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 Malurus melanocephalus melvillensis Mathews Malurus melanocephalus melvillensis Mathews, 1912c: 45 (Melville Island, Northern Territory ). Now Malurus melanocephalus cruentatus Gould, 1840 . See Schodde, 1982: 107 , and Schodde and Mason, 1999: 97 . HOLOTYPE : AMNH 602622 , adult male, collected at Coopers Camp , Apsley Strait , 11.35S , 130.28E ( USBGN , 1957b), Melville Island , Northern Territory , Australia , on 30 September 1911 , by J.P. Rogers (no. 2072). From the Mathews Collection (no. 10673) via the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS : In the original description (published 2 April 1912 ), Mathews cited his catalog number of the holotype . In his introduction, Mathews (1912c: 26) noted that he had received two collections made by Rogers on Melville Island. I was able to find Malurus melanocephalus from both of these collections in the Mathews catalog, numbers 10673–10675, cataloged 24 February 1912 , and numbers 11572–11578, cataloged 20 March 1912 . The catalog numbers are not written on the specimen labels, but the dates and sex match in all but two cases. These paratypes (with Mathews’ catalog numbers) are: AMNH 602621(11572), 602623 (10675), 602624 (11573), 602625 (11578, cataloged by Mathews as 13 November 1911 and labeled by Hartert as 18 November 1911 , date on Rogers’ label unclear), 602626 (11574, cataloged by Mathews as 6 November 1911 but label date 6 October 1911 ), 602627 (11576), 602628 (10674), and 602629 (11575). The specimen cataloged as 11577 by Mathews, a female collected 13 November 1911 , did not come to AMNH, but it would also be a paratype . Specimens collected in January and February 1912 and cataloged after 8 July 1912 are not paratypes , nor are specimens collected at Gordon’s Point in May and June 1912 .