Anthus novae

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 : 47

Anthus novae ­zealandiae chathamensis Lorenz von Liburnau

Anthus novae ­zealandiae chathamensis Lorenz von Liburnau, 1902: 309 (Chatham­Inseln).

Now Anthus novaeseelandiae chathamensis Lorenz von

Liburnau, 1902. See Checklist Committee, 1990: 198.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 573046 , unsexed, collected on the Chatham Islands, in 1890, by Henry Palm­ er (no. 236). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: It is noted on the printed Rothschild Collection label and initialed by Ludwig Ritter Lorenz von Liburnau that this is the type of A. n. chathamensis; Palmer’s field number is given in the description. Hartert (1919: 168) stated: ‘‘Details of date, sex, etc., lost in a diary [of Palmer’s] accidentally burnt in Cambridge.’’ He also gives the locality as Mangare, Chatham Islands. This locality appears on the printed Rothschild label, but ‘‘Mangare’’ has been inked out.

Anthus gouldi turneri Meinertzhagen

Anthus gouldi turneri Meinertzhagen, 1920: 24 (Kituni in the N.W. part of Kenya Colony).

Now Anthus leucophrys zenkeri Neumann, 1906 . See Vaurie et al., 1960: 150, and Keith et al., 1992: 226.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 571406 , adult female (not male), collected at Kituni , 00°12′N, 34°55′E ( Chapin, 1954: 682), Kenya, on 19 February 1917, by H.J. Allen Turner (no. 1221). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Meinertzhagen (1920: 24) stated that the type was in the Rothschild Collection. Four specimens collected by Turner at Kituni in February 1917 for Meinertzhagen came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. This is the only specimen collected on 19 February. It is noted on the Meinertzhagen label as the type and bears the Rothschild type label. Its designation as a male in the description is evidently an error ; the sex was correctly published by Hartert (1928: 203), without comment. The other three Kituni specimens are paratypes: AMNH 571407–571409 , males, collect­ ed 22–26 February 1917. Kituni is the only locality mentioned in the original description ; however, Meinertzhagen gave measurements for more than one female, and other paratypes may exist.