Ancathiza (sic) katherina De Vis, 1905

LeCroy, M., 2008, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313 (1), pp. 1-287 : 151

Ancathiza (sic) katherina De Vis

Ancathiza (sic) katherina De Vis, 1905: 43 (Bellenden Ker Range, 4000 ft.)

Now Acanthiza katherina De Vis, 1905 . See Schodde and Mason, 1999: 196–197.

Syntype: AMNH 600487, adult male, collected at Palm Camp, Bellenden Ker Range, 4000 ft, 17.16S, 145.50E (USBGN, 1957b), Queensland, Australia, by K. Broadbent. From the Mathews Collection (no. 18457) via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, De Vis did not say how many specimens he had, although both male and female were described, nor was the collector and date of collection given. Ingram (1987: 245) listed two male and two female syntypes in QM, all collected by K. Broadbent in July 1889. The above specimen bears what is apparently also a Broadbent label with the locality and sex marked. It is labeled ‘‘No. 6 Geregone’’ (sic) and ‘‘-d-’’. Mathews has written and initialed on this label: ‘‘CO-TYPE compared with type in Brisbane Museum April 30-1914 ’’. A second label has only De Vis’ name, ‘‘-d-’’, and the sex written on it. The Mathews Collection label has the data as copied from the original label plus Mathews’ catalog number and the date ‘‘June 89’’. This date does not appear on the original label. The ‘‘p. 215’’ that appears on this label refers to Mathews (1913a: 215), where this form is listed as Acanthiza pusilla katherina . Additionally, the specimen bears Mathews and Rothschild type labels. It was among several that Mathews acquired from the QM during his visit to Australia in 1914 and is listed as a ‘‘co-type’’ by Mayr and Serventy (1938: 261).