Toxostoma curvirostre 



Poniatorhinns turdinus Temminck 



PI. Col. 75th liv. , pi. ^41 Purported Type. 



No number. Leiden. V.'ing 112, tail 112, culmen 29. 0, 

 tarsus 3S.0, middle toe minus claw 25* 5* 



Although bearing an old label, "Pomatorhinus turdinus/ 

 P. grivele Temm. pi. col, Vt-1 / Inde" and the more 

 recent inscription "Type", this specimen v/ould 

 appear to have no standing even as a cotype. Both 

 plate and description call for an individual v/ith 

 all rectrices save the center pair tipped vdth 

 T;hite - the above specimen has only the outer four 

 pairs so marked. There are other discrepancies. 



(Incidentally the artist got his numbers mixed for the 

 plate has 7 rectrices on one side, five on the 

 other) 



Ex. at Leiden July 7, 1939* 



A. J. Van Rossem 



