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[kweetal]

From Hellmayr's Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and adjacent Islands, part 9 (=Thraupidae), some weird name forms:

Chlorophona v13:7 - Chlorophona viridis Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 3, p. 202, 1870 — Rio de Janeiro and - biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2826928
Phonasa v13:33 - Phonasa humilis Cabanis, Journ. Orn., 8, p. 334, 1860 — Costa Rica (descr. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2826954
(for Phonasca Cabanis, I think)
Pipridaea v13:78 - Pipridaea melanonota melanonota Holt, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H., 57, p. 320, biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827035
Pipraeidia v13:78 - Pipraeidia melanonota Marelli, Mem. Min. Obr. Publ. for 1922-23, p. 656, biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827035
Procnopsis v13:170 - Procnopsis branickii Ménégaux, Rev. Franç. d'Orn., 2, p. 9, 1911 — Cumpang. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827188
Schistochalmys v13:446 - Schistochalmys atra Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 11, p. 301, 1886 — part biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827368

-kweetal

 

[kweetal]

From the 3263 names in Peters' v6 and v7: 18 trivial names not in the Key:

morpheus v6:23 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477456
Monasa morphoeus boliviana Carriker
Monasa morpheus [sic] bolivianus [sic] Carriker, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 87, 1935, p. 320.

flavostrictus v6:33
Megalaima faiostricta praetermissa (Kloss)
Thereiceryx flavostrictus [sic] praetermissus Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 101.

duvaugli v6:38
Megalaima australis cyanotis (Blyth)
[...]
Mesobucco duvaugli [sic] orientalis Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 738.

subsulphurea v6:51
Pogoniulus subsulphureus flavimentum (Verreaux and Verreaux)
[...]
Barbatula subsulphurea ituriensis Neumann, Journ. f. Orn., 55, 1907, p. 344.

lachrymosum v6:51
Tricholaema lachrymosum narokense Jackson
Tricholaema lachrymosum narokensis Jackson, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 43, 1923, p. 167.

coeruleigularis v6:72
Aulacorhynchus prasinus cognatus (Nelson)
Aulacorhamphus coeruleigularis cognatus Nelson, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 60, 1912, no. 3, p. 4.

melanochlorus v6:105
Chrysoptilus melanochloros flavilumbis (Sundevall)
Chrysoptilus melanochlorus juae Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist.
Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 2, no. 2, 1919, p. 441 (in key), p.
444, note a. (Jua, near Iguatú, Ceará, Brazil.)

mineatus v6:142
Picus mineaceus perlutus (Kloss)
Callolophus mineatus perlutus Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 110.

obsoletos v6:205
?Dendrocopos obsoletus nigricans (Neumann)
Jyngipicus obsoletos [sic] nigricans Neumann, Journ. f. Orn., 52, 1904, p. 402.

eremiae v6:220
Mesopicos goertae centralis Reichenow
[...]
Mesopicus goertae eremiae Stoneham, Ibis, 1926, p. 90.

tyranninus v7:13
Dendrocincla tyrannina tyrannina (Lafresnaye)
Dendrocops tyranninus Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 3, 1851, p. 328

mauperthuisii v7:39
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus ocellatus (Spix)
[...]
Nasica Beauperthuysii Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 2, 1850,
p. 419 — "Amazonum Ripas" = Peruvian Amazon.
Dend[rocolaptes] mauperthuisii Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2)
2, 1850, p. 147, in text — no locality = Pebas, Peru.

boisonneautii v7:120
Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii meridae Hartert and Goodson
Pseudocolaptes boisonneautii [sic] meridae Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool.,
24, 1917, p. 499 — El Valle, Mérida, Venezuela.

tenuepuntatus v7:166
Thamnophilus palliatus tenuepunctatus Lafresnaye
Thamnophilus tenuepuntatus [sic] Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2), 5, 1853, p. 339

brachyurae v7:189
Myrmotherula brachyura brachyura (Hermann)
Muscic[apae] brachyurae [nominative plural] Hermann, Table Affin. Anim., 1783, p. 229

myotherina v7:223
Myrmoborus myotherinus ochrolaema (Hellmayr)
Hypocnemis myotherina ochrolaema Hellmayr, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 16, 1906, p. 109

macleannani v7:255
Phaenostictus mcleannani chocoanus Bangs and Barbour
Phaenostictus macleannani [sic] chocoanus Bangs and Barbour, Bull. Mus.
Comp. Zoöl., 65, 1922, p. 208 — Mt. Sapo, eastern Panama.

campanisoma v7:261
Myrmothera campanisona signata Zimmer
Myrmothera campanisoma [sic] signata Zimmer, Am. Mus. Novit., no.
703, 1934, p. 9 — below San José, eastern Ecuador.

