Sylvia striata Brehm

LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1), pp. 1-287 : 24

Sylvia striata Brehm

Sylvia striata Brehm, 1822: 287 (Neustadt a/d Orla).

Now Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieillot, 1817) . See Hartert, 1918a: 31, 1923a: 54, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 617.

Probable Lectotype: AMNH 455399 , male, collected at Neustadt , 50.45N, 11.44E (Times Atlas), on the Orla River , Germany, on ‘‘ 9 April 1810 ’’. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1918a: 31) was not certain that this specimen should be considered the type, because Brehm (1822: 294) said: ‘‘Ich bemerkte diesen Vogel zuerst am 23. April 1811 bei Neustadt a/d. Orla.’’ The date 9 April 1810 and the name Caricicola striata appear on this specimen in Brehm’s hand; the locality is given as ‘‘Orl[a]thal’’. Hartert wrote on the Rothschild type label: ‘‘Must be the type of Sylvia striata Brehm …. I think the date [in the description] or on the label is wrong! Not the only instance!!’’ It is the only specimen from the Orla Valley that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, although Brehm (1822: 287) noted that he obtained a pair. (Original description not seen.)