Lanius assimilis Alf

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 104

Lanius assimilis Alf [red E.] and [Christian] Lud[wig] Brehm

Lanius assimilis Alf [red E.] and [Christian] Lud[wig] Brehm, in C.L. Brehm, 1854: 146 (Im Oktober kommt... im Sennaar am blauen Fluss an).

Now Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris Cassin, 1854 . See Hartert, 1918b: 28, Fry et al., 2000: 361, Harris and Franklin, 2000: 156, and Conzemius, 2001.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 457624 , adult female, collected at Sennar , 13°31′N, 33°38′E (Times Atlas), Sudan, on 4 October 1850, by Alfred E. Brehm. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Brehm (1854: 146) said that the sexes do not differ, implying that he had both. However, this female is the only specimen labeled as assimilis that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. Hartert (1918b: 28) designated it the lectotype. On the original label, in A.E. Brehm’s hand, the specimen was identified as Lanius excubitor . In C.L. Brehm’s hand, this has been changed to assimilis . As in the preceding taxon, C.L. Brehm attributed the name to both his son and himself and added a note on the reverse of the label: ‘‘nova rara a nobis detecta species’’ (new, rare species, discovered by us).