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<blockquote data-quote="RaMa" data-source="post: 2261243" data-attributes="member: 74817"><p>Well, this is a little bit messy.</p><p></p><p>P.L.S. Müller did not give full citations, but rather referred most of his new species simply to "Buffon", which means the "Planches enluminées". The first author known to me who tried to identify Müller's birds was <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84864#page/263/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>Cassin (1864)</u></a>. Here the mistake was made, as he assigned <em>Loxia bourbonnensis</em> to pl.204, fig.1 and <em>L. bouvreuil</em> to fig.2. Müller's description of <em>L. bourbonnensis</em>, however, reads: "ferruginous, with black head and wings, whose belly is white", whereas <em>L. bouvreuil</em> is described as "wholly ferruginous, and has only black crest, wings and tail".</p><p></p><p>[<a href="http://dfg-viewer.de/v2/?set%5Bimage%5D=174&set%5Bmets%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fgdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de%2Fmets_export.php%3FPPN%3DPPN574936807&set%5Bzoom%5D=default&set%5Bdebug%5D=0&set%5Bdouble%5D=0&set%5Bstyle%5D=" target="_blank"><u>This link</u></a> may work better].</p><p></p><p>When compared with <a href="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109383#page/15/mode/1up" target="_blank"><u>the plate</u></a> it is obvious that <em>L. bourbonnensis</em> is based on fig.2 (which was from Cape of Good Hope according to Buffon) and <em>L. bouvreuil</em> on fig.1 (from Ile de Bourbon) instead. So it seems Müller had already mixed up the localities, which partly excuses Cassin's lapsus.</p><p></p><p>To sum up:</p><p></p><p><em>Loxia bouvreuil</em>, description taken from Pl.enlum.204, fig.1 (not 2, as incorrectly given by Cassin), original type locality: Ile de Bourbon (not Cape of Good Hope, as incorrectly given by Müller) (needless to say that Ile de Bourbon is itself incorrect).</p><p></p><p><em>Loxia bourbonnensis</em>, description taken from Pl.enlum.204, fig.2 (not 1), original type locality: Cape of Good Hope (not Ile de Bourbon). This is a synonym of <em>Crithagra </em>(=<em>Serinus</em>; =<em>Alario</em>) <em>alario</em>.</p><p></p><p>It seems that Machado & Silveira (in Zootaxa) had it right.</p><p></p><p>Rainer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RaMa, post: 2261243, member: 74817"] Well, this is a little bit messy. P.L.S. Müller did not give full citations, but rather referred most of his new species simply to "Buffon", which means the "Planches enluminées". The first author known to me who tried to identify Müller's birds was [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84864#page/263/mode/1up"][U]Cassin (1864)[/U][/URL]. Here the mistake was made, as he assigned [I]Loxia bourbonnensis[/I] to pl.204, fig.1 and [I]L. bouvreuil[/I] to fig.2. Müller's description of [I]L. bourbonnensis[/I], however, reads: "ferruginous, with black head and wings, whose belly is white", whereas [I]L. bouvreuil[/I] is described as "wholly ferruginous, and has only black crest, wings and tail". [[URL="http://dfg-viewer.de/v2/?set%5Bimage%5D=174&set%5Bmets%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fgdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de%2Fmets_export.php%3FPPN%3DPPN574936807&set%5Bzoom%5D=default&set%5Bdebug%5D=0&set%5Bdouble%5D=0&set%5Bstyle%5D="][U]This link[/U][/URL] may work better]. When compared with [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109383#page/15/mode/1up"][U]the plate[/U][/URL] it is obvious that [I]L. bourbonnensis[/I] is based on fig.2 (which was from Cape of Good Hope according to Buffon) and [I]L. bouvreuil[/I] on fig.1 (from Ile de Bourbon) instead. So it seems Müller had already mixed up the localities, which partly excuses Cassin's lapsus. To sum up: [I]Loxia bouvreuil[/I], description taken from Pl.enlum.204, fig.1 (not 2, as incorrectly given by Cassin), original type locality: Ile de Bourbon (not Cape of Good Hope, as incorrectly given by Müller) (needless to say that Ile de Bourbon is itself incorrect). [I]Loxia bourbonnensis[/I], description taken from Pl.enlum.204, fig.2 (not 1), original type locality: Cape of Good Hope (not Ile de Bourbon). This is a synonym of [I]Crithagra [/I](=[I]Serinus[/I]; =[I]Alario[/I]) [I]alario[/I]. It seems that Machado & Silveira (in Zootaxa) had it right. Rainer [/QUOTE]
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