Zoological Type Notes --N

• Nystalus maculatus (Gmelin) 1788 Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.451
• Type by subsequent designation, Alcedo maculata Gmelin. (Sclater, Monogr. Jacamars and Puff-birds, pt.4 1882, p.xxxv [35].
• Type locality (Peters representation): "Brazil".

• Nystactes tamatia (Gmelin) 1788 Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.405
• Type by monotypy. Bucco somnolentus Lichtenstein = Bucco tamatia Gmelin.
• Type locality (Peters representation): "Cayenne and Brazil"

• Nothocercus julius (Bonaparte) 1854 Compt.Rend. 38 p.663
  • Type by subsequent designation. Salvadori, 1895, Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 27 p.509. Tinamus julius Bonaparte, 1854.
  • Type locality (Peters [Mayr] representation): "Colombia; restricted to vicinity of Bogota by Blake, 1955, Fieldiana, Zool., 37 p.15." Peters 1:18.

• Nothoprocta perdicaria (Kittlitz) 1830 Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb. 1(1831) p.192[=193] pl.12
  • Type by original designation. Sclater,PL & Salvin 1873 Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.156 "Crypturus perdicarius Kittlitz, ex Chilia."
  • Type locality: "near Valpariso, Chile" Peters 1:38.

• Nothura boraquira (Spix) 1825 Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.63 pl.79
  • Type by subsequent designation. G.R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds p.63.
  • Type locality: "Type from Minas Gerais, Brazil" Peters 1:40.

• Nettapus auritus (Boddaert) 1783 TablePlanchesEnlum. p.48
  • Type by monotypy. Anas madagascariensis Gmelin = Anas aurita Boddaert.
  • Type locality: Madagascar.

• Netta rufina (Pallas) 1773 ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 2 p.713
  • Type by monotypy. Anas rufina Pallas.
  • Type locality: Caspian Sea and lakes of the Tartarian Desert.

• Notharchus macrorhynchos (Gmelin) 1788 Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.406
  • Type by subsequent designation. Bucco hyperrhynchus Sclater. PZS pt.23 1856 (1855) p.193 = N. macrorhynchos hyperrhynchus (Sclater)
  • Type locality (Peters representation): "Upper Amazon". Peters 6:10.

Comments&Suggestions to Data Steward
Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
POB 1999
Walla Walla, WA 99362-0999