Icteria longicauda Lawrence, 1853: 4
Icteria virens auricollis (Deppe, 1830)
Grinnell, 1932: 300
Hellmayr, 1935: 447
Dickinson, 2003: 768
Curson, 2010b: 798–799
Chesser et al., 2011: 607
Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae
LeCroy, Mary
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2013
2013-09-26
2013
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Lawrence
Lawrence
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Aves
Parulidae
Icteria
Animalia
Passeriformes
21
21
Chordata
species
longicauda
Icteria longicauda Lawrence, 1853: 4( California). Now Icteria virens auricollis(Deppe, 1830). See Grinnell, 1932: 300; Hellmayr, 1935: 447; Dickinson, 2003: 768; Curson, 2010b: 798–799; and Chesser et al., 2011: 607. SYNTYPE: AMNH 40028, adult unsexed, collected in California, undated, by E.S. Holden. From the G.N. Lawrence Collection (a 177).
COMMENTS: Although Lawrencedid not designate a type in the original description, AMNH 40028 is marked ‘‘Type. Presented by E.S. Holden’’ by Lawrence. He apparently based his description on this single specimen with a black bill but with the ‘‘edges of both mandibles and an oblong spot on the lower, near the base, greyish-white.’’ He had a second specimen differing from the former in having the ‘‘upper plumage olive brown, and the bill entirely black; in other respects precisely the same.’’ There is a second specimen in AMNH from the LawrenceCollection, AMNH 40029, an undated specimen from California, presented by Dr. A.L. Heerman. I do not consider this specimen a syntypeas it has the edges of the upper mandible and almost the entire lower mandible lighter in color. Lawrencemay have had a second Holden specimen that he exchanged before the collection came to AMNH. Grinnell’s (1932: 300)discussion of this typeis puzzling. He thought that the typelocality was definitely Stockton, California, based on the fact that Holden had collected the typeof Larus californicusthere, but Holden had also collected birds in Sacramento (see Lawrence, 1853: 4, Ephialtes choliba). The AOU checklist (1910: 324) gave the typelocality as ‘‘probably near Sacramento or Stockton,’’ which would seem to be correct. Grinnell further stated that the typespecimen was ‘‘at one time given a number in the register of the U.S.Nat. Mus., now no. 40028 inthe American Museum of Natural History, New YorkCity.’’ There is no indication of a former USNM number on this specimen, and James Dean (personal commun.) has found no evidence that USNM received a specimen of Icteriafrom Holden. Grinnell (1932: 300)gave the number on the Lawrencelabel as @177 and considered it the ‘‘Baird Catalogue number’’; James Dean (personal commun.) found no. 177 inBaird’s catalog to be a specimen of Picus pubescensfrom Pennsylvania, and he noted that Baird did not use letters with his numbers. I interpret it as ‘‘a 177,’’ especially as AMNH 40029 is numbered ‘‘b 177,’’ and I think ‘‘177’’ is a Lawrencenumber for the species.