LANIIDAE PRIONOPINAE

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 : 94

LANIIDAE PRIONOPINAE Prionops plumatus haussarum Hartert

Prionops plumatus haussarum Hartert, 1921a: 126 (Farniso, near Kano).

Now Prionops plumatus plumatus (Shaw, 1809) . See Rand, 1960: 310, and Fry et al., 2000: 488.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 655966 , adult male, collected at Fanisau (= Farniso), 12°05′N, 08°32′E ( R. J. Dowsett, personal commun.), 1700 ft, Nigeria, on 15 December 1919, by Capt. Angus Buchanan (no. 44). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Hartert (1921a: 126) gave Buchanan’s unique field number of the type in the original description. Paratypes are: Kano, AMNH 655968 , 655970–655972 , and 655975 ; Zaria , AMNH 655976 , 655977 , and 655981 ; and ‘‘ Sudan’ ’, AMNH 655982 . AMNH 655970 has been mounted for exhibit .

Prionops cristata omoensis Neumann Prionops cristata omoensis Neumann, 1905b: 216

(Omo, zwischen Malo und Koscha).

Now Prionops plumatus cristatus Rueppell, 1836 . See

Fry et al., 2000: 488.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 656079 , adult male, collected on the Omo River , between Malo and Koscha, Ethiopia, on 23 February 1901, by Oscar Neumann (no. 929). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann based his description on two specimens and cited his field number of the type in the original description. AMNH 656080, Neumann no. 890, from the same locality, is the paratype. Judging from the map in Neumann (1902), his expedition crossed the Omo River in the vicinity of present­day Singe (06°22′N, 36°19′E, Times Atlas). Malo and Koscha appear to refer to ethnic groups rather than to place names.

Sigmodus caniceps harterti Neumann

Sigmodus caniceps harterti Neumann, 1908a: 70 (Degama) .

Now Prionops caniceps harterti (Neumann, 1908) . See Fry et al., 2000: 494, and Harris and Franklin, 2000: 348.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 565153 , adult male, collected at Degema , 04°45′N, 06°49′E (Times Atlas), southern Nigeria, on 15 March 1902, by Dr. William J. Ansorge (no. 220). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Neumann (1908a:70) mentioned that there were 18 specimens of harterti in the Rothschild Collection, collected by Ansorge and Braham. All of these specimens are now in AMNH. The above specimen is the holotype as it is the only specimen collected at Degema on 15 March 1902. Paratypes are AMNH 656148– 656152, and 656154–656165.