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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Anthus herbarum
Brehm
Anthus herbarum
Brehm, 1831: 327
(lebt auf freien, mit
Gras bewachsenen trockenen Schlägen der Nadel
wälder, nicht sehr hoch hinauf....).
Now
Anthus trivialis trivialis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
. See
Hartert, 1905a: 272
, and
Alström and Mild, 2003: 134
.
SYNTYPES
:
AMNH 458063
, adult unsexed, collected on the
Bergrücken des Thüringer Waldes
,
Germany
, on
20 June 1820
;
and
AMNH 458070
, juvenile male,
AMNH 458071
, juvenile female, and
AMNH 458072
, juvenile male, nestmates collected on
26 July 1825
, at
Renthendorf
,
Germany
.
From
the
Brehm Collection
via the
Rothschild Collection
.
COMMENTS
: Like the two previous taxa, this one was omitted from Hartert’s lists of
types
in the Rothschild Collection but was included in the synonymy of
Anthus trivialis trivialis
in
Hartert (1905a: 272)
. The above specimens have the original Brehm label marked ‘‘
Anthus herbarum
Brm.
’’ in Brehm’s hand.
Brehm (1831: 327)
did not say how many specimens he had.
Brehm (1856b: 339)
gave more exact locality data for his
Anthus herbarum
. It was said to occur ‘‘auf dem Rücken des Thüringer Waldes und den Waldblössen der hiesigen Gegend’’. AMNH 458063, listed above, from ‘‘Bergrücken des Thüringer Waldes’’, is the specimen bearing the Rothschild type label, but it was never designated the type by Hartert. The other
three specimens
would have also been in Brehm’s possession when he named
A. herbarum
. Seven additional specimens, AMNH 458064–458069 and 458073 from Görlitz and Renthendorf, all collected prior to the
July 1831
date when Brehm signed the introduction to his 1831 book, were exchanged to ZFMK. They may also be
syntypes
if they are labeled
herbarum
by Brehm.