Pericrocotus marchesae Guillemard

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 : 78

Pericrocotus marchesae Guillemard

Pericrocotus marchesae Guillemard, 1885a: 259 (Maimbun, Sulu Island).

Now Pericrocotus flammeus marchesae Guillemard ,

1885. See Dickinson et al., 1991: 281, Dickinson and

Dekker, 2002a: 21–23, and Dickinson et al., 2002a:

45.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 563431, adult male, collected at Maimbun, 05°56′N, 121°02′E ( Dickinson et al., 1991: 421), Jolo Island (= Sulu Island), Sulu Archipelago, Philippine Islands, on 15 May 1883, by Lt. R.ff. Powell. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1922b: 375) listed this specimen as the type (= lectotype) or cotype (= syntype) of this taxon. In the original description, Guillemard (1885a: 259) noted that ‘‘but two examples of this beautiful new bird were obtained... ’’. Only the above specimen came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. It is not marked ‘‘a’’ or ‘‘b’’ but has the bill almost entirely missing. I do not know the whereabouts of the second specimen, also a male with the same data. Michael Walters (personal commun.) did not find it in BMNH. This new taxon is illustrated in the original description on pl. XVIII, fig. 1.

Lt. R.ff. Powell was aboard the Marchesa when the vessel stopped in the Sulu Islands. Guillemard (1889: 216) reported collecting this new form during the second visit of the ship to Maimbun.