Cinclosoma alisteri Mathews, 1910

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Cinclosoma alisteri Mathews

Cinclosoma alisteri Mathews, 1910: 16 (West Australia).

Now Cinclosoma cinnamomeum alisteri Mathews, 1910 . See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 424–425).

LECTOYPE: AMNH 585173, adult male, collected at Waddilinia, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia, on 22 September [1908], by Charles George Gibson. From the Mathews Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The original description was of the adult male, with Mathews only having said that the type was from West Australia. Later, Mathews (1921: 203) listed Waddilinia as the type locality. The original label of the above specimen has on its reverse the following note, written and signed by G.M. Mathews: ‘‘ Type of Cinclosoma alisteri Bull. B.O.C. Oct. 1910 .’’ October 1910 was the date of the meeting of the British Ornithologists’ Club at which the name was introduced ; the record of the meeting was published 4 November 1910.

As Hartert (1931: 48) noted, Mathews had three specimens of alisteri , all of which are now in AMNH and none of which bears a Mathews catalog number. All were collected by Gibson at the same place on the same date, but the lectotype does not have the year on the label. It bears the number ‘‘9929’’, probably a WAM number, which Hartert used in designating it the lectotype. I found only one of the three specimens in the Mathews catalog ; no. 5152 is listed as ‘‘ Cinclosoma , 22­9­08, Waddilinia, W.A. ’’, from ‘‘Perth Mus.’’. Because it noted the year as 1908, this entry refers to one of the two paralectotypes: AMNH 585173 (probable WAM number 9928), an adult male collected at Waddilinia on 22 September 1908 ; and AMNH 585175 (probable WAM number 9930), an immature male with the other data the same. Both of these paralectotypes bear the Mathews yellow ‘‘ Figured’ ’ label, but the lectotype does not. An adult male (not said to be the type) and an immature male are figured in plate 427 in Mathews (1921: opposite p. 203). The female was not described .

Gibson (1909: 74) noted that he found this species common only in the Nullarbor Plain. Waddelynia Rockhole (318069S, 1258139E, USBGN, 1957), Western Australia, would appear to be this locality.

Cinclosoma ajax muscalis [sic] Rand Cinclosoma ajax muscalis [sic] Rand, 1940b: 2

(altitude 80 meters, upper Fly River, 5 miles

below Palmer Junction).

Now Cinclosoma ajax muscale Rand, 1940 . See

Deignan, 1964a: 234, and Coates, 1990: 70.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 426484 , unsexed [adult male plumage], collected on the upper Fly River , 5 miles below the Palmer River junction, 80 m, ca. 058559S, 1418359E, Western Prov., Papua New Guinea, on 27 May 1936, by Richard Archbold, Austin L. Rand, and George H.H. Tate. From the 1938–1939 Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (no. 4015).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Rand listed a second male: paratype AMNH 426483, adult, collected on the same day at the same locality.

Cinclosoma ajax alaris [sic] Mayr and

Rand Cinclosoma ajax alaris [sic] Mayr and Rand,

1935: 6 (Wuroi, Oriomo River, Western Divi­

sion, Territory of Papua).

Now Cinclosoma ajax alare Mayr and Rand,

1935. See Deignan, 1964a: 234, and Coates,

1990: 70.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 421959 , adult female, collected at Wuroi , 088509S, 1438079E ( Deignan, 1964a: 234), Oriomo River, Western Prov., Papua New Guinea, on 24 January 1934, by Richard Archbold and Austin L. Rand. From the 1933–1934 Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (no. 2557).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the single specimen was given in the original description.

Eupetes leucostictus mayri Hartert Eupetes leucostictus mayri Hartert, 1930b: 87

(Wondiwoi, Wandammen Peninsula).

Now Ptilorrhoa leucosticta mayri (Hartert, 1930) .

See Deignan, 1964a: 235, and Coates, 1990: 62.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 585328 , adult male, collected in the Wondiwoi Mountains , 028409S, 1348359E ( USBGN, 1943), northern tip of the Wandammen Peninsula , Papua Prov., Indonesia, on 9 July 1928, by Ernst Mayr (no. 1411). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mayr’s unique field number of the holotype was cited in the original description. Hartert (1930b: 87) listed a type series of four males, two females, and one unsexed specimen. The six paratypes are: AMNH 293820–293822, 585324, 585329, and 585330. AMNH 585324 is the formerly mounted, unsexed specimen discussed by Hartert (1930b: 87).

Mayr’s expedition was jointly sponsored by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford for AMNH and Lord Rothschild. As a result, while Hartert worked on the collection as a whole, some of the specimens came directly to AMNH while others came later as part of the Rothschild Collection. Mayr (1930) published an account of his expedition.

Eupetes leucostictus centralis Mayr

Eupetes leucostictus centralis Mayr, 1936b: 1 (Weyland Mts. (1800 m.)). Now Ptilorrhoa leucosticta centralis (Mayr, 1936) . See Deignan, 1964a: 235, and Coates, 1990: 62.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 301927 , adult male, collected at Kunupi, 1800 m, in the Weyland

Mts., Papua Prov., Indonesia, on 17 September 1931, by Georg Stein (no. 1989).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description. In addition, Mayr (1936b: 2) listed five male and three female specimens in his type series ; an immature female that was not listed is also part of the series. The nine paratypes are: AMNH 301928–301936 . AMNH 301934 was exchanged with FMNH .

The expedition of Georg and Clara Stein was sponsored by Leonard C. Sanford for AMNH and by ZMB; three­fourths of the collection came to AMNH and one­fourth went to ZMB. A total of 13 specimens were listed under Eupetes leucostictus mayri (in Hartert et al., 1936: 222), but the additional specimens are not paratypes. Stein (1933) published an account of his New Guinea trip.