TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE
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LeCROY, M. A. R. Y.
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Galerida cristata caroli
Hartert
Galerida cristata caroli
Hartert, 1904a: 234
(Natron Tal).
Now
Galerida cristata altirostris
(
Brehm, 1855
)
. See
Hartert, 1928: 202
,
Peters, 1960a: 59
, and
Keith et al., 1992: 101
.
HOLOTYPE
:
AMNH 557626
, adult male, collected at
Zaghig
,
WâdielNatrûn
,
Egypt
, on
26 February 1903
, by
N.C. Rothschild
and F.
R
.
Henley
(no. 176).
From
the
Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS
: In the original description, Hartert gave the field number of the above specimen and stated that he had examined
4 specimens
, including the type. The
three paratypes
are AMNH 557627 and 557632 from the same locality, and AMNH 557633 from Bir
Victoria
.
Three specimens
collected by W.L.S. Loat at WâdielNatrûn in the same year were not included and may have been acquired by Rothschild at a later date.
Hartert (1928: 202)
himself synonymized
G. cristata caroli
with
G. c. brachyura
Tristram. This was later synonymized with
G. c.
altirostris
(
Peters, 1960a: 59
)
.
I was unable to find the exact location of Zaghig; however, WâdielNatrûn is ca.
60 mi
SSE of
Alexandria
and
65 mi
WNW of
Cairo
(
Seltzer, 1962: 1289
).