Lonchura maja vietnamensis Restall

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 120

[ Lonchura maja vietnamensis Restall ]

Restall (1995: 151) introduced this name based on three specimens ‘‘adult male, female and juvenile collected by Charuvarn Vanasin and Dr. Atichart Suntharos near Da Lat, 11 ° 569N by 108 ° 259E, in January 1995. Other similar birds were collected near the Cambodian border by Tay Ninh, 11 ° 189N, 106 ° 059E, in November 1994. These specimens are in my possession at the time of writing; they will be deposited in the AMNH collection in due course.’’ Presumably the first three specimens were to be considered syntypes. As of this writing no specimens have been deposited in AMNH. Dickinson (2003: 736) noted that Restall (personal commun.) had told him that the types had been destroyed, but no information regarding this has been provided to AMNH by Restall .