Type specimens of birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Geneva Author Cibois, Alice Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. alice.cibois@ville-ge.ch Author Vallotton, Laurent Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. Author Othman, Nagwa Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. Author Weber, Claude Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. Author Ruedi, Manuel Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2016 123 2 269 282 journal article 198300 10.5281/zenodo.155300 54648a18-198b-43ad-b766-f765f4711591 0035-418 155300 Parus atricapillus jouardi von Burg, 1924 1924 Der Weidmann, Bülach 17: 8 (description). 1925 in Jouard, Revue française d’Ornithologie, 9: 75 (material). Von Burg further described the taxon in 1925, Die Tierwelt , Zofingen, p. 180. Now Poecile montanus montanus ( Conrad, 1827 ) . See Vaurie, 1959: 479 , and Dickinson & Christidis, 2014: 429 . Syntype : MHNG 935.078 , adult female, collected in Switzerland ( Montana , Valais ) on 31 January 1924 by H. Jouard . The label of this specimen indicates that it was part of Stresemann’s collection (Zoolog. Museum Berlin , n° 25.1673 according to a MHNG document), suggesting that it is probably one individual given by Jouard to von Burg (“ J’en ai donné un couple à M. von Burg ” [I gave a pair to Mr. von Burg] Jouard, 1925: 75 ). Comment: Jouard (1936) later designated two specimens as “ type ” ( MHNG 935.075 ) and “cotype” ( MHNG 935.076 ) but they do not belong to the type series, which comprises specimens collected during the winter 1923- 24, whereas the specimens designated by Jouard were collected in December 1924 .