Petrochelidon albilinea Lawrence

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 : 29-30

Petrochelidon albilinea Lawrence

Petrochelidon albilinea Lawrence, 1863b: 2 ( New Granada).

Now Tachycineta albilinea (Lawrence, 1863) . See Wetmore et al., 1984: 11.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 40225, adult male, and AMNH 40226, adult female, collected on the line of the old Panama railroad, Atlantic slope, Panama, by James McLeannan and John R. Galbraith, in winter of 1860 ( Lawrence, 1861b: 315). From the Lawrence Collection.

COMMENTS: Lawrence (1861b: 317) had previously identified these specimens as Petrochelidon leucoptera (Gmelin) , his species no. 156. Lawrence (1861b: 317, 1863b: 2) did not indicate how many specimens he had. These are the only two specimens of this taxon that came to AMNH with the Lawrence Collection.