Graucalus pusillus Ramsay, 1879

McAllan, Ian A. W., 2016, On Some Types of Birds (Aves) from the Solomon Islands Named by Edward Pierson Ramsay, Records of the Australian Museum 68 (1), pp. 31-43 : 37

Graucalus pusillus Ramsay, 1879 , Proceedings 4: 71, and

Graucalus solomonensis Ramsay, 1879 , Proceedings 4: 314 (replacement name for G. pusillus ). [= Coracina lineata pusilla (Ramsay, 1879) ]

Australian Museum. Lectotype: O.18714. This specimen is from the Dobroyde collection and was registered in 1912. It was labelled by Ramsay as a type of Graucalus pusillus from the Solomons and as a possible adult male. One paralectotype: O.18713.

Also from the Dobroyde collection and registered in 1912, this specimen was labelled by Ramsay as a type of Graucalus pusillus from the Solomons. The sex was not noted.

Schodde (1977) designated the lectotype, but did not note the paralectotype which was found later by Longmore (1991). Ramsay (1879c) gave it the replacement name of G. solomonensis . Ramsay evidently believed the replacement name was necessary as Sharpe (1879) had referred to “ Campephaga pusilla Blyth ”. Sharpe referred to Gray (1869) as the source of Blyth’s name. Several authors (e.g., Mathews, 1930; Mayr, 1945a; Galbraith & Galbraith, 1962) have followed Ramsay, but as pointed out by Schodde (1977) the name as published in Gray is a nomen nudum and no other reference by Blyth to the name as quoted by Gray is known. Consequently the valid name must remain as Coracina lineata pusilla .