Pycnonotus sinensis formosae Hartert, 1910

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 : 79

Pycnonotus sinensis formosae Hartert

Pycnonotus sinensis formosae Hartert, 1910c: 230 (Tai­

pih, Formosa).

Now Pycnonotus sinensis formosae Hartert, 1910 . See

Dickinson and Dekker, 2002b: 97, and Dickinson et al., 2002b: 121.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 568353 , adult male, collected at T’ai­pei, 25°05′N, 121°32′E (Times Atlas), Taiwan, Republic of China, in October 1896, by collectors for Alan Owston. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The above specimen is the only one collected in October at T’ai­pei. The number 31 cited by Hartert in his original description is not an individual specimen number and appears on at least 12 of the specimens collected on Taiwan for Owston; it may refer to the species or be the number of a collector.

Three additional specimens of this taxon from T’ai­pei, collected in September and November 1896, are paratypes that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection: AMNH 568354–568356.