Hypsipetes amaurotis magnirostris Hartert, 1905

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 : 90-91

Hypsipetes amaurotis magnirostris Hartert

Hypsipetes amaurotis magnirostris Hartert, 1905b: 46 (S. Dionisio, Volcano Islands) .

Now Microscelis amaurotis magnirostris (Hartert, 1905) . See Dickinson and Gregory, 2002, Dickinson and Dekker, 2002b: 105–106, and Dickinson et al., 2002b: 133.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 565150 , adult male, collected on Minami­iwo­jima (= San Dionisio Island ), 24°12′N, 141°26′E ( Times Atlas ), Iwo Islands (= Volcano Islands), Japan, on 16 May 1904, by a collector for Alan Owston. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, the type was listed as an adult male from San Dionisio Island collected on 16 May 1904 for Owston. The above specimen is the only one of the series collected on 16 May. Paratypes are AMNH 565151– 565156. The Owston label originally had the number ‘‘31a’’, which has been crossed out and ‘‘#D4’’ substituted; however, this is not a unique number, as each specimen in the series bears the same notation.

Hypsipetes amaurotis ogawae Hartert Hypsipetes amaurotis ogawae Hartert, 1907a: 465

(Amami­O­shima).

Now Microscelis amaurotis ogawae (Hartert, 1907) . See

Dickinson and Gregory, 2002, Dickinson and Dekker,

2002b: 105–106, and Dickinson et al., 2002: 133.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 565157 , adult male, collected on Amami­oshima , 28°19′N, 129°25′E ( Seltzer, 1962: 57), Amami Gunto group, Nansei Shoto , Japan, on 13 December 1904, by collectors for Alan Owston (no. 192). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert (1907a: 465) gave the number of the holotype as 192 and stated that he had 20 examples of the new form. A small paper tag, entirely in Japanese except for the number 192, is attached with the Owston label, which also bears the number 192. It is the only specimen bearing this number and the only male collected on 13 December. The 19 paratypes are AMNH 565158–565176.

Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri Hartert Hypsipetes amaurotis stejnegeri Hartert, 1907a: 464 (Is­

chigaki).

Now Microscelis amaurotis stejnegeri (Hartert, 1907) .

See Dickinson and Gregory, 2002, Dickinson and

Dekker, 2002b: 105–106, and Dickinson et al., 2002b:

133.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 565193 , adult male, collected on Ishigaki­jima , 24°24′N, 124°12′E ( Seltzer, 1962: 850), Saki­shima group, Nansei Shoto , Japan, on 26 May 1904, by collectors for Alan Owston (no. 174). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1907a: 465) cited the unique number of the type in the original description and noted that he had 10 examples of the new form; the nine paratypes are AMNH 565194– 565202 .

Microscelis madagascariensis albiventris Neumann

Microscelis madagascariensis albiventris Neumann, 1926: 110 (Anjouan).

Now Hypsipetes parvirostris Milne­Edwards and Oustalet, 1885 . See Dickinison and Gregory, 2002.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 565352 , unsexed adult, collected on Anjouan Island, ca. 12°10′S, 44°25′E, Comoro Islands, on 23 September 1906, by P.N. Krishnasamy Naidoo (no. 11). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann (1926: 111) said that the type was collected on the above date and mentioned having eight specimens of albiventris. The above specimen is the only one collected on 23 September 1906; the seven paratypes are AMNH 565353–565359 . The no. 11 on the original label appears on all specimens in the series .