Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, And Tersininae Author LeCroy, Mary text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 2012-06-21 2012 368 1 125 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/775.1 journal article 10.1206/775.1 0003-0090 5399454 Melospiza melodia villai Phillips and Dickerman Melospiza melodia villai Phillips and Dickerman, 1957: 380 ( 6 miles north-northeast of Amoloya del Río (5 9 kilometers south-southeast of Lerma), State of México ). Now Melospiza melodia villai Phillips and Dickerman, 1957 . See Paynter, 1970: 52, Byers et al., 1995: 229–233 , Arcese et al., 2002: 6 , and Dickinson, 2003: 782. HOLOTYPE : AMNH 817693 , adult male (?), collected 6 mi NNE of Amoloya del Rio (5 9 km SSE of Lerma ), Mexico , Mexico , on 24 October 1956 , by Robert W. Dickerman (no. 7560). Exchanged from MMNH (no. 12500) to AMNH in 1986. COMMENTS: The MMNH and RWD numbers were cited for the holotype in the original description., and 19 specimens were examined. Of the 18 paratypes two are in AMNH : AMNH 768836 ( MMNH no. 17003), immature?, El Rio (5 San Bernabe´), 14 November 1956 , RWD no. 7644 ; AMNH 768837 (17005), immature male, km 100 Toluca-Norelia Rd. , 24 October 1956 , RWD no. 7567. Dickerman (1963: 40 , fig. 19) illustrated the range of villai along the Rio Lerma .