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Voous, K.H.; Bijleveld, M.F.I.J..

VAURIE (1961) in a recent review of the geographical races of the Common, or Eurasian, Buzzard (Buteo buteo (Linnaeus)) has found no evidence in favour of the recognition of a West Chinese or Tibetan mountain race of that species. Even less he considers it likely that the Buzzard nests in mountain forests in the Himalayas. In his conclusion he is at variance with PORTENKO (1929 : 644) who described a special race from the Cham region in East Tibet and mentioned specimens ascribed to this race from West China, Darjeeling, Sikkim, and the northwestern Himalaya. This race, originally described as