Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi Hartert

Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi Hartert, 1903d: 27 (südlich des Issik-Kul).

Now Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi Hartert, 1903 . See Hartert, 1919: 125; Vaurie, 1959: 156– 158; Dickinson, 2003: 511; and dos Anjos, 2009: 611–612.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 675571, adult male, collected south of Ozero Issyk-kul’ (= Lake Issik-Kul), 42.25N, 77.15E (USBGN, 1970b), Turkestan, in February 1901, by Rückbeil, Rudolf Tancré’s collector (No. J.K. 44). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert gave Tancré’s number for the holotype and noted that he studied 14 specimens. The 13 paratypes, all collected in Turkestan in 1901 by or for Tancre´, are: Bed of Karakol, AMNH 675568, 675569, male, female, September ; South of Lake Issik-kul, AMNH 675570, 675572, 675573, two males, one female, November and February ; Bed of Ak-su, AMNH 675574, 675575, male, female, September ; Ak-su, AMNH 675576, 675577, male, female, September ; Barskoun, AMNH 675578, 675579, male, female, September and month ?; Bed of Djargess, AMNH 675580, 675581, male, female, September .

Rothschild (1902) had reported earlier on Tancré’s collection; on page 166 he listed only the three February specimens but noted their darker color. The September and November specimens apparently arrived later.