Anthus arboreus saxorum Brehm

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 : 52

Anthus arboreus saxorum Brehm

Anthus arboreus saxorum Brehm, 1856b: 340 (Felsen der 3 Gleichen bei Erfurt und... Gegend von Wit­

tenburg).

Now Anthus trivialis trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert, 1905a: 272, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 134.

SYNTYPE?: AMNH 458076, adult male, collect­ ed on Felsenrücken bei Erfurt, Germany, on 8 July 1854, by Maedel. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: This specimen has the name Anthus arboreus saxeitilis Brm. on the original label in Brehm’s hand. In addition, it has a Rothschild Museum label and a Rothschild type label, on which Hartert has written saxorum and underlined it twice, with a reference to the description cited above. This taxon, like the previous one, was not included by Hartert in any of the Rothschild type lists, probably because of the lack of exact correspondence between the names; however, he did list it as a synonym of Anthus trivialis trivialis ( Hartert, 1905a: 272) and considered this specimen the type. Because of the the similarity of the names and the close agreement between the locality on this specimen and that listed by Brehm in the description, I think, like Hartert, that this was a type of Anthus arboreus saxorum . A second specimen may be another syntype of this taxon: AMNH 458050, a male collected at ‘‘Witten’’ on 16 April 1844 and cataloged as arboreus , was exchanged with ZFMK.