Artamus leucorhynchus harterti Mathews

Artamus leucorhynchus harterti Mathews, 1912a: 367 (North-West Australia).

Now Artamus leucorynchus leucopygialis Gould, 1842 . See Stresemann, 1913a: 292; Hartert, 1920: 455; Mathews, 1923b: 217–224; 1930: 635; Mayr, 1962b: 162; Schodde and Mason, 1999: 561–562; Dickinson, 2003: 464; and Rowley and Russell, 2009b: 305.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 664722, adult female, collected at Parry Creek, 15.36S, 128.17E (Johnstone and Storr, 2004: 512), 5 miles west of Trig. Stn. HJ 9, East Kimberley, Western Australia, on 16 November 1908, by J.P. Rogers (no. 352). From the Mathews Collection (no. 2388) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range of harterti as ‘‘ North-West Australia and Northern Territory.’’ The following specimens were in Mathews’ possession before 31 January 1912, the date of publication of harterti, and are considered paratypes: Point Torment, AMNH 664715, 664716, 664726, 664727 (Mathews nos. 8392–8395), two males, one female, one sex?, 21 February 1911, collected by J.P. Rogers ; Parry Creek, AMNH 664717– 664721, 664723, 664724, 664725 (2387, 2389– 2395), five males, two females, one sex?, 16 November 1908, 2 February 1908, 22 February 1911, collected by J.P. Rogers ; Alexandria, AMNH 664712, 664713 (2396, 2397) male, female, January 1906, 30 October 1905, collected by W. Stalker. AMNH 664707, male, collected at Port Darwin, Northern Territory, on 11 June 1894, by Knut Dahl, was not cataloged by Mathews until 28 February 1912, after the publication of harterti, and is not accepted as a paratype .