Anthus musicus 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2003)278<0001:tsobit>2.0.co;2
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scientific name	Anthus musicus Brehm
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Treatment

Anthus musicus Brehm, 1831: 336 (wandert durch Mit

teldeutschland).

Now Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) . See Hartert,

1918b: 24, and Alström and Mild, 2003: 122.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 458209 About AMNH , adult male, died at Renthendorf , 50°48′N, 11°58′E (Gazetteer 43, USGBN), Germany, on 30 October 1825. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection. GoogleMaps

COMMENTS: As Hartert (1918b: 24) noted, Brehm wrote on the original label that this was a cage bird (‘‘zahm gestorben’’) and that it is the type of this taxon (‘‘Urexemplar’’). Brehm rarely marked his type specimens.