Oriolus sagittatus blaauwi Mathews

Oriolus sagittatus blaauwi Mathews, 1912a: 435 (North-West Australia (Napier Broome Bay)).

Now Oriolus sagittatus affinis Gould, 1848 . See Mathews, 1926: 266–274; Mathews, 1930: 860; Greenway, 1962: 124; Schodde and Mason, 1999: 601–603; Dickinson, 2003: 487; and Walther and Jones, 2008: 717–718.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 670998, adult male, collected at Napier Broome Bay, 14.02S, 126.37E (USBGN, 1957), Western Australia, Australia, on 23 July 1910, by G.F. Hill (no. 637). From the Mathews Collection (no. 6217) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range as ‘‘North- Western Australia.’’ The holotype bears in addition to Hill’s original label, Mathews and Rothschild type labels and a ‘‘ Figured’ ’ label indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1926: pl. 578, opp. p. 266, text pp. 266–274) and confirmed as the type of blaauwi on page 268. Paratypes in AMNH: Point Torment, King Sound, AMNH 670996 (Mathews no. 8409), male, AMNH 670997 (8408), female, 14–16 February 1911, collected by J.P. Rogers ; Parrys Creek, 5 mi west of Trig point HJ 9, east Kimberley, AMNH 671000 (3573), male, AMNH 671001–671003 (3570– 3572), females, 28 August 1908, collected by J.P. Rogers. Other AMNH specimens from northwest Australia were either never in the Mathews Collection or were cataloged after the 31 January 1912 publication date of blaauwi.