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. text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2008 2008-07-02 313 1 1 287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/313.1 journal article 10.1206/313.1 0003-0090 13223808 Sylvietta brachyura nilotica Neumann Sylvietta brachyura nilotica Neumann, 1906a: 279 (Shebesha am Weissen Nil ). Now Sylvietta brachyura brachyura Lafresnaye, 1839 . See Watson et al., 1986a: 209 , and Urban et al., 1997: 339 . HOLOTYPE : AMNH 599082 , adult female, collected at Shabasha ( 5 Shebesha), 14.10N , 32.18E (Times Atlas), Sudan , on 23 April 1904 , by H.F. Witherby (no. 122). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS : In the original description, Neumann designated as type the Witherby specimen in the Rothschild Collection. Additionally, he listed two paratypes : AMNH 599083 , female, Naikhala , 7 February 1904 , collected by N.C. Rothschild , Henley and Wollaston ; and AMNH 599086 , female?, Gneum , Akobo River , 21 May 1901 , collect- ed by Oscar Neumann (no. 1234) .