Spermospiza haematina leonina Neumann

Spermospiza haematina leonina Neumann, 1910: 523 (Bo, Sierra Leone).

Now Spermophaga haematina haematina (Vieillot, 1805) . See Hartert, 1919a: 137; Mayr et al., 1968: 321–322; Dickinson, 2003: 728; Fry and Keith, 2004: 314–315; and Payne, 2010: 323.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 728100, adult male, collected at Bo, 07.58N, 11.45W (Times atlas), Sierra Leone, in August 1904, by R. Kemp (no. 147). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Neumann designated his only male specimen from Bo as the holotype; it was listed as the type by Hartert (1919a: 137) with the addition of Kemp’s field number. Neumann also listed the other specimens he examined: six from Leiden, two from Berlin, and six from the Rothschild Collection. Three of the six paratypes from the Rothschild Collection in AMNH are: Sierra Leone, Bo, AMNH 728101, female, by Kemp ; Liberia, Hill Town, Du Queah River, AMNH 728108, male, 30 March 1887, by Büttikofer (no. 189) ; Schieffelinsville, Junk River, AMNH 728109, female (not male), 30 January 1887, by Büttikofer (no. 73). Three additional females were marked leonina by Neumann and are considered the three additional Rothschild specimens that he examined: paratypes AMNH 728111, [female plumage], Gold Coast, undated, Swanzy coll., probably purchased from Gerrard (no. 6676j) ; AMNH 728114, female, West Africa, from Gerrard (no. 6676i) ; AMNH 728120, [female plumage], no further information .