Coracina caeruleogrisea adamsoni Mayr and Rand

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 59-60

Coracina caeruleogrisea adamsoni Mayr and Rand

Coracina caeruleogrisea adamsoni Mayr and Rand, 1936: 245 (Mafulu, 1250 m, Central Division, Territory of Papua).

Now Coracina caeruleogrisea adamsoni Mayr and Rand, 1936 . See Coates, 1990: 40.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 419935 , adult male, collected at Mafulu , 08°31′S, 147°01′E ( Frith and Beehler, 1998: 569, converted to degrees and minutes), Central Province, Papua New Guinea, on 30 October 1933, by Richard Archbold and Austin L. Rand (no. 1959). Collected on the 1933–1934 Archbold Papuan Expedition.

COMMENTS: Mayr and Rand (1936: 245) listed as their type series 20 males and 19 females, excluding the holotype, from numerous localities. I have found 19 males and 21 females from the localities listed, all of which would have been available to Mayr and Rand in 1936. These paratypes are: AMNH 267413–267415, 268954–268956, 329870, 329871, 419934–419942, 561213, and 561215–561236. AMNH 419943, an unsexed specimen from Ononge, was not listed but would have been part of the series and should be considered a paratype. I did not find AMNH 561212 in the collection, cataloged as a male from Sattelberg, but it also would be a paratype. Among the listed paratypes, AMNH 268956 is mounted and on display, and AMNH 561215 was exchanged to FMNH.