TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 5 



Genus NOTHURA Wagler 



nothura maculosa savannarum Wetmore 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 11: 435, November 4, 1921. 

 =Nothura maculosa maculosa (Temminck) . See Hell may r and Conover, 



Catalogue of birds of the Americas 1(1): 104, 1942. 

 283655. Adult female. San Vicente, Department of Rocha, Uruguay. 



January 27, 1921. Collected by Alexander Wetmore. Original 



number 5827. Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Genus EUDROMIA Geofrroy St.-Hilaire 



Calopezus elegans albidus Wetmore 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 11:437, November 4, 1921. 

 =Eudromia elegans albida (Wetmore). See Hellmayr and Conover, 



Catalogue of birds of the Americas 1 (1) : 111, 1942. 



71061. Adult (sex not indicated). Province of San Juan, Argentina. 



This is one of five specimens, representing four species, labeled and 



entered in the register by Ridgway on May 21, 1877, with no data other 



than "Ad." and "San Juan, Buenos Ayres." For four of them, "6/635" is 



given in the register as the original number. 



Order SPHENISCIFORMES: Penguins 



Family SPHENISCIDAE: Penguins 



Genus PYGOSCELIS Wagler 



Aptenodytes longicauda Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamra. and Orn.) : 261, "pi. lxx, fig. 2," 

 1848. 



=Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot). See Cassin, U.S. Ex- 

 ploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 352, 1858 (where erro- 

 neously called Aptenodytes longicaudata) . 



15667. Adult (sex not indicated) . "In the vicinity of ice in the Antarctic 

 regions, south of the sixtieth degree of latitude." Original number 

 696. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



15668. Adult (sex not indicated). Same data as No. 15667. 



Peale made definite reference to but one specimen: In his paragraph on 

 measurements he discussed a male, collected by Silas Holmes (assistant 

 surgeon of the Brig Porpoise during its cruise toward the South Pole) at 

 lat. 60°40' S., long. 103° 04' E. Cassin stated, however, that there were 

 "numerous" specimens in the collection of the Expedition and in his manu- 

 script list indicated that there were, in fact, three before him. 



There is no reason to believe that Peale's description of plumage is not 

 composite; the three specimens extant must then all be considered cotypes. 



