Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, And Petroicidae
Author
LeCroy, M.
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/313.1
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Rhipidura setosa niveiventris
Rothschild and Hartert
Rhipidura setosa niveiventris
Rothschild and Hartert, 1914b: 109
(
Manus
)
Now
Rhipidura rufiventris niveiventris
Rothschild and Hartert, 1914
. See
Mayr and Diamond, 2001: 392
, and del
Hoyo et al., 2006: 238
.
HOLOTYPE
:
AMNH 651096
, adult male, collected on
Manus
Island
,
02.05S
,
146.50E
(
Papua New Guinea
, 1984
),
Admiralty Islands
,
Manus Province
,
Papua New Guinea
, on
13 September 1913
, by
Albert S. Meek
(no. 6053).
From
the
Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS
: Meek’s unique field number of the
holotype
was cited in the original description. In their later article,
Rothschild and Hartert (1914a: 295)
noted that they had
six males
,
two females
, and
one immature
male, giving Meek numbers for the specimens. The
eight paratypes
are: AMNH 651097–651104, all collected on
Manus
in
September 1913
.
Rothschild and Hartert (1914a)
noted that Meek’s collectors were based close to the German settlement on Manus. In the draft annual report of German New
Guinea
for 1913–1914 (
Sack and Clark, 1980: 61
), the following appears: ‘‘An Australian spent the period from September to October near the Imperial Station, engaged in collecting birds and butterflies for the Tring Museum (Rothschild) in London.’’ The Manus Station was opened in
October 1911
, on Seeadler Harbor (
Firth, 1983: 103
), and is now known as Lorengau,
02.01S
,
147.15E
(Times Atlas).