Corvus sylvestris C.L. Brehm, 1831: 163 Corvus corax corax Linnaeus, 1758 Hartert and Kleinschmidt, 1901: 40 Hartert, 1918a: 7 Blake and Vaurie, 1962: 280 Dickinson, 2003: 514–515 dos Anjos, 2009: 638– 639 Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 12. Passeriformes: Ploceidae, Sturnidae, Buphagidae, Oriolidae, Dicruridae, Callaeidae, Grallinidae, Corcoracidae, Artamidae, Cracticidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Cnemophilidae, Paradisaeidae, And Corvidae Lecroy, Mary Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2014 2014-12-30 2014 393 1 165 C. L. Brehm C. L. Brehm [796,1133,554,577] Aves Corvidae Corvus Animalia Passeriformes 133 133 Chordata species sylvestris      Corvus sylvestrisC.L. Brehm, 1831: 163(Er bewohnt die Wälder, Ebenen oder die Vorhölzer gebirgiger Gegenden Deutschlands).  Now  Corvus corax coraxLinnaeus, 1758. See  Hartert and Kleinschmidt, 1901: 40;  Hartert, 1918a: 7;  Blake and Vaurie, 1962: 280;  Dickinson, 2003: 514–515; and  dos Anjos, 2009: 638– 639.   LECTOTYPE:  AMNH 674868, adult male, collected at Renthendorf, 50.48N, 11.58E( USBGN, 1959), Germany, on  15 May 1817. Fromthe Brehm Collectionvia the Rothschild Collection.  COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description. Hartert and Kleinschmidt (1901: 40)listed the specimen labeled  sylvestrisby Brehm and collected on 15 May 1817at Rethendorf as the type, thereby designating it the lectotypeof  sylvestris. It is number ‘‘1a’’ on their list and so annotated on the reverse of Brehm’s label. The following specimens labeled  sylvestrisby Brehm and listed and annotated by Hartert and Kleinschmidt (1901: 40)are in AMNH and may be considered paralectotypes: AMNH 674866(no. 1c), juvenile male, VallisRodana on label, 10 May 1816(not 28 May 1818); AMNH 674869(no. 1b), juvenile female, Renthendorf, 10 May 1818; AMNH 674871(no. 1d), juvenile female, VallisOrlana on label, 28 May 1818; AMNH 674873(no. 1f), nestling male, VallisRodana on label, 4 May 1818. AMNH 674872 and 674874 were exchanged to ZFMK, and one or both of them may be paralectotypes. 3059913667 1817-05-15 USBGN Germany Brehm Collection 50.48 Renthendorf 658 11.58 From 133 133 AMNH 674868 1 lectotype