Galerida cristata caroli Hartert

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 : 21

Galerida cristata caroli Hartert

Galerida cristata caroli Hartert, 1904a: 234 (Natron­ Tal).

Now Galerida cristata altirostris ( Brehm, 1855) . See Hartert, 1928: 202, Peters, 1960a: 59, and Keith et al., 1992: 101.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 557626 , adult male, collected at Zaghig , Wâdi­el­Natrûn, Egypt, on 26 February 1903, by N.C. Rothschild and F. R. Henley (no. 176). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert gave the field number of the above specimen and stated that he had examined 4 specimens, including the type. The three paratypes are AMNH 557627 and 557632 from the same locality, and AMNH 557633 from Bir Victoria. Three specimens collected by W.L.S. Loat at Wâdi­el­Natrûn in the same year were not included and may have been acquired by Rothschild at a later date.

Hartert (1928: 202) himself synonymized G. cristata caroli with G. c. brachyura Tristram. This was later synonymized with G. c. altirostris ( Peters, 1960a: 59) .

I was unable to find the exact location of Zaghig; however, Wâdi­el­Natrûn is ca. 60 mi SSE of Alexandria and 65 mi WNW of Cairo ( Seltzer, 1962: 1289).