EMBERIZIDAE

Jansen Introduction, Justin J. F. J., 2018, Specimen labelling errors: birds collected on the Falkland Islands prior to 1861, now in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands, Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (2), pp. 145-169 : 166

EMBERIZIDAE

White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera melan-

odera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [RMNH. AVES.165592].

Loc : East Falkland (ca. 51° 41′ 40″ S, 57° 51′ 10″ W) .

Date: in either 1858 or 1859. Col: C.C. Abbott. Age/sex:

♀. Acquisition: via John Gould and Gustav Adolph Frank

Sr. in 1860. Status: extant, accessed 18 December 2012.

Tax: mounted. Pub: Abbott 1860, 1861; Gould 1859;

Sclater 1860, 1861, 1862.

Pedestal label: absent.

Pedestal underside: [one hand] ♀ / Capt / Abbot Stanley / 1860 / Oost Falkland.

Remark: The name Abbott was transcribed incorrectly at the underside. The bird was acquired through the Amsterdam-based dealer Gustav Adolph Frank and arrived on 30 April 1860 (see Kelp Goose RMNH. AVES.230433 above). Only Schlegel’s handwriting appears under the base of the pedestal.

White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera melan-

odera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [RMNH. AVES.165582].

Loc: Falkland (ca. 51° 41′ 0″ S, 59° 10′ 0″ W). Date: –.

Col: –. Age/sex: ♂. Acq: –. Status: extant, accessed 18

December 2012. Tax: mounted. Pub: –.

Pedestal label: [one hand] Chlorospiza Gray / Emberiza melandera / Beagle pl 32. Uranie alt pl. / ♂ / Malouines.

Pedestal underside: no text.

Remark: Handwriting is Temminck’s and therefore an old specimen, most likely received in exchanges with the Parisian Museum.