Pericrocotus speciosus siebersi Rensch, 1928

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 : 77-78

Pericrocotus speciosus siebersi Rensch

Pericrocotus speciosus siebersi Rensch, 1928: 47 (Westjava) .

Now Pericrocotus flammeus siebersi Rensch, 1928 . See Mees, 1996: 39–41, Dickinson and Dekker, 2002a: 21–23, and Dickinson et al., 2002a: 44.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 563356, adult male, collected on Mt. Gedeh, 3000–5000 ft, 06°47′S, 106°59′E ( Mees, 1996: 105), Java, Indonesia, October 1897 – January 1898, collected by E. Prillwitz. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Rensch (1928: 47) listed four specimens of this taxon but did not designate a type. The above specimen is the one Rensch borrowed from the Rothschild Collection; it bears the Rothschild type label and a note on the reverse of the regular label ‘‘Typ. von P. s. sieversi [sic] Rensch’’. It was not listed as a Rothschild Collection type by Hartert (1928), probably because the description did not appear until after Hartert’s paper was in press. Two syntypes should be in Munich and one in ZMB.

In the original description, Rensch listed only the sex, collecting locality, and date (‘‘Winter 1897–98’’ = northern winter) of the specimen he borrowed from Rothschild. The collector’s name does not appear on the Rothschild Collection label, and there is no original field label attached. However , Hartert (1901e: 52) mentioned ‘‘the first little sample­collection made for us by Mr. Prillwitz on Mount Gedeh between October 1897 and January 1898, at elevations of from 3000 to 5000 feet ... ’’. This purchase is listed in Rothschild’s manuscript book of purchases as: ‘‘ Prillwitz , 1st Collection, 121 skins, rec’d Apr. 1898, Mount Gedeh 3–5000′’’, followed by a list of the species received. I found in the AMNH three of the four Pericrocotus specimens listed: P. miniatus , one male (of two specimens listed) ; P. ‘‘ exsul ’’, one male (the type listed above); and P. peregrinus (= P. cinnamomeus saturatus ), one male. The Rothschild labels on these three specimens bear the same data, except that Prillwitz’s name does not appear on the reverse of the above type. Later Prillwitz specimens (Rothschild received at least four shipments) have printed field labels which Prillwitz signed on the reverse .

Pericrocotus modiglianii Salvadori Pericrocotus modiglianii Salvadori, 1892: 130 (Engano) . Now Pericrocotus flammeus modiglianii Salvadori, 1892 . See van Marle and Voous, 1988: 151, Dickinson and Dekker, 2002a: 21–23, and Dickinson et al., 2002a: 44. SYNTYPES: AMNH 563294, adult male, and AMNH 563295, adult female, both collected at Bua Bua, Enggano Island, 00°42′N, 103°43′E ( van Marle and Voous, 1988: 211), Indonesia, on 17 May 1891, by Dr. Elio Modigliani (nos. 80 and 82, respectively). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: Salvadori had 22 specimens of this taxon; the two AMNH specimens are ‘‘f’’ and ‘‘s’’ in his list, and are so marked. Hartert did not list this form in any of his Rothschild type lists, and these two specimens had not previously been incorporated in the AMNH type collection. There are eight additional syntypes in MNSG ( Arbocco et al., 1979: 212).

Pericrocotus fraterculus Swinhoe

Pericrocotus fraterculus Swinhoe, 1870: 244 (Hainan).

Now Pericrocotus flammeus fraterculus Swinhoe, 1870 .

See Sharpe, 1879: 73, Dickinson and Dekker, 2002a:

21–23, and Dickinson et al., 2002a: 44, 52.

SYNTYPE: AMNH 563258, female, collected on Hainan Island, Guangdong, China, in February 1868, by R. Swinhoe. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Swinhoe (1870: 77–84) visited Hainan between the end of January and the beginning of April 1868. In his description of this taxon, he stated that he had a ‘‘dozen specimens’’ from Hainan ( Swinhoe, 1870: 244). This syntype had not previously been incorporated in the AMNH type collection. There are also two syntypes in BMNH ( Warren and Harrison, 1971: 191).