Kittacincla malabaricus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 39-49 : 42-44

2142. White-rumped Shama Kittacincla malabaricus tricolor (Vieillot, 1818)

The species was listed as ‘ Lanius macrourus - Turdus macrourus, Gmel. [sic]’ȱbyȱRafflesȱ(1822).ȱ In 1825, Stanley listed a male specimen as ‘ Turdus macrourus ’ and ‘Longtailed thrush’, although ‘ Lanius macrourus ’ȱwasȱusedȱinȱVigors’ȱcatalogueȱ(Rafflesȱ1830).ȱAȱmaleȱdepictedȱ among the post- Fame drawings (NHD 47.22; Noltie 2009; Fig. 4) could represent Stanley’s

specimen. Lack of a traceable specimen in NML, or a number in Moore’s stock books, suggests it was not part of the 1851 bequest.

2143 [3791]. Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis grammithorax (Malherbe, 1862) ListedȱbyȱRafflesȱ(1822)ȱasȱ Picus tristis ,ȱaȱnameȱfirstȱusedȱbyȱHorsfieldȱinȱ1821,ȱandȱStanleyȱ treated a male specimen under this name in 1825. Stanley annotated the entry with the synonyms ‘ P. strickup ( P. poicilophos = paecilophos )ȱPl.ȱColȱ197’ȱfromȱVigors’ȱcatalogueȱ(Rafflesȱ 1830). The vernacular name used by Stanley is illegible (but is perhaps ‘Striated crowned woodpecker’). The subspecies occurring on Sumatra is grammithorax, which was not described until 1862. The skin of the relaxed mount is at NML (accession number D3791).