Aegithalos caudatus potyi Jouard, 1929

1929 Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 54(3): 248.

Now Aegithalos caudatus europaeus (Hermann, 1804) .

See Greenway et al., 1967: 53-54.

Holotype: MHNG 928.047, adult female (?), collected in France ( Gemeaux, Côte-d’Or) on 7 December 1927 by H. Jouard.

Paratypes: Jouard (1929c) examined a total of 12 specimens (including the holotype). They are described in Jouard (1929b), and five of them have been found in the collection: MHNG 928.008, unsexed adult, collected in France (Branges, Saône-et-Loire) on 16 February 1927 by P. Poty. MHNG 928.009, adult male, collected in France (Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire) on 30 November 1926 by P. Poty. MHNG 928.010, adult male, collected in France (Devrouze, near Simard, Saôneet-Loire) on 30 September 1928 by H. Jouard. MHNG 928.045, adult female, collected in France (Savigny-sur- Seille, Saône-et-Loire) on 23 November 1926 by P. Poty. MHNG 928.046, adult male, collected in France (Bione swamp, near Simard, Saône-et-Loire) on 30 November 1926 by H. Jouard.

Comment: Jouard named the taxon for Paul Poty, who collected many birds for him. The specimen MHNG 928.010 is pictured on plates 1-2 in Jouard (1929b).