Anthus sordidus decaptus Meinertzhagen

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 : 51

Anthus sordidus decaptus Meinertzhagen

Anthus sordidus decaptus Meinertzhagen, 1920: 23 (Rud­I­Taman in East Persia).

Now Anthus similis decaptus Meinertzhagen, 1920 . See Vaurie, 1959: 65, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 204. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 571632, adult female, collected at Rud­I­Taman, Iran, on 23 August 1898, by Nikolai A. Zarudny. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Meinertzhagen (1920: 23) noted that his type, with the above data, was in the Rothschild Collection and that he had examined 44 specimens. This is the only specimen of this taxon collected by Zarudny at Rud­I­Taman that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. AMNH 571633, adult male, collected at Quetta, Baluchistan, on 14 August 1914, and AMNH 571634, adult female, collected at Ziarat, Baluchistan, on 29 July 1914, both by Meinertzhagen, are paratypes. AMNH 571603–571631 were collected prior to the description of decaptus in 1920 and may also be paratypes (see Anthus leucophrys captus , above).