TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 279 



Myiarchus Oberi Lawrence 



Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1(1-2): 48, December 1877. 

 =^Myiarchus tyrannulus oberi Lawrence, See Bond, Checklist of birds 

 of the West Indies, p. 88, 1945. 



77828. Adult male. Landat, Dominica Island, Leeward Islands, Carib- 

 bean Sea. March 1877. Collected by Frederick A. Ober. Original 

 number 165. 



77829. Adult female. Landat, Dominica Island, Leeward Islands, Carib- 

 bean Sea. March 1877. Collected by Frederick A. Ober. Original 

 number 192. 



Myiarchus sclateri Lawrence 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1 : 357, March 17, 1879. 

 =Myiarchus tyrannulus sclateri Lawrence. See Bond, Checklist of birds 



of the West Indies, p. 88, 1945. 

 75163. Adult (sex not indicated) . Martinique Island, Windward Islands, 



Caribbean Sea. August 1878. Collected by Frederick A. Ober. 



Original number 788. 

 Myiarchus yucatanensis Lawrence 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, for 1871: 235, December 12, 1871. 

 39213. Adult (sex not indicated). Merida, State of Yucatan, Mexico. 



April 9, 1865. Collected by Arthur C. V. Scholt. Original number 



375. 

 This form was originally identified by Lawrence as Myiarchus "mexi- 

 canus" (Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 9: 202-203, 1869) ; at that time he 

 had before him a specimen of his own and our No. 39213. If our bird 

 was in his hands in 1871 when he drew up the description of M. yucatanensis 

 it may be considered a valid cotype; otherwise, it is not even a paratype. 

 Lawrence ordinarily wrote the word "Type" on the label of each of his 

 cotypes; in the case of No. 39213, Schott's label has been removed and 

 replaced by one of Coues's labels for "Studies of the Tyrannidae." In 

 these circumstances, it is no longer possible to know whether our specimen 

 has any claim to a place in this list, and I include it only because the late 

 Charles W. Richmond chose to give it the benefit of the doubt. 

 Myiarchus pelzeini von Berlepsch 



Ibis (5) 1 (2) : 139, April 1883. 

 =Myiarchus pelzeini pelzeini von Berlepsch. See Hellmayr, Catalogue 



of birds of the Americas 5 : 171, 1927. 

 108236. Adult (sex not indicated). State of Baia, Brazil. Prior to 



August 1879 (when it was acquired by von Berlepsch). Received 



from Hans von Berlepsch (in whose private collection it was No. 5735), 



who obtained it by purchase from Ashmead and Argent, dealers in 



London. 



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