Smithornis capensis albigularis Hartert, 1904a: 73

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Smithornis capensis albigularis Hartert, 1904a: 73 (Canhoca, North Angola).

Now Smithornis capensis albigularis Hartert, 1904 . See

Keith et al., 1992: 8, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996:

187.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553302 , male, collected at Canhoca , 09°15′S, 14°35′E (Chapin, 1954: 653), Angola, on 23 November 1903, by Dr. William J. Ansorge (no. 1232). From the Rothschild Collection.

Smithornis capensis meinertzhageni van Someren

Smithornis capensis meinertzhageni van Someren, 1919 :

24 (Nyarondo).

Now Smithornis capensis meinertzhageni van Someren,

1919. See Keith et al., 1992: 8, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 187.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553272 , sex not noted, collected at Nyarondo (= Lerundo), 00°09′N, 34°51′E (Chapin, 1954: 686), Kavirondo District, Kenya, on 11 March 1917, by H. J. Allen Turner. From the Meinertzhagen Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Nyarondo is the type locality given in the original description; Lerundo is the collecting locality given on the label. Hartert (1928: 224) gave the type locality as “Lerundo, Nyarondo.” R. Dowsett (in litt.) has pointed out to us that van Someren (1920: 95) equated the two localities in his description of Dicrurus elgonensis and that the coordinates cited above and given by Chapin for Lerundo are the correct ones. Dowsett (in litt.) also pointed out that Chapin (1954: 715) may have misread Nyando for Nyarondo, because the coordinates he gave for Nyarondo, 00°07′S, 35°08′E, are too far south and lie on the Nyando River.

In the original description the sex was given as adult male. The sex is not noted on the original field label, although the specimen is in adult male plumage.

Smithornis capensis medianus

Hartert and van Someren

Smithornis capensis medianus Hartert and van Someren, 1916: 59 (Kyambu Forest) .

Now Smithornis capensis medianus Hartert and van Someren, 1916 . See Keith et al., 1992: 8, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 187.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553273 , breeding male, collected in Kyambu (= Kiambu) Forest, Kenya,

01°08′S, 36°50′E (Chapin, 1954: 685), on 10 October 1915, by Dr. Victor G. L. van Someren. From the Rothschild Collection.

Smithornis rufolateralis budongoensis van Someren

Smithornis rufolateralis budongoensis van Someren, 1921: 103 (Budongo Forest) .

Now Smithornis rufolateralis budongoensis van Someren, 1921 . See Keith et al., 1992: 5, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 194.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553340 , female, collected in Budongo Forest , Uganda, 01°40′N to 01°53′N, 31°25′E to 31°41′E (Chapin, 1954: 649), on 17 February 1907, by Leslie M. Seth-Smith. From the Rothschild Collection.

Pseudocalyptomena graueri Rothschild Pseudocalyptomena graueri Rothschild, 1909: 690 , pl. 10

(50 miles west of Russisi, north of Lake Tanganyika).

Now Pseudocalyptomena graueri Rothschild, 1909 . See

Prum, 1993, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 235.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553260, male, collected 80 km west of the Russisi (= Ruzizi) River, at about 2000 m, in bamboo forest, in November 1908, for (“nicht selbst erlegt”) Rudolf Grauer (no. 3956). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Chapin (1953: 21) discussed the type locality and concluded that it may have been near Luvumba, 03°19′S, 28°50′E (Chapin, 1954: 694), Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).

Corydon sumatranus brunnescens Hartert

Corydon sumatranus brunnescens Hartert, 1916: 4 (Baram, Borneo) . Now Corydon sumatranus brunnescens Hartert, 1916 . See

Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 232.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553207 , male, collected on the Baram River , Sarawak, Malaysia, in September 1891, by Alfred Everett. From the Rothschild Collection.

Corydon sumatranus orientalis Mayr Corydon sumatranus orientalis Mayr, 1938: 33 (Benkoker, north Borneo).

Now Corydon sumatranus brunnescens Hartert, 1916 . See

Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 232.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553211 , male, collected at Benkoker (= Bengkoka River ), Sabah, Malaysia, by John Whitehead (no. 268). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The type bears the date 6 July 1885 in Whitehead’s hand. However, Whitehead (1893: 41–42) was at Labuan and vicinity from mid-June to

24 August, at which time he sailed for Kudat and on to the Bengkoka River. He was on the Bengkoka River from 31 August to 17 November. A survey of the field numbers on selected specimens collected by Whitehead in July, August, and September 1885 shows that 6 September is undoubtedly the correct date. Bengkoka River specimens collected on 5 September were numbered 263–265; “July 6” and “July 8” specimens were numbered 268, 269, 274; 8 September specimens were numbered 275–278. Labuan specimens collected in July and August were numbered between 187 and 235.

Whitehead (1893) apparently never traveled far up the river. The coordinates of the mouth of the Bengkoka River are approximately 06°45′N, 117°04′E (D. Wells, in litt.).

Serilophus lunatus atrestus Deignan Serilophus lunatus atrestus Deignan, 1948: 109 ( Mengting , lat. 23°33′N, long. 99°05′E, western Yunnan Province, China). Now Serilophus lunatus elizabethae La Touche, 1921 . See Cheng , 1987: 410, and Lambert and Woodcock , 1996: 216. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 143346 , male, collected at Mengting (= Mengding ), 23°33′N, 99°05′E (Cheng, 1987: 410), on Burma Border, Yunnan Province, China, on 19 February 1917, by Roy Chapman Andrews and Edmund Heller (no. 492). From the Asiatic Zoological Expedition.

