THINOCORIDAE, Sundevall, 1836

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 : 159

THINOCORIDAE

Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus rumicivorus

Eschscholtz, 1829 [RMNH. AVES.87538]. Loc: East

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

either 1858 or 1859. Col: C.C. Abbott. Age/sex: ♂. Acq:

via John Gould and Gustav Adolph Frank Sr. Status:

extant, accessed 11 February 2013. Tax: mounted (syn-

type). Publ: Abbott 1860, 1861; Gould 1859; Sclater

1860, 1861, 1862.

Pedestal label: not present.

Pedestal underside: [one hand] Cat. 5 / ♂ / 1860 / Capt / Abbot Stanley / Oost Falkland.

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