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[James Jobling]

Erikjan,

Hellmayr as well as Peters! Hellmayr et al. has only one less volume than Peters (nearly a bookshelf each) and the synonymies are even more extensive.
Some of your findings I have treated as gender differences; brachyurae is a grammatical form (see Laurent's previous remarks); eremiae is new.

 

[kweetal]

Both catalogues have 15 volumes (or 'parts') if you count Cory's volumes, and disregard the index (v16 in Peters). It turns out the Catalogue of Birds of the Americas has more pages, and I think that each page contains more text. Looks like it indeed has more synonymies per taxon, and more references per synonym (sometimes filling more than a page). Fortunately the OCR isn't too bad (even the raw text as-is can already be turned into a database).

Catalogue Peters: 5,530 pages
Catalogue Hellmayr: 6,084 pages ( that's body text, without index, contents tables, etc.)

I haven't figured out yet why BHL seems to have done two copies of several 'parts'/volumes. To be continued...

-kweetal

 

[James Jobling]

Hellmayr has 11 parts, covered in 15 volumes (Part 1 has 4 numbers; Part 2 has 2 numbers).
Peters vol. I has two editions (1931, 1979), so a full Peters (including the Comprehensive Index) has 17 volumes.

 

[kweetal]

Hellmayr has 11 parts, covered in 15 volumes (Part 1 has 4 numbers; Part 2 has 2 numbers).
Peters vol. I has two editions (1931, 1979), so a full Peters (including the Comprehensive Index) has 17 volumes.

Ah yes, I didn't think of the old 1931 volume 1 of Peters. I have not used it; it seemed more logical to use the second edition instead. Maybe I'll add it later. The AviBase Peters spreadsheet did add the 1931 names, but that spreadsheet has only the main lemmata, and not all the synonyms. (it also is still full of OCR errors)

 

[kweetal]

Curiosa from Hellmayr VI, biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750548 :

Dasycetopa - v10:24 - Dasycetopa serena BONAPARTE, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, 2, p. 37, 1857 —
Allocopterus - v10:43 - Allocopterus deliciosus CHAPMAN, Bull. Amer. Mus. N.H., 36, p. 482, 1917 —
Illicura - v10:60 - Illicura BOUCARD and BERLEPSCH, The Humming Bird, 2, p. 45, 1892 — emen-
Laniocerca - v10:151 - Laniocerca rufescens RIDGWAY, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 10, p. 589, 1888 — Rio
Pachyrynchus - v10:170 - Pachyrynchus leucogaster SWAINSON, Anim. Menag., p. 289, Dec., 1837 — Brazil
Pyroderos - v10:231 - Pyroderos granadensis (not of LAFRESNAYE) TACZANOWSKI, Orn. Pér., 2, p.
Chasmarhynchos - v10:237 - Chasmarhynchos carunculatus SCHOMBURGK, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 1, pp. 343,
Chasmarhynchus - v10:237 - Chasmarhynchus carunculatus CABANIS in SCHOMBURGK, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 3,

-kweetal

EDIT: Sorry, I used my own numbering: my volume 10 is actually Hellmayr's PART 6.

 

[James Jobling]

Erikjan,

The numbering of Hellmayr et al., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., publication nos. (various), Cat. Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands, can be confusing. The series began with Part II, No. 1, in 1918 (to take advantage of the projected completion of Ridgway’s Birds of North and Middle America), and finished with Part I, No. 4, in 1949.
Following my copies (ex libris Dillon Ripley 2nd) of Hellmayr et al. the series could be catalogued thus (including the family ranges printed on the spines):
Part I, No. 1 (Vol. I) Rheidae-Columbidae, 1942;
Part I, No. 2 (Vol. II) Spheniscidae-Anatidae, 1948;
Part I, No. 3 (Vol. III) Jacanidae-Alcidae, 1948;
Part I, No. 4 (Vol. IV) Cathartidae-Falconidae, 1949;
Part II, No. 1 (Vol. V) Bubonidae-Trochilidae, 1918;
Part II, No. 2 (Vol. VI) Trogonidae-Picidae,1919;
Part III (Vol. VII) Pteroptochidae-Formicariidae, 1924;
Part IV (Vol. VIII) Furnariidae-Dendrocolaptidae, 1925;
Part V (Vol. IX) Tyrannidae,1927;
Part VI (Vol. X) Oxyruncidae-Phytotomidae, 1929;
Part VII (Vol. XI) Corvidae-Sylviidae, 1934;
Part VIII (Vol. XII) Alaudidae-Compsothlypidae, 1935;
Part IX (Vol. XIII) Tersinidae-Thraupidae, 1936;
Part X (Vol. XIV) Icteridae, 1937;
Part XI (Vol. XV) Ploceidae-Fringillidae, 1938.

