Rhipidura setosa niveiventris Rothschild and Hartert

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 : 222

Rhipidura setosa niveiventris Rothschild and Hartert

Rhipidura setosa niveiventris Rothschild and Hartert, 1914b: 109 (Manus)

Now Rhipidura rufiventris niveiventris Rothschild and Hartert, 1914 . See Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 392, and del Hoyo et al., 2006: 238.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 651096 , adult male, collected on Manus Island , 02.05S, 146.50E ( Papua New Guinea, 1984), Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, on 13 September 1913, by Albert S. Meek (no. 6053). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Meek’s unique field number of the holotype was cited in the original description. In their later article, Rothschild and Hartert (1914a: 295) noted that they had six males, two females, and one immature male, giving Meek numbers for the specimens. The eight paratypes are: AMNH 651097–651104, all collected on Manus in September 1913.

Rothschild and Hartert (1914a) noted that Meek’s collectors were based close to the German settlement on Manus. In the draft annual report of German New Guinea for 1913–1914 ( Sack and Clark, 1980: 61), the following appears: ‘‘An Australian spent the period from September to October near the Imperial Station, engaged in collecting birds and butterflies for the Tring Museum (Rothschild) in London.’’ The Manus Station was opened in October 1911, on Seeadler Harbor ( Firth, 1983: 103), and is now known as Lorengau, 02.01S, 147.15E (Times Atlas).