Philemon orientalis breda Mathews

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Philemon orientalis breda Mathews, 1912b: 51 (Melville Island, Northern Territory).

Now Philemon citreogularis sordidus (Gould, 1848) View in CoL . See Salomonsen, 1967: 405, Schodde and Mason, 1999: 287–288, Christidis and Boles, 2008: 185–191, and Higgins et al., 2008: 684–685.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 696753 About AMNH , adult male, collected at Coopers Camp, Apsley Strait,

Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia, on 6 December 1911, by J.P. Rogers (no. 2584). From the Mathews Collection (no. 11552) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and gave the range of the form as ‘‘Melville Island.’’ The holotype bears, in addition to Rogers’ label and Mathews and Rothschild type labels, a ‘‘Figured’’ label, indicating that it was illustrated in Mathews (1925a: pl. 556, upper fig., opp. p. 109, text p. 117) where it is confirmed as the type of breda.

Mathews (1912b: 26) noted that he had received two shipments of specimens collected by Rogers on Melville Island ; these included specimens collected in 1911 at Coopers Camp. Paratypes are: AMNH 696752 About AMNH (Mathews no. 10752), male, 6 October ; AMNH 696754 About AMNH (11550), male, 18 November ; AMNH 696755 About AMNH (10751), male, 20 October ; AMNH 696756 About AMNH (10753), female, 1 October ; AMNH 696758 About AMNH (10750), female, 6 October ; AMNH 696760 About AMNH (11551), sex?, 6 December .

Salomonsen (1967: 405) recognized breda; whereas, Schodde and Mason (1999: 287– 288) and Higgins et al. (2008: 684) did not.

According to Hart and Pilling (1964: 101), Coopers Camp was across Apsley Strait from the Bathurst Island Mission Station, 11.45S, 130.41E (Times Atlas).

References

Christidis, L., and W. E. Boles. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, viii + 277 pp.

Hart, C. W. M., and A. R. Pilling. 1964. The Tiwi of north Australia. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 118 pp.

Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, and H. A. Ford. 2008. Meliphagidae (honeyeaters). In J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D. Christie (editors), Handbook of birds of the world, vol. 13, Penduline-tits to shrikes: 498 - 691. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 879 pp., 60 pls., 536 photographs.

Mathews, G. M. 1912 b. Additions and corrections to my reference list to the birds of Australia. Austral Avian Record 1: 25 - 52.

Mathews, G. M. 1925 a. The birds of Australia. Vol. 12, pts. 1 - 5. London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1 - 225, pls. 542 - 570.

Salomonsen, F. 1967. Family Meliphagidae. In R. A. Paynter, Jr (editor), Check-list of birds of the world, vol. 12: 338 - 450. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, ix + 495 pp.

Schodde, R., and I. J. Mason. 1999. The directory of Australian birds. Passerines. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, 851 pp.