Cisticola natalensis inexpectata Neumann, 1906

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Cisticola natalensis inexpectata Neumann

Cisticola natalensis inexpectata Neumann, 1906a: 268 (Abassi-See) .

Now Cisticola natalensis inexpectatus Neumann, 1906 . See Lynes, 1930: 447–448, 638, and Urban et al., 1997: 186.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 593991 , adult male, collected on Lake Abassi , 07.04N, 38.27E ( Chapin, 1954: 639), Ethiopia, on 5 (not 4) December 1900, by Oscar Neumann (no. 352). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In his original description, Neumann cited his unique field number of the holotype, the original label of which bears both male and female symbols. Neumann (1906a: 268) listed two additional specimens, his numbers 98 and 99 from Badattino, now AMNH 593819 and 593821. These are paratypes of C. n. inexpectatus ; however, Lynes (1930: 638) examined them and found them to be juvenile specimens of C. robustus robustus and noted the labels accordingly.