Embernagra rufivirgata Lawrence, 1851

LeCroy, Mary, 2012, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, And Tersininae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (368), pp. 1-125 : 46

Embernagra rufivirgata Lawrence

Embernagra rufivirgata Lawrence, 1851a: 112 , pl. 5, fig. 2 (Rio Grande in Texas).

Now Arremonops rufivirgatus rufivirgatus (Lawrence, 1851) . See Hellmayr, 1938: 439–440, and Dickinson, 2003: 798.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 3261 , collected in Brownsville (5 Ft. Brown on the Rio Grande), 25.54N, 97.29W (Times Atlas), Texas, by J.P. McCown. From the G.N. Lawrence Collection.

COMMENTS: Although Lawrence did not confirm this, his description appears to be based on a single specimen. Lawrence’s label is marked ‘‘ Embernagra rufivirgata Lawr. , Texas, a (or D?) 373, J.P. McC.’’ and on the reverse ‘‘ Type, Brownsville, Capt. J.P. McCown.’’ The specimen was once mounted. Lawrence (1851a: 114) noted that this new species was ‘‘obtained by [McCown] during the past year, while stationed on the Rio Grande in Texas.’’ It is the only specimen of this form that came to AMNH with the Lawrence Collection.