Sporophila morelleti mutanda Griscom, 1930

LeCroy, Mary, 2012, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, And Tersininae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (368), pp. 1-125 : 31

Sporophila morelleti mutanda Griscom

Sporophila morelleti mutanda Griscom, 1930: 7 (Hacienda California, near Ocos, Pacific slope, western Guatemala).

Now Sporophila torqueola mutanda Griscom, 1930 . See Hellmayr, 1938: 188, Paynter, 1970b: 138, and Dickinson, 2003: 792.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 397557 , adult male, collected at Hacienda California , 14.33N, 92.10W ( USBGN, 1965), near Ocós, Pacific slope, western Guatemala, on 9 June 1926, by Alfred W. Anthony (no. 3962). From the Dwight Collection (no. 63845).

COMMENTS: Griscom cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and noted that he examined 35 specimens from the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala. Part of this Guatemalan collection was retained at MCZ, the remainder being cataloged at AMNH. There are, in addition to the holotype, 27 paratypes of mutanda, all so labeled and initialed by Griscom: Finca El Cipres, AMNH 397543 , 397545–397552 , five males and four females ; Carolina, AMNH 397553–397555 , two males and one female ; Hacienda California, AMNH 397556 , 397558–397564 , 397566 , 397567 , 397570–397572 , nine males and four females ; Ochos, AMNH 397568 , 397569 , one male and one female .