in this volume of the Peters Checklist, the publication
date is printed in parentheses.
The interpretation that this taxon was not published until 1852 is a presumption
that requires support and documentation.
Rand offers no explanation for this date, and it is not supported by
Sclater Syst.Aethiop. 2:635; CBBM 8:164; or the Richmond Index.
Indeed Rand himself cites (p.329) Dryoscopus sublacteus
Cassin from the page following this (p.246) to 1851 (!!!).
H&M 3rd:458 has the date correct as 1851.
Thanks to Colin Jones for picking up my error in following the Peters Checklist
on this erroneous date.
Originally described in Ptilopus and for this reason Peters Checklist 3:33
places the authority in parentheses. This is followed by H&M 3rd:176
and by HBW 4:217.
It appears to me that Ptilopus is an 1841 Strickland emendation of Swainson's
Ptilinopus. As an emendation it appears to me that it implies that the authority
here should not be in parentheses.
2005.04.24
Megapodius freycinet quoyii Citation
Often given as 1861 (e.g. Cat.B.Brit.Mus. 22:458; H&M 3rd Ed.:36)
This part was published in Feb. 1862.
2003.05.18
Pardalotus quadragintus Citation
Peters Checklist 12:202 lists "pl.62" this does not agree with
other sources. I follow the Richmond index, and Sherborn here.
Diaceum quadricolor Date
Peters Checklist 12:181 lists "1877".
The Richmond index and Duncan show that this part of the volume was
published in April, 1878.
Comments & Suggestions to Data Steward
Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
POB 1999
Walla Walla, WA 99362-0999
