Anthus (Notiocorys) parvus Lawrence

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 : 56

Anthus (Notiocorys) parvus Lawrence

Anthus (Notiocorys) parvus Lawrence, 1865: 106 (The savannah near Panama City).

Now Anthus lutescens parvus Lawrence, 1865 . See Wetmore et al., 1984: 190.

SYNTYPES: AMNH 39588, adult female, and AMNH 39589, adult male, collected in Panama, by James McLeannan and John R. Galbraith. From the George N. Lawrence Collection.

COMMENTS: Lawrence (1861b) reported on the birds collected jointly by McLeannan and Galbraith and had originally (p. 322) listed these birds as Anthus rufus but, later, after comparing them with fresh specimens that he identified as rufus , named them as above. Lawrence (1861b: 322) had recorded ‘‘ϐ’’ and ‘‘ ♀ ’’ but did not say how many specimens he had. Both of the above specimens were collected by McLeannan and Galbraith together and are marked ‘‘Type’’ in Lawrence’s hand. A third specimen that came to AMNH with the Lawrence Collection, AMNH 39590, a female?, was possibly in Lawrence’s hand by 1865, but I have been unable to verify that. It was collected by McLeannan alone, but not prior to the joint expedition, as it was not mentioned in part 1 of Lawrence’s (1861a) Catalog, which was a list of species collected by McLeannan before he was joined by Galbraith. Another puzzle with regard to this third specimen is that ‘‘Presented to Mr. F. Nicholson by G.N.L.’’ is written on the reverse of Lawrence’s label and in his hand. There is no indication of when, or if, this specimen was ever in Nicholson’s hand, as it came to AMNH with the rest of the Lawrence Collection. It also is not marked ‘‘Type’’. Being of questionable status, it is not included in the type collection at AMNH.