Catharus mexicanus cantator Griscom, 1930

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Catharus mexicanus cantator Griscom

Catharus mexicanus cantator Griscom, 1930: 4 (Finca Sepacuite (3500 ft.), about 50 miles east of Coban, Vera Paz, Guatemala).

Now Catharus mexicanus cantator Griscom, 1930 . See Clement, 2000: 203.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 396410 , adult male, collected at Finca Sepacuite´ , 15 8299N, 898529W ( Selander and Vaurie, 1962: 57), Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, on 26 May 1925, by Alfred W. Anthony (no. 2137). From the Dwight Collection (no. 60329).

COMMENTS: Griscom cited the Dwight Collection number in the original description. Of C. m. cantator, he listed four males (including the holotype) and one female. The four paratypes are: AMNH 396409 (Dwight no. 60328), adult male, from Finca Sepacuite´ ; AMNH 396411 (63499), adult female (not male), from Barillos ; MCZ 146456 (60327), adult male, and MCZ 146457 (60330), adult female, both from Finca Sepacuité (D. Causey, personal commun.).

Anthony (in Griscom, 1932: 417 and no. 35 on map) placed Finca Sepacuité 40 mi east of Coban, 158289N, 908209W (Times Atlas).

Turdus graueri Neumann

Turdus graueri Neumann, 1908a: 56 (Nsasa) .

Now Turdus pelios graueri Neumann, 1908 . See

Urban et al., 1997: 39.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 576861 , adult female, collected at Nsaza (5 Nsasa), 028089S, 308269E ( Chapin, 1954: 713), Rwanda, on 11 July 1907, by Rudolf Grauer (no. 732). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Neumann listed the type as a female in the Rothschild Collection, collected by Grauer at Nsasa on 11 July 1907, and gave the range as the ‘‘Countries between the Kagera River and Lake Kivu’’, describing both male and female. This would include all of the specimens collected in June and July 1907 by Grauer and originally identified as graueri . The above holotype is the only female collected at Nsasa on 11 July. Paratypes in AMNH are AMNH 576862–576868. AMNH 576857, originally identified as T. pelios centralis and collected at Urigi Lake by Grauer in 1907, is not a paratype.

Clement (2000: 326–329, 333–337) treat­ ed centralis as a subspecies of T. pelios and graueri as a subspecies of T. olivaceus , whereas both centralis and graueri are treat­ ed as subspecies of T. pelios by Keith and Urban (1992) and Urban et al. (1997: 39).

Turdus olivaceus williami White Turdus olivaceus williami White, 1949: 57 (Kan­

soku forest, Mwinilunga, Northern Rhodesia).

Now Turdus pelios stormsi Hartlaub, 1886 . See

White, 1962: 152, and Urban et al., 1997: 39.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 388219 , adult male, collected at Kansoku forest , Mwinilunga, Zambia, on 31 July 1948, by Sakayombo for Charles M.N. White. Gift of C.M.N. White.

COMMENTS: White designated the above specimen the holotype in the original description. He had a single paratype which is not in AMNH. Dowsett (1980: 9) discussed this type locality with White, who told him that specimens with this locality were collected on a ‘‘stream where the Mwinilunga plateau slopes rather sharply to the drainage of the Lusongwa River. The Kansoko [sic] Stream exactly fits this description, and is a tributary of the Lusongwa ; the type­locality would be at about 128149S., 248109E.’’

Keith and Urban (1992) discussed the various treatments of the Turdus olivaceus species complex. Clement (2000: 333–336) recognized both williami and stormsi and included them in Turdus olivaceus .

The date on the AMNH type label has been miscopied as 21 March; 31 July is the date on the original label.

Turdus olivaceus bambusicola Neumann Turdus olivaceus bambusicola Neumann, 1908a:

56 (Bamboo forest, Western Kivu Volcanoes).

Now Turdus olivaceus bambusicola Neumann,

1908. See Urban et al., 1997: 35, and Clement,

2000: 334.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 576748 , adult female, collected in the foothills of the western volcanoes, 2300 m, Kivu, Congo (Kinshasa), on 23 August 1907, by Rudolf Grauer (no. 1076). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann described the type in the Rothschild Collection as a female from Bamboo forest, 2300–2400 m, collected on 23 August 1907 by Grauer. He did not say how many specimens he had but described both male and female. The above specimen is the only specimen collected on 23 August 1907. Paratypes are: AMNH 576749– 576752.

Ripley (1964: 183) treated bambusicola as a subspecies of T. abyssinicus .

Turdus milanjensis uluguru Hartert Turdus milanjensis uluguru Hartert, 1923b: 6

(Bagito, Uluguru Mts., Tanganyika Territory).

Now Turdus olivaceus nyikae Reichenow, 1904 .

See Ripley, 1964: 183, Urban et al., 1997: 35,

and Clement, 2000: 336.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 576655 , adult female, collected at Bagilo (5 Bagito), 078009S, 378429E ( Chapin, 1954: 643), Uluguru Mts. , Tanzania, on 4 May 1922, by Arthur Loveridge (no. R7323). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, the type was said to be a female collected at ‘‘Bagito’’ on 4 May 1922 by Arthur Loveridge. This specimen is now AMNH 576655 , listed above. Hartert also noted that Loveridge collected a male on 8 June 1922. That specimen is now AMNH 576654 and it is the paratype. Later, by mistake Hartert (1928: 216) listed the type as a male but gave the correct date of 4 May ; also, the Rothschild type label was attached to the wrong specimen. A small piece of the Rothschild type label has been left on this specimen, another label being added to explain the mistake, and an AMNH type label has been put on the correct specimen.

AMNH 202632 and 202633, collected by Loveridge at ‘‘Bagito’’ in June 1922, were part of a collection purchased directly from Loveridge by AMNH in 1924 and are not paratypes.

The collecting locality of these specimens is spelled ‘‘Bagito’’ on the field label, but Loveridge (1923: 899) spelled it ‘‘Bagilo’’.

Ripley (1964: 183) included nyikae in T. abyssinicus .