Erythrura trichroa eichhorni Hartert

Erythrura trichroa eichhorni Hartert, 1924b: 274 (St. Matthias Island).

Now Erythrura trichroa eichhorni Hartert, 1924 . See Mayr et al., 1968: 364; Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 399; Dickinson, 2003: 733; and Payne, 2010: 348–349.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 722157, adult male, collected on Mussau (5 St. Matthias) Island, 01.30S, 149.40E (PNG General Reference Map, 1984), St. Matthias Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, on 5 July 1923, by Albert F. Eichhorn (no. 8635). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: In the original description, Hartert designated as type of eichhorni Eichhorn’s specimen no. 8635 and listed his type series as six adults and two immatures from Mussau and two specimens from Squally (or Storm) Island. The nine paratypes, all collected by Eichhorn in 1923, are: Mussau Island, AMNH 722158–722164, three adult males, two adult females, two immature females, 25 June–18 July ; Squally Island, AMNH 722165, male, AMNH 722166, immature male, 19 August .

Hartert (1924b: 261–275) reported on Eichhorn’s collection on Mussau, and in a separate paper, he (Hartert, 1924c: 276–278) reported on the collection from Squally Island, which he described as a raised coral reef between Mussau and New Hanover, but closer to Mussau, where Eichhorn was marooned for some time in 1923. The birds from the two localities did not differ.

Erythrura trichroa woodfordi Rothschild and

Hartert

Erythrura trichroa woodfordi Rothschild and Hartert in Hartert, 1900a: 7 (Aola, on Guadalcanar).

Now Erythrura trichroa woodfordi Hartert, 1900 . See Hartert, 1919a: 142; Mayr et al., 1968: 365; Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 399; Dickinson, 2003: 733; and Payne, 2010: 348–349.

LECTOTYPE: AMNH 722168, female, collected at Aola, 09.31S, 160.30E (Times atlas), Guadalcanal (5 Guadalcanar) Island, Solomon Islands, on 30 June 1887, by C.M. Woodford. From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: No type was designated in the original description, but reference was made to two females in the Rothschild Collection collected at Aola. Hartert (1919a: 142) listed as the type the female collected there by Woodford on 30 June 1887, thereby designating it the lectotype. The paralectotype is AMNH 722169, female, collected at Aola on 5 June 1887 by Woodford. This name, like E. t. papuana (below), is usually attributed to Hartert alone. But Hartert (1900a: 6) clearly stated that both Rothschild and he separated the species into geographical forms, and later, Hartert (1919a: 142) he attributed the name to both.