Anthus orientalis 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 : 54

Anthus orientalis Brehm

Anthus orientalis Brehm, 1855: 138 (aus Asien verirrt er sich nach Osteuropa).

Now Anthus spinoletta coutelli Audouin , in Savigny,

1828. See Hartert, 1905a: 281, Hartert, 1918b: 25,

Keith et al., 1992: 238 and Alström and Mild, 2003:

151.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 458135 , adult female, collected at Kenneh (= Qena), 26°08′N, 32°42′E (Times Atlas), Egypt, on 5 February 1852, by Alfred E. and Oskar Brehm ( Brehm, 1855: 138). From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1905a: 281) stated that the Brehm Collection contained only specimens from Egypt and ‘‘petraischen Arabien’’. He considered ‘‘Asien’’ an error on Brehm’s part and designated as the lectotype the above specimen from Kenneh, marked orientalis by Brehm, its locality thus becoming the type locality. There are two paralectotypes in AMNH: AMNH 458136 , male, Alexandria, Egypt, December 1849 ; and AMNH 458137 , female, Arabia, 15 November 1851. A third possible paralectotype was exchanged to ZFMK: AMNH 458134 was cataloged as Anthus orientalis , but this may be an error in cataloguing, as the locality is registered as Triest , Italy —a male collected 10 November 1829 .