Loxia fuscata Lonchura fuscata Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens Jansen, Justin J. F. J. Zoosystematics and Evolution 2017 2017-11-16 93 2 467 492 8713B477-51F9-A26A-A422-0E63EDEAE2E0 Vieillot Vieillot Aves Fringillidae Loxia CoL Animalia Loxia fuscata Passeriformes 11 478 Chordata species fuscata   Loxia fuscataVieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant.: 95 (Timor).  Lonchura fuscata(Vieillot, 1807). - Now.  Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2011-597 [MNHN A.C. 6489], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside: 1. (Sticker) Asie austr. Cvte le Natte / expedit. du Capte Baudin / an XI du Moluques / Paddabrun. 2. (illegible) 95 pl 62 / Padda fuscataVieill. / Loxia. Pedestal label:  Padda fuscata/ (V.) / M. MaugeTimor. SYNTYPE: MNHN A.C. 6490 [ MNHNA.C. 6490], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte Natte / Expedit. Du Capten Baudin. an 11 / le Padde brun♂. 1. Loxia fuscata Padda(vieill.) pl 45. Pedestal label:  Padda fuscata/ ♂ / (V.) / M. MaugeTimor. SYNTYPE: MNHN A.C. 6491, female, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge. Pedestal underside:  Loxia madagascar/ Padda/ Sticker: Asie Aust. Cvtte Natte / Expedit. De Capt Baud / An XI Timor/ ♀  Mauge. Pedestal label: not present. SYNTYPE: NMW 35.570 [NMW 1815.XXXVII.38], adult male, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S; 123°35'0"E), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge. Pedestal label:  Amadina fuscataGray / 1815-XXXVII-38 (153) / Dufresne gekft.  SYNTYPE(lost). The information available for the NMS bird is Dufresne Ms 1818, 56:  Loxia fuscata, La PaddaBrun, Vieiilot, Nlle Hollde, rare. The annotation in Dufresne 1818' destroyed in May 1892' confirms that the specimen is no longer present.  Comments. The number of specimens is not mentioned by Vieillot (1807: 95), but the descriptions of a male, female and first year birds indicate multiple specimens. The three MNHN birds were the only three until another was donated by the RMNH in 1855 (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The NMW specimen was present in the MNHN when Vieillot (1807) described the species. The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species  Amadina fuscataor 'dark'( Jobling 2017).