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 quinticolor Vieillot Loxia quinticolor Vieillot, 1807, Ois. Chant .: 85 (Timor). Lonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807). - Now. Type materials. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-500 [MNHN A.C. 6506], adult male, 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: ( Sticker ): Asie Aust Cvtte Le Natte / Loxia quinticolor , Vieill. / Expedit. du Capne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Mauge . 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / (V.) / M. Mauge Timor. SYNTYPE: MNHN-ZO-2014-501 [MNHN A.C. 6505], adult male, 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: (Sticker) Asie Aust. Cvtte le Natte / Loxia quinticolor / Expedit. du Catne Baudin / an 11 Timor / Vieill. / Mauge . 2. Munia quinticolor (V.). Pedestal label: Munia quinticolor ♂ / ((V.) / M. Mauge Timor . SYNTYPE: NMW 35569 [NMW 1815.XXXVI.117], 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 label: Amadina quinticolor / 1815 XXXVI - 117 / Von Pariser Mus. In kauf / Molukken / no 121 . SYNTYPE (lost): The bird is documented in a Temminck (1807 : 112 no 994). No specific specimens were located. Comments. The number of specimens is not mentioned in the type-description nor is the collection mentioned. The two MNHN specimens are the only remaining specimens (MNHN Laboratory, ZMO-GalOis 3). The type locality is restricted to: West-Timor, near Kupang Bay (article 76a.2.A (ICZN 1999)). Vieillot named this species Amadina quinticolor or 'five-coloured' ( Jobling 2017 ).