Serilophus lunatus polionotus Rothschild Serilophus lunatus polionotus Rothschild, 1903: 7 (Hainan, Mt. Wuchi).

Now Serilophus lunatus polionotus Rothschild, 1903 . See Cheng, 1987: 410, and Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 217.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553078 , adult male, collected on Mt. Wuchi (= Wuzhi), 18°59′N, 109°45′E (Times Atlas), Hainan Island , Guangdong, China, on 22 March 1903, by Zensaku Katsumata (nos. 176a and 179), a collector for the Yokohama dealer Alan Owston. These numbers are apparently lot numbers, and they appear on other specimens in the type series. From the Rothschild Collection.

Serilophus lunatus intrepidus Deignan Serilophus lunatus intrepidus Deignan, 1948: 110 (28 miles southeast of Ban Um Phang (a village at lat. 15°47′N, long. 98°50′E), southwestern Siam).

Now Serilophus lunatus lunatus (Gould, 1834) . See Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 216.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 203342 , female, collected 28 miles SE of Ban Um Phang , 15°47′N, 98°50′E, Thailand, on 2 February 1924, by Arthur S. Vernay

(no. 611). From the Faunthorpe–Vernay Collection.

COMMENTS: Deignan (1963: 96) equated this locality with Ban Le Kathe, 15°50′N, 98°50′E, Tak Province, Thailand.

Serilophus rothschildi Hartert and Butler Serilophus rothschildi Hartert and Butler, 1898a: 50 (Gu-

nong Ijau, 3000 feet, Perak, Malay Peninsula).

Now Serilophus lunatus rothschildi Hartert and Butler ,

1898. See Lambert and Woodcock, 1996: 217.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 553070, adult male, collected on Gunung Hijau , 3000 ft, Perak, Malaysia, in February 1898, by Arthur L. Butler. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: According to Hartert and Butler (1898b: 506) Gunung Hijau is translated as Green Mountain and is in the Larut Hills, close to Taiping, Perak. The 3000-ft collecting area on Hijau slope would have been at about 04°52′N, 100°48′E (D. Wells, in litt.).

In the original description, the number and sex of specimen(s) being described were not mentioned. Hartert and Butler (1898b: 508) stated that 4 specimens were procured and that Butler would be publishing field notes in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. The notes were, in fact, published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, where Butler (1899: 23) stat- ed that he had collected 3 specimens and that “The whole of the birds that I obtained are now in the Hon’ble Walter Rothschild’s magnificent collection at Tring” (Butler, 1899: 11). Only three specimens came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection.

Hartert (1922: 397) designated the single male as the lectotype. The other two are females: AMNH 553071, collected in February 1898 and marked “type of female” by Hartert, and AMNH 553072, collected in April 1898. Butler (1899) stated that he was “able to devote the months of February and March” to collecting on the Larut Hills even though the title of his article cited March and April as the months of collection. In fact, birds were collected in all three months, perhaps only briefly into April (only months are given on the labels). The meeting of the British Ornithologists’ Club at which the original description was read was held on 18 May 1898. There probably would have been time for the April specimen to have reached Tring by this date, and both females may be considered paralectotypes.

The page number for the description of this taxon is usually given as p. 1, an error for lowercase Roman numeral L (= 50).

Psarisomus dalhousiae borneensis Hartert

Psarisomus dalhousiae borneensis Hartert, 1904b: 6 (Kina Balu, Borneo).

Now Psarisomus dalhousiae borneensis Hartert, 1904 .

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 553054 , male, collected on Mt. Kinabalu , ca. 06°03′N, 116°32′E (Times Atlas), 4000 ft, Sabah, Malaysia, on 12 April 1888, by John Whitehead (no. 2451). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: There has been some confusion about the date of publication of Wytsman’s Genera Avium, in which this taxon was described. Hartert (1922: 397), in a footnote, stated that the first part was published in 1904 and was republished in a second edition in 1905, without consulting Hartert. Because this description was in the first part, 1904 would be the date of publication for this taxon.

Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888a: 558 (Kina Balu). Now Calyptomena whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 . See Sibley and Monroe, 1990: 334, and Lambert and Woodcock,

1996: 203.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 553003, male, collected on Mt. Kinabalu , 3000 ft, ca. 06°03′N, 116°32′E (Times Atlas), Sabah, Malaysia, on 25 February 1887, by John Whitehead (no. 1019) . Lectotype designation by Hartert (1922: 397). From the Rothschild Collection, purchased by Rothschild in 1900, shortly after Whitehead’s death.

COMMENTS: The paralectotype is AMNH 553014, a “female” [= adult male plumage], collected on 6 March 1887, Whitehead no. 1076. Sharpe (1888a: 558) described the female as a bird similar to the male, but with color more diluted and a smaller crest. This specimen does have the color very slightly less brilliant than the lectotype, but it also has black markings on the feathers of the abdomen, a characteristic of the male.

Apparently, it was Whitehead’s habit to send ahead to Sharpe “a pair of most birds that I thought would be new” (Whitehead, 1893: 185). Later, Sharpe (1888b: 231) stated that he had based his description on two birds and had since received two more specimens collected by Whitehead during his 1887 ascent of Kinabalu, one of which was an immature female. Those additional birds are also in AMNH: an “immature female” in adult female plumage (AMNH 553013) and a second male (AMNH 553004). Adult females are much duller green below than the males and lack the scattered black markings on the feathers of the abdomen.

Sharpe (1889: 436) listed 5 specimens collected on both trips, but this is obviously only a partial list. Ten additional Whitehead specimens of this species in AMNH were collected in 1888.