Zoological Type Notes --V

• Picus sanguineus Lichtenstein,AAH 1793 Cat.Rer.nat.rar. p.17 no.184
• Type by subsequent designation. (G.R. Gray, 1855, Cat.Gen.Subgen.Birds p.92) Picus sanguineus Lichtenstein.
• Type locality: "America = Guiana" Peters 6:175.
• However, the type given by Peters 6:169 is
  • Picus fumigatus Orbigny) 1840 Voy.Am.merid. 4 livr.51 pl.65 fig.1 1847 livr.89 p.380
• Stephen Gregory indicates (in litt. 2006.04.24) that the type designated by Gray was Picus sanguineus (an originally included species) and that Picus fumigatus Orbigny was not an originally included species.

• Saucerottia saucerrottei (Delattre & Bourcier) 1846 Rev.Zool. 9 p.311
  • Type by original designation. Saucerottia typica Bonaparte = Trochilus saucerrottei Delattre and Bourcier.
  • Type locality: Cali, Colombia

• Syrmaticus reevesii (Gray,JE) 1829 Anim.Kingd.[Griffith] 8 p.25
  • Type by monotypy. Phasianus reevesii JE Gray.
  • Type locality: China.

• Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.123
  • Type by monotypy. Anas spectabilis JE Gray.
  • Type locality: "in Canada, Svecia = Sweden" AOU CL 7ed. p.77.

• Sasia ochracea Hodgson 1837 J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 5(1836) p.778
  • Type by original designation.
  • Type locality: Nepal

• Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.176
  • Type by original designation. Picus varius Linnaeus.
  • Type locality: "in America septontrionali = South Carolina". AOU CL 7 ed. p.337.

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