Pražák, 1894f : 246 Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870 – 1904) Mlíkovský, Jiří Zootaxa 2011 3005 45 68 Prazak Prazak [151,561,1549,1575] Aves Paridae Parus Animalia Passeriformes 12 57 Chordata subSpecies caeruleus obscurus   Remarks. Pražák (1894f: 246)stated that he studied “eine Reihe englischer Exemplare” (“a series of English specimens”), without designating the holotype. Only two relevant specimens were available to Pražák prior to 1895, which thus represent the syntypesof  P. c. obscurus. All other specimens may have existed only in Pražák’s mind.  Pražák (1894f: 246)did not specify the typelocality of  P. c. obscurus, but both syntypeswere collected at Avington, England. R. Prÿs-Jones (in litt. 2010) observed that here are two villages of this name in England, one in Berkshire [ 51.40°N, 01.47°W] and the other in Hampshire [ 51.09°N, 01.24°W]. The Hampshire Avington was the seat of the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley (1840–1910) and the place where Shelley and R. B. Sharpe collected many birds during 1871–1886( Sharpe 1906: 477; R. Prÿs-Jones, in litt. 2010). I agree with Prÿs-Jones (in litt. 2010) that it is thus “quite certain that the specimens came from Avington, Hampshire”. I thus restrict the typelocality to the latter place. Clancey (1948: 108)erroneously believed that Pražák’s typesdid not survive and restricted the typelocality to the “Lake District, England” (see also Vaurie 1959: 502; Snow 1967: 114), which is an invalid action (Art. 76 of the Code).