Rene Mauge's ornithological collections from Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia, August-November 1801, with special regard to type-specimens Author Jansen, Justin J. F. J. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands justin.jansen@gmail.com text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2017 2017-11-16 93 2 467 492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.19964 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.19964 1860-0743-2-467 BF2CF2025D134B07AAC2274E93DA7527 FF9CE05ECF612430340FFFA1B62A5A07 1139700 Loxia variegata Vieillot Loxia variegata Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant .: 82 (Moluccas). Lonchura molucca (Linnaeus, 1766). - Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-502 [MNHN A.C. 6507], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S ; 123°35'0"E ), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge . Pedestal underside: 1 (Sticker) (illegible) Cvte Le Natte / expedit. Du Capte Baudin / an XI Timor mer / Mauge . 2. Vieill. / variegate V / Munia (illegible) . Pedestal label: Munia Loxia variegata / (V.) / M. Mauge Timor . SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-503 [MNHN A.C. 6508], adult, near Kupang Bay, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, West-Timor ( 10°11'0"S ; 123°35'0"E ), between 22 August and 13 November 1801, by Rene Mauge . Pedestal underside: Asie austr. Cvte Le Natte / expedit. du Capt Baudin / an XI Timor par / Mauge L. variegate. 2. Vieillot Ois Chat N 3 / Loxia variegate / Munia variegata / V . Pedestal label: Munia Loxia variegata / (V.) / M. Mauge Timor . Comments. Vieillot did not mention the number of specimens he examined or which collections he used to describe the species. The two specimens in the MNHN from the Baudin expedition are the only specimens in the collection (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is erroneous (Moluccas), and therefore corrected and restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Loxia variegata or 'variegated' ( Jobling 2017 ).