TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 137 



Genus DROMOCOCCYX Wied 



Dromococcyx gracilis Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 8: 559, October 26, 1885. 

 =Dromococcyx pavoninus von Pelzeln. See Ridgway, Birds of North 



and Middle America 7:87 (footnote a), 1916. 

 81853. Adult (sex not indicated). Demerara County, British Guiana. 

 Acquired by Robert Ridgway from the collector in January 1879. Col- 

 lected by Otto Lugger. Original number 80. Received on April 7, 

 1881, from Robert Ridgway, in whose private collection it had no 

 number. 



Genus CENTROPUS lUiger 



Centropus carpenteri Mearns 



Phihppine Journ. Sci. 2 (5) sec. A: 356, October 1907. 

 =Centropus viridis carpenteri Mearns. See McGregor, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (5) sec. A: 340, October 1907; Peters, Checklist of birds 

 of the world 4: 71, 1940 (where reference is made only to Mearns's 

 name) . 

 201874. Adult male. Santo Domingo de Basco (in the foothills of Mount 

 Irada), Batan Island, Philippine Islands. May 27, 1907. Collected 

 by William D. Carpenter. Original number 14. Received from Edgar 

 A. Mearns (in whose private collection it was No. 15190). 

 The specimen here listed is the type of Mearns's description only; the types 

 of McGregor's were one male and four females in the collection of the 

 Philippine Bureau of Science. 

 Centropus toulou chanmongi Deignan 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 68 (23) : 146, October 31, 1955. 

 450015. Adult female (in nuptial plumage). Ban Khlong Khlung (lat. 

 16°10' N., long. 99^45' E.), Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand. 

 April 16, 1953. Collected by Herbert G. Deignan. Original number 

 1560. 

 Centropus insularis Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 17: 373, November 15, 1894. 

 =Centropus toulou insularis Ridgway. See Peters, Checklist of birds of 



the world 4: 71, 1940. 

 128715. Subadult female. Aldabra Island, western Indian Ocean. Oc- 

 tober 3, 1892. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Centropus nigrifrons Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 137, "pi. xxxviii, fig. 1," 



1848. 

 =Centropus melanops melanops Lesson. See Hachisuka, Birds of the 



Philippine Islands 2: 220, 1934. 

 14044. Adult male. Forest near Caldera Bay (about 10 miles northwest 

 of Zamboanga), Zamboanga Province, Mindanao Island, Philippine 



