Oreostruthus fuliginosus pallidus Rand

Oreostruthus fuliginosus pallidus Rand, 1940: 14 (Lake Habbema, 3225 m, Snow Mts., Netherland [sic] New Guinea).

Now Oreostruthus fuliginosus pallidus Rand, 1940 . See Mayr et al., 1968: 356; Dickinson, 2003: 732; and Payne, 2010: 351–352.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 305647, sex? [5 adult male], collected at Danau (5 Lake) Habbema, 3225 m., 04.08S, 138.40E (USBGN, 1982), Pegunungan Maoke (5 Snow Mountains), Papua Province (5 Netherlands New Guinea), Indonesia, on 17 August 1938, by R. Archbold, A.L. Rand, and W.B. Richardson on the 1938–1939 Archbold Expedition (no. 3693).

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the holotype was given in the original description and eight specimens in addition to the type were listed. I found only seven of these cataloged and in the collection. Paratypes, all collected in 1938 and all females: Lake Habbema, 3225 m, AMNH 343492, 5 August ; 9 km northeast of Lake Habbema, 2700 m, AMNH 343493, 19 October ; 7 km northeast of Wilhelmina summit, 3600 m, AMNH 343494, 343495, 16–19 September ; Ibele (5 Bele) River, 18 km north of Lake Habbema, 2200 m, AMNH 343496–343498, 24 November–2 December. Of these, AMNH 343498 was sent to MZB on 7 May 1957. The specimen that was not found, also a female and a paratype, was collected 9 km northeast of Lake Habbema on 25 October 1938 .

This, the third Archbold Expedition to New Guinea, was made jointly with Netherlands Indies personnel and was also known as the Indisch-Amerikaansche Expeditie. Archbold et al. (1942) published a summary of the expedition, with itinerary and maps.