TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 169 



Macropleryx leucophaeus Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 178, "pi. xlix, fig. 3," 

 1848. 

 =Collocalia leucophaea leucophaea (Peale). See Oberholser, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 58: 195, 1906; Peters, Checklist of birds of the 

 world 4: 226, 1940. 

 14328. Adult male. Tahiti Island, Society Islands, Oceania. Collected by 

 Titian R. Peale. Original number 519. U.S. Exploring Expedition 

 (1838-1842). 

 Cassin's MS. list indicates that he saw only two specimens of this swift, 

 and there are but two entries for it in the museum register. No. 14330, a 

 male, is no longer in the collection, but is presumably the cotype now in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, where it is No. 75699. 

 Collocalia thespesia Oberholser 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 58: 180 (in key), 195, July 26, 1906. 

 =Collocalia leucophaea leucophaea (Peale). See Peters, Checklist of 

 birds of the world 4: 226, 1940. 



212329. Adult female. Tahiti Island, Society Islands, Oceania. November 

 14, 1899. Collected by Charles H. Townsend. Received from the U.S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Collocalia ocista Oberholser 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 58: 179 (in key), 184, July 26, 1906. 

 ■=Collocalia leucophaea ocista Oberholser. See Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 4: 226, 1940. 



212330. Adult female. Nukuhiva Island (lat. 8°57' S., long. 140°15' W.) , 

 Marquesas Islands, Oceania. September 16, 1899. Collected by Charles 

 H. Townsend. Received from the U.S. Fish Commission. 



Collocalia fuciphaga aerophila Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 42: 12 (in key), 16, March 6, 1912. 

 ==Collocalia vestita vestita (Lesson). See Ripley, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



94:352, 1944. 

 179737. Adult male. Siaba Bay, Nias Island, Barussan Islands, eastern 



Indian Ocean ofi Sumatra. March 16, 1903. Collected by William L. 



Abbott. 

 Collocalia vestita maratua Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 40: 141, December 2, 1927. 

 182367. Adult male. Pulau Maratua (lat. 2°15' N., long. 118°35' E.), 



in the Celebes Sea oS the eastern coast of Borneo. May 21, 1913. 



Collected by Harry C. Raven. Original number 736. 

 Collocalia fuciphaga meamsi Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 42: 12 (in key), 17, March 6, 1912. 

 =Collocalia vestita mearnsi Oberholser. See Peters, Checklist of birds of 



the world 4: 227, 1940. 



