Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef Prokop Pražák (1870 – 1904) Author Mlíkovský, Jiří text Zootaxa 2011 3005 45 68 journal article 46961 10.5281/zenodo.202788 37c1b93e-9c92-45e1-a140-5fe4810c5b16 1175-5326 202788 Carduelis elegans hortensis Pražák [ Carduelis elegans ] hortensis Pražák, 1894d : 83 . NOW. Carduelis carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert (1903: 67) . Remarks. See under Carduelis elegans hortensis (above). Pražák (1894d: 84) did not specify the type locality of C. e. hortensis , but listed "Königsgrätz" [= Hradec Králové, Bohemia ; 50.21°N , 15.83°E ], "Prager Umgebung" [= "vicinity of Prague"; Prague has been a capitol of Bohemia and its unspecified "vicinity" covers much of Central Bohemia ] and "Süd-Böhmen" [= "South Bohemia "] as examples of localities where these birds were common and stated (p. 84) that he personally collected eight specimens on 7 October 1892 at “Maslojed” [= Máslojedy, Bohemia ; 50.30°N , 15.77°E ]. Considering that Pražák invented such records in many cases and that he did not limit the description of hortensis to these birds, I prefer to consider the whole of Bohemia as the type locality of Carduelis elegans hortensis Pražák. Hartert (1903: 67) incorrectly said that Pražák (1894d) described this form as Fringilla hortensis .