Serinus angolensis somereni Hartert, 1912

LeCroy, Mary, 2013, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (381), pp. 1-155 : 62

Serinus angolensis somereni Hartert

Serinus angolensis somereni Hartert, 1912: 63 (Toro, Uganda).

Now Serinus atrogularis somereni Hartert, 1912 . See Hartert, 1919a: 160, Howell, et al., 1968: 216; Dickinson, 2003: 747; Fry and Keith, 2004: 471–473; and Clement, 2010: 523.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 713306, AMNH 713307, male and female, collected at Bwezu, Toro, Uganda, in November 1910, by R.A.L. van Someren (nos 69 and 70 B.G.). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert designated as types the male and female bearing the numbers 69 and 70 B.G. Because syntypes were designated, other specimens mentioned by Hartert have no nomenclautral standing. Apparently only one label originally served for both birds; this label was copied and the copy tied on the other specimen. Only specimen AMNH 713306 bore a Rothschild type label, which had been marked ‘‘ syntypes of Serinus angolensis somereni ’’ by Hartert, and he ( Hartert, 1919a: 160) listed both as types. A type label has been added to the second specimen and it is now included in the type collection .