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
Author
LeCROY, M. A. R. Y.
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Laniarius dohertyi
Rothschild
Laniarius dohertyi
Rothschild, 1901: 52
(‘‘
Nandi
Escarpment’’,
British East Africa
).
Now
Telophorus dohertyi
(
Rothschild, 1901
)
. See
Fry et al., 2000: 411
.
LECTOTYPE
:
AMNH 663912
, adult male, collected in the
Kikuyu Mountains
above the ‘‘
Escarpment’
’
Station
of the
Uganda
Railroad
(
Hartert, 1902d: 620
), in
December 1900
, by William Doherty. From the Rothschild Collection.
COMMENTS
:
Rothschild (1901: 52)
, in his original description, did not designate a type. Later,
Hartert (1920: 451)
designated the above specimen the
lectotype
; it is the only male dated
December 1900
that came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection.
Rothschild (1901: 52)
referred only to ‘‘Several adult and young males sent by Mr. William Doherty.’’
Hartert (1902d: 623)
noted that Doherty had sent
19 specimens
, only 15 of which came to AMNH with the Rothschild Collection. All of these were collected between
November 1900
and
March 1901
and are labeled ‘‘Escarpment’’. It is not possible to know at this late date whether Rothschild had all of these specimens before him when he described the species. Also, Rothschild probably thought that specimens labeled ‘‘female’’ were young males;
Hartert (1902d: 623– 624)
later pointed out that males and females have similar plumage. Specimens in AMNH that may be
paralectotypes
are AMNH 663913–663926.
Hartert (1902d: 620)
called attention to the incorrect
type
locality listed in the original description, stating that it was the Mau Escarpment, not the
Nandi
Escarpment. For a description of this Doherty collecting locality, see
Riparia paludicola dohertyi
.