 

[kweetal]

Thanks, that's handy. Let me add the authors (taken from Vuilleumier, 2003):

part I (nrs 1–4) by C. E. Hellmayr and B. Conover
part II (nrs 1–2) by C. B. Cory
part III–V by C. B. Cory and C. E. Hellmayr
part VI-XI by C. E. Hellmayr

(Vuilleumier seems to think that the parts by Cory and Hellmayr were actually largely (re)written by the indefatigable Hellmayr. )

 

[kweetal]

Genera words from Hellmayr volume 4 (=Part I, number 4, 1949) i.e., biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2758925

Regerrhinus - 4:24 - Regerrhinus cayennensis Taczanowski, Orn. Pér., 1, p. 144, 1884 —
Regerinus - 4:29 - Regerinus uncinatus Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 46, p.
Jerospizia - 4:48 - Jerospizia Bonaparte, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, 2, p. 29, 1857 —
Visus - 4:53 - Visus sexfasciatus Cabanis, in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 3, "1848,"
Ibiceter - 4:187 - Ibiceter (sic) spec. Reiser, Denks. Math.-Naturw. Kl. Akad. Wiss.
Urabitinga - 4:190 - Urabitinga anthracina Ingram, Zoologist, 1913, p. 253 — Trinidad.
Urobitinga - 4:190 - Urobitinga anthracina Bangs, Proc. New Eng. Zool. Cl., 3, p. 20,
Thallassoaetus - 4:218 - Thallassoaetus pelagicus pelagicus Swann, Monog. Bds. Prey, 2, p.
Spiziacercus - 4:219 - Spiziacercus Kaup, Arch. Naturg., 16, (1), p. 32, 1850 — type, by
Clamasocircus - 4:259 - Clamasocircus plumbeus Swann, Monog. Bds. Prey, 1, p. 150, 1925 (monog.).

-kweetal

 

[James Jobling]

Erikjan,

Another good selection. Because of its disparate spelling and treatment in a different family (Accipitridae instead of Falconidae) I have chosen to regard Ibiceter as a new name, altho’ acknowledging that it is probably a lapsus for Ibycter.

 

[kweetal]

In the Key, under 'tichelmani': the name 'Lowrens' doesn't exist; it should be 'Louwrens' - see also the NLwiki
(the years there are different too but I don't know which is correct)

 

[kweetal]

Peculiar spelling in Peters' Check-list, volumes 1 (ed. 2), 8, and 9:
(Sorry for the messy formatting, can't seem to get it to behave nicely.)

chirimontanus - v1:24 - Crypturus obsoletus chirimontanus Stolzmann, 1926, Ann.
serresianus - v1:128 - Eudyptes serresianus moseleyi Mathews and Iredale, 1921,
calliparaeus - v1:153 - P.[odiceps] calliparaeus juninensis Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1894,
cabanist - v1:234 - Heterocnus cabanist [sic] fremitus van Rossem and Hachisuka, 1937,
toussenellii - v1:326 - Astur toussenellii [sic] canescens Chapin, 1921, Amer. Mus.
flavogastra - v8:28 - Elaenia flavogastra pallididorsalis Aldrich, 1937, Sci. Publ.
sublfava - v8:43 - Inezia sublfava saturatior Todd, 1952, Ann. Carnegie Mus.,
striacicollis - v8:82 - Euscarthmus striacicollis [sic] griseostriatus Stolzmann, 1926,
difficile - v8:89 - Todirostrum latirostre difficile Todd, 1937, Ann. Carnegie
crypotolopha - v8:294 - Lathria crypotolopha (sic) mindoensis Hellmayr and Seilern, 1914,
guayana - v8:315 - Pitta guayana bangkae de Schauensee, 1958, Proc. Acad.
macklotti - v8:318 - Pitta macklotti yorki Mathews, 1912, Novit. Zool., 18, p.
apiatus - v9:16 - Megalophonus apiatus algoensis Roberts, 1926, Ann. Transvaal
curvirostis - v9:24 - Certhilauda curvirostis bradshawi (Sharpe)
albascens - v9:26 - Calendulauda albascens saldanhae Roberts, 1936, Ann. Transvaal
katherinae - v9:35 - Ammomanes deserti katherinae Zedlitz, 1912, Journ. f. Orn., 60,
thecklae - v9:62 - Galerita thecklae [sic] deichleri Erlanger, 1899, Journ. f. Orn., 47,
techlae - ibid. - p. 339, pl. 9, Galerida techlae [sic], fig. 5 — Doug, Tunisia.
transcaspica - v9:73 - Otocorys penicillata transcaspica Flöricke, 1898, Gefiederte Welt,
ruspestris - v9:102 - Cotyle ruspestris [sic] spatzi Geyr, 1916, Orn. Monatsb., 24, p. 59
holopolius - v9:192 - Graucalus holopolius Sharpe, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p.184
milamjensis - v9:258 - Arizelocichla milamjensis chyulu van Someren, 1939, Journ. East
eburneus - v9:266 - Phyllastrephus eburneus Bannerman, 1923, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl.,
exima - v9:274 - Bleda exima [sic] ugandae van Someren, 1915, Bull. Brit. Orn CL.,
olivaceae - v9:285 - Iole olivaceae perplexa Riley, 1939, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci.,
maclellandi - v9:290 - Iole maclellandi [sic] similis Rothschild, 1921, Novit. Zool., 28,
cyanopogan - v9:304 - Chloropsis cyanopogan septentrionalis Robinson and Kloss, 1918,
aufrifrons - v9:306 - Chloropsis aufrifrons media (Bonaparte)
colluroides - v9:348 - Lanius colluroides nigricapillus Delacour, 1926, Bull. Brit. Orn.
aradus - v9:438 - Cyphorhinus aradus richardsoni Salvin

