Lalage maculosa vauana Mayr and Ripley

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 : 75

Lalage maculosa vauana Mayr and Ripley

Lalage maculosa vauana Mayr and Ripley, 1941a: 7

(Vavau I., Tonga Isls.).

Now Lalage maculosa vauana Mayr and Ripley, 1941 .

See Watling, 2001: 163.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 250614 , collected on Vava’u Island , Vava’u Group, 18°40′S, 174°00′W ( Seltzer, 1962: 2009), Tonga, on 11 August 1925 by Rollo H. Beck on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 18892).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the type was cited in the original description. Fifteen paratypes from five islands in the Vava’u Group are AMNH 221765, 250611–250613, and 250615– 250625. Of these, I did not find AMNH 250616 in the collection.

Lalage maculosa keppeli Mayr and Ripley

Lalage maculosa keppeli Mayr and Ripley, 1941a: 6 (Keppel I.) .

Now Lalage maculosa keppeli Mayr and Ripley, 1941 . See Watling, 2001: 163.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 250637 , adult male, collected on Niuatoputapu (= Keppel) Island, 15°59′S, 173°58′W (Times Atlas), Tonga, on 25 August 1925, by José G. Correia, on the Whitney South Sea Expedition (no. 19170).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the type was cited in the original description. Paratypes are 22 specimens from Niuatoputapu and Boscawen (= Tafahi) islands: AMNH 221764, 250626– 250636, and 250638–238647. Of these, I did not find AMNH 250639 and 250646 in the collection.