Lonchura punctulata yunnanensis Parkes

Lonchura punctulata yunnanensis Parkes, 1958: 285 (‘‘hills around Tengyueh’’ [5 Tengchung], western Yunnan, alt. 6,000 feet).

Now Lonchura punctulata yunnanensis Parkes, 1958 . See Mayr et al., 1968: 375–376; Dickinson, 2003: 735; and Payne, 2010: 366.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 720698, adult female, collected in the hills around T’eng-ch’ung (5 Tengyueh, as on label), 6000 ft, 25.02N, 98.28E (Times atlas), western Yunnan, China, in June 1924, by George Forrest (no. 5027). From the Rothschild Collection.

COMMENTS: Parkes cited the AMNH number of the holotype and on page 287 listed the 35 specimens in his type series. One of the 34 paratypes, from 6 mi north of Myitkina, is in USNM, the remaining 33 are in AMNH: China, vicinity of T’eng-ch’ung, AMNH 720685–720697, 720699–720708, seven males, 11 females, one female?, four sex ?; Nantien, AMNH 720677, male ; Shweli-Salaween Divide, AMNH 720678–720683, four males, two females. Myanmar (5 Burmah), Myitkina, AMNH 347218, male ; Singhaling Hkamti, AMNH 409827, male ; Washaung, AMNH 307466, female ; Sinlumkaba, east of Bhamo, AMNH 720672, male .