More than half-way now ...

(EDIT: removed 3 items that were already indexed after all)

 

[James Jobling]

Erikjan,

What a stupendous but much appreciated task you have set yourself.

I welcome chirimontanus and eburneus as new.

EDIT 1: I thought chirimontanus was new, but in fact it is a lapsus for chirimotanus. The eburneus sub-entry is a good find.

 

[kweetal]

Well, I am glad that I can use your database (to wit, the KEY) as a spelling checker. I'd only find a fraction of the OCR errors without it.

 

[kweetal]

Genus names Hellmayr, volume 15 = part 11, Ploceidae-Fringillidae, 1938

biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2760651
Ptylus - v15:56 - Ptylus [sic] fuliginosus Miranda Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 24,
Calyphtrophorus - v15:58 - Calyphtrophorus Cabanis, in Schomburgk, Reisen Brit. Guiana, 3, "1848," p. 678,
Guiracea - v15:88 - *Guiracea caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus). EASTERN BLUE-GROSBEAK.
Cyanocomosa - v15:103 - Cyanocomosa [sic] cyanea Snethlage, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 2, No. 6,
Porphryrospiza - v15:113 - Genus PORPHRYROSPIZA Sclater and Salvin
Eutheia - v15:123 - Eutheia bicolor Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, p. 307—Ibagüe, Colombia.
Drepanorrhynchus - v15:172 - Drepanorrhynchus schistaceus Dubois, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 7, p. 404, pi.
Sporophylla - v15:180 - Sporophylla albigularis Snethlage, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, 2, No. 6,
Catamenis - v15:234 - Catamenis inornata var. aequatorialis Dubois, Mém. Soc. Zool. France, 13, p.
Cardueles - v15:284 - Cardueles [sic] icterica Bertoni, Faun. Parag., p. 63, 1914 — Alto Parana,
Coryphospiza - v15:381 - Coryphospiza pileata (not Fringilla pileata Wied) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc.
Saltatricola - v15:632 - Saltatricola Stempelmann and Schulz, Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc. Córdoba, 10,
Rhyncophanes - v15:639 - Rhyncophanes maccowni Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 12, p. 589, 1888

 

[kweetal]

James, I'm curious - shouldn't Coryphospiza Sharpe be a Var. under Coryphaspiza ?

 

[James Jobling]

Erikjan,

No, Coryphaspiza is a different bird altogether; Sclater's succinct text indicates a lapsus for Coryphospingus (spingos and spiza both mean finch). That said, Coryphospiza and Saltatricola could be considered for separation, although I will keep them as Variants for the time being. Many thanks.

 

[kweetal]

Now I see that I forgot the other Coryphospiza-line from the same Hellmayr volume, namely 'Coryphospiza Sharpe'; below it is in the context of the CORYPHASPIZA genus

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Genus CORYPHASPIZA G. R. Gray

Leptonyx (not of Swainson, 1833) Swainson, Anim. Menag., p. 314, Dec. 31,
1837 — type, by monotypy, Leptonyx melanotis Swainson = Emberizoides
melanotis Temminck.

Coryphaspiza Gray, List Gen. Bds., p. 47, 1840 — new name for Leptonyx
Swainson, 1837, preoccupied.

Coryphospiza Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 12, p. 765, 1888 (emendation).
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(But you probably saw that already.)

Thanks.

 

[James Jobling]

I have weakened, and now treat Saltatricola as a separate synonymous name in The Key. I am still pondering on a possible form of words for Coryphospiza.