Meliphaga orientalis becki Rand, 1936

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Meliphaga orientalis becki Rand

Meliphaga orientalis becki Rand, 1936: 17 (Zakaheme, 4000 ft. (5 1219 meters), Huon Peninsula, New Guinea).

Now Meliphaga orientalis becki Rand, 1936 . See Coates, 1990: 287–289, and Higgins et al., 2008: 590–591.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 267970 , adult male, collected at Zagahemi (5 Zakaheme), 4000 ft, 06.20S, 147.40E ( USBGN, 1943), Huon Peninsula , Papua New Guinea, on 5 April 1929, by Rollo H. Beck (no. 1703).

COMMENTS: Rand cited the AMNH number of the holotype in the original description and listed one male (the holotype), two females from Zagahemi; two males, six females from Junzaing; and nine males, three females from Wau. Paratypes in AMNH are: AMNH 267971, 267972, females, Zagahemi, 23 February and 1 March 1929, by Rollo Beck. Mayr’s (1931c: 662) specimens from Junzaing are in ZMB, and Stevens’ ( Greenway, 1935: 100) specimens from Wau on the main cordillera south of the Huon Peninsula are in MCZ.

In 1928–1929, after leaving the Whitney South Sea Expedition, Beck collected on the Huon Peninsula and in the Adelbert Mountains in Papua New Guinea for AMNH.