TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 483 



from Tongatabu, and if the characters shown by the specimen are in fact 

 those of tabuensis, it may be considered a second cotype of jusca. 

 Lainprotornis brevirostris Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 111, "pi. XXX, fig. 3," 

 1848. 

 =Aplonis tabuensis brevirostris (Peale). See Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 



1166: 2, 1942. 

 "15184." Adult (sex not indicated). "Tongatabu ?"=Upolu or Savaii 

 Island, Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. Original number 227. U.S. 

 Exploring Expedition (1833-1842). 

 15747. Adult female. "Tutuilla"=Upolu or Savaii Island, Samoan 

 Islands, Oceania. 1839. Original number 227. U.S. Exploring Ex- 

 pedition (1838-1842). 

 Although Cassin's MS. list shows that he saw but two specimens of this 

 form, at least three must have been available to Peale. No. "15184" carries 

 a label that belongs to one of the birds called fusca by Peale, and can be 

 identified as brevirostris only by its appearance. Nos. 15747 and 15748 are 

 the ones handled by Cassin; No, 15748 is no longer in Washington, unless 

 it is disguised as No. "15184," but Richmond (ms.) claimed that No. 15748 

 was in fact the cotype now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, where it 

 is No. 75740. 



Another complication is introduced by the fact that the provenience of 

 No. 15747 is given on the label as Tutuila. The specimen is, however, not 

 tiituilae Mayr, 1942, but an unquestionable example of the population of 

 Upolu, to which Mayr inferentially restricted Peale's name. 

 Lamprocorax panayensis haliclypus Oberholser 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 16 (19) : 516, Nov. 18, 1926. 

 =Aplonis panayensis strigatus (Horsfield). See Chasen, Handlist of 



Malaysian birds, p. 298, 1935. 

 153845. Adult male. Pulau Telibong=Ko Libong (an island at lat. 7°15' 

 N., long. 99°25' E.), Province of Trang, Thailand. Mar. 1, 1896 

 Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Lamprocorax panayensis eustalhis Oberholser 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 16 (19) : 516, Nov. 18, 1926. 

 =Aplonis panayensis eustalhis (Oberholser) . See Deignan, Sarawak Mus. 



Journ. 6 (4) : 132, 1954. 

 182998. Adult male. Kota Bangun (a village at lat. 0°14' S., long. 

 116°34' E.), southeastern Borneo. Jan. 30, 1914. Collected by Harry 

 C. Raven. Original number 1199. 

 Lamprocorax chalybeus rhadinorliamphus Oberholser 

 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (7) : 17, Oct. 26, 1912. 

 =Aplonis panayensis altirostris (Salvadori). See Ripley, Bull. Mus. 



Comp. Zool. 94:405, 1944. 

 179272. Adult male. Simalur Island, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 

 Ocean off Sumatra. Dec. 12, 1901. Collected by William L. Abbott. 



