Dendrocitta formosae schistacea Stresemann, 1929: 139

TL: Yao-schan [Dayao Shan, Guangxi, China; c. 24°02’N, 110°18’E].

Now Dendrocitta formosae sinica Stresemann, 1913 . See Blake & Vaurie 1962: 248, Dickinson et al. 2004b: 118.

HOLOTYPE: ZMB 29.349. Female [on label, Stresemann 1929:? male]. Loc.: Yao-schan, Kwang-si Provinz [Dayao Shan, Guangxi, China]. Date: 3 December 1928. Coll.: Prof. S. S. Sin, No. 885 [and] No. 2 [? number for the taxon]. [S, Mus, Meise MS].

PARATYPE: ZMB 29.350. Male. Loc.: Yao-schan, Kwang-si Provinz. Date: 1928. Coll.: Prof. S. S. Sin, No. 1683 [and] No. 2 [? number for the taxon]. [S, Mus].

COMMENTS: The ZMB received these two specimens only. They had been donated to the ZMB by Prof. S. S. Sin from Guangxi in June 1929 (ZMB archives, Sign. SIII, Akte S; no further information on collector traced). Stresemann (1929) published his paper in September 1929. The holotype of Dendrocitta formosae sinica Stresemann, 1913, was never in the ZMB collection, but was part of F. W. Styan’s collection, which went via the Rothschild collection to the AMNH (677042, female, loc. Ching-Feng, Fokien, China, 21 December 1897).