Munia castaneothorax subsp. apsleyi Mathews
- Dataset
- Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Estrildidae
- genus
- Munia
discussion
COMMENT: Mathews gave his catalog number of the holotype in the original description and mentioned (p. 26) that Rogers had forwarded two shipments from Melville Island, which would have included specimens collected in 1911. The range of apsleyi was given as Melville Island; the six specimens Mathews cataloged in March 1912 are considered his type series. The holotype bears, in addition to Rogers’ label, Mathews and Rothschild type labels and a ‘‘ Figured’ ’ label, indicating that it was used as the model in Mathews (1925: pl. 565, lower fig., opp. p. 196, and p. 197) under Donacola castaneothorax, where the figured male is confirmed as the type of apsleyi. There are only four paratypes in AMNH: AMNH 721437 (Mathews no. 11322), AMNH 721438 (11321), AMNH 721439 (11323), males, AMNH 721440 (11320), female, all collected on 4 December 1911. Another specimen cataloged by Mathews as no. 11324, male, 15 December 1911, if found, is also a paratype. Hart and Pilling (1964: 101) gave the location of Coopers Camp as across Apsley Strait from the Bathurst Island Mission Station, 11.45 S 130.41 E (Times atlas).
materials_examined
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 721436, adult male, collected at Coopers Camp, Apsley Straits, Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia, on 4 December 1911, by J. P. Rogers (no. 2571). From the Mathews Collection (no. 11319) via the Rothschild Collection.