (1901: 52), in his original description, did not designate a type. Later, Hartert (1920: 451) designated the above specimen the lectotype; it is the only male dated December 1900 that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection.

Rothschild (1901: 52) referred only to ‘‘Several adult and young males sent by Mr. William Doherty.’’ Hartert (1902d: 623) noted that Doherty had sent 19 specimens, only 15 of which came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. All of these were collected between November 1900 and March 1901 and are labeled ‘‘Escarpment’’. It is not possible to know at this late date whether Rothschild had all of these specimens before him when he described the species. Also, Rothschild probably thought that specimens labeled ‘‘female’’ were young males; Hartert (1902d: 623– 624) later pointed out that males and females have similar plumage. Specimens in AMNH that may be paralectotypes are AMNH 663913–663926.

Hartert (1902d: 620) called attention to the incorrect type locality listed in the original description, stating that it was the Mau Escarpment, not the Nandi Escarpment. For a description of this Doherty collecting locality, see Riparia paludicola dohertyi .