Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae Author LeCroy, Mary text Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 2013-09-26 2013 381 1 155 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/832.1 journal article 10.1206/832.1 85bd2c66-f9f0-4172-8d82-2e8841cd354a 0003-0090 4611863 Munia subcastanea Hartert Munia subcastanea Hartert, 1897: 161 (Dongala and Tawaya) . Now Lonchura pallida subcastanea ( Hartert, 1897 ) . See Hartert, 1919a: 143 ; Mayr et al., 1968: 382 ; Watling, 1983: 260 ; White and Bruce, 1986: 423–424 ; Dickinson, 2003: 736 ; Payne, 2010: 373 . LECTOTYPE : AMNH 721260 , adult male, collected at Donggala (5 Dongala), 00.38S , 119.45E (Times atlas), Sulawesi , Indonesia , in August 1896 , by William Doherty. From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: The description was based on three specimens, two males and a female, said to be from Donggala and Tawaya ; however, the three specimens are all labeled as from Donggala. No type was designated in the original description, but Hartert (1919a: 143) listed the male from Donggala as the type. Because there are two males bearing the same collecting data, Hartert’s listing did not distinguish between the two. AMNH 721260 bears a Rothschild type label and Doherty’s original label that is marked ‘‘Type. Munia subcastanea sp. n. Hart.’’ by Hartert ; it was his intended type and, having been so cataloged when the Rothschild Collection came to AMNH , has been considered the type without question. In order to confirm his intent and remove the ambiguity, I hereby designate AMNH 721260 the lectotype of Munia subcastanea . The two paralectotypes are: Donggala , AMNH 721261 , male, AMNH 721262 , female, August 1896 , collected by Doherty ; The label of the latter specimen is marked ‘‘ Type of ♀ ’’ in a hand other than Hartert’s . Most recent authors consider Lonchura pallida monotypic, but Watling (1983: 260) , based on his work in Lore Lendu Reserve, considered subcastanea a ‘‘distinctive subspecies.’’ These three specimens appear to confirm this as they are much darker on the underparts than any other specimens of pallida .