Coracina papuensis intermedia Rothschild

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 : 62-63

Coracina papuensis intermedia Rothschild

Coracina papuensis intermedia Rothschild, 1931b: 267 (Upper Setekwa River).

Now Coracina papuensis papuensis (Gmelin, 1788) . See Mees, 1982: 117, and Coates, 1990: 38.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 561324 , adult male, collected on the Upper Setekwa River , West Papua, Indonesia, on 21 July 1910, by Albert S. Meek (no. 4406). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Rothschild cited Meek’s field number of the type in the original description and said that the subspecies was found on the south side of the Central Range, but did not say how many specimens he had. Five additional specimens were collected by Meek on the Upper Setekwa River in 1910. They are the only specimens from the south side of the Central Range that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection and are paratypes: AMNH 561321–561323, 561325, and 561326.

Mees (1982: 117) noted that C. p. intermedia Rothschild, 1931, is a secondary homonym of C. melaschistos intermedia (Hume, 1877) , but he did not rename it, as he considered it a synonym of C. p. papuensis .

Frith and Beehler (1998: 570) gave the coordinates of the mid­Setekwa River as 04°34′S, 137°21′E (converted to degrees and minutes).

Coracina papuensis oriomo Mayr and Rand Coracina papuensis oriomo Mayr and Rand, 1936: 244

(Wuroi, Oriomo Fluss, Western Division, Territory of

Papua).

Now Coracina papuensis oriomo Mayr and Rand, 1936 .

See Mees, 1982: 116, Coates, 1990: 38, and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 583.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 421946 , adult male, collected at Wuroi , Oriomo River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, on 24 January 1934, by Richard Archbold and Austin L. Rand on the First Archbold Expedition (no. 2552).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the type was cited in the original description. The type series consists of four specimens from Wuroi ; the three paratypes are AMNH 421945 , 421947 , and 421948. The mouth of the Oriomo River is on the Papua New Guinea coast opposite Daru Island, 09°05′S, 143°10′E (Times Atlas) ; Wuroi is 65 km from the mouth. For a description of this locality and surroundings, see Archbold and Rand (1935: 576–577).

Coracina papuensis meekiana Rothschild and Hartert

Coracina papuensis meekiana Rothschild and Hartert, 1912b: 201 (Kumusi River).

Now Coracina papuensis angustifrons (Sharpe, 1878) . See Peters et al., 1960: 180, and Coates, 1990: 38.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 561404 , collected on the Kumusi River , 08°30′S, 148°10′E ( Papua New Guinea General Reference Map, 1984), Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, on 17 June 1907, by Albert S. Meek (no. 3209). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: The type series consists of five specimens from the Kumusi River, all published as adult males ( Rothschild and Hartert, 1912b: 200), with Meek’s numbers listed. The above specimen (Meek no. 3209) was listed as the holotype ; it was sexed as a female in the field (by one of the Eichhorn brothers working with Meek, judging by the handwriting), but in a different hand (probably Meek’s) and using the same ink, this has been crossed out and ‘‘? Male !!’’ added. Paratypes are AMNH 561405 (Meek no. 3250), male ; AMNH 561406 (Meek no. 3033), male ; AMNH 561407 (Meek no. 3420), female ; and AMNH 561408 (Meek no. 2930), sex?. All of these birds have the forehead and lores intensely black and were probably considered males for that reason .

Graucalus hypoleucus louisiadensis Hartert

Graucalus hypoleucus louisiadensis Hartert, 1898c: 524 (Sudest Island).

Now Coracina papuensis louisiadensis (Hartert, 1898) . See Peters et al., 1960: 180, and Coates, 1990: 38.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 561413 , adult male, collected on Tagula (= Sudest) Island, 11°30′S, 153°30′E (Times Atlas), Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Prov., Papua New Guinea, on 5 April 1898, by Albert S. Meek (no. 1668). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1898c: 524) in his original description did not say how many specimens he had nor did he designate a type, but later he (1922b: 372) chose the above specimen as the lectotype, citing Meek’s field number. Five additional Tagula specimens came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection, all paralectotypes: AMNH 516414–516416 (males), 516422, and 516423 (females).