Cyanocorax, F.Boie, 1826, 1826

Steinheimer, Frank D., 2009, The type specimens of Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrocitta vagabunda, Zootaxa 2149 (1), pp. 1-49 : 8

C. [Cyanocorax] cyanocapillus Cabanis, 1846 : 233, footnote

TL: Xalapa [= Jalapa Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico; 19°34’N, 96°54’W].

Now Cyanocorax yncas luxuosus (Lesson, 1839) . See Hellmayr 1934 (in litt. E. Dickinson March 2009). Sharpe 1877: 131 considered the name to be valid.

SYNTYPES: ZMB 1521. [No sex or age given]. Loc. Mexico. Date: [not given]. Coll.: Deppe. [Ex, Mus]. ZMB 1522. Male. Loc. Xalapa [Jalapa, Veracruz]. Date : [not given; Stresemann 1954 a: 89 cited it from Lichtenstein MS as ̔ January 1825 ’]. Coll.: Graf von Sack & Deppe. [Ex, Mus, Meise MS]. ZMB 1523 [specimen missing]. [No sex or age given]. Loc. Xalapa [Jalapa, Veracruz]. Date: [not given; Stresemann 1954 a: 89 cited it from Lichtenstein MS as ̔ January 1825 ’]. Coll.: Deppe. [Mount or Ex, A /R].

COMMENTS: Cabanis (1846) unmistakably referred to “several” ZMB birds from Xalapa. ZMB 1521, today without locality except “ Mexico ” on its label, but with the same origin, was certainly included in the original series of syntypes. Ferdinand Deppe (1794-c. 1860), originally a gardener appointed to the Royal Gardens of Berlin, accompanied Count von Sack, the second hunt master and chamberlain of the Prussian king, on an expedition to Mexico from December 1824 to May 1825, continuing on his own until January 1827, collecting alone in the years 1825–1826 some 958 bird specimens representing 315 species, and visiting regions not scientifically explored before. For an itinerary see Stresemann (1954 a: 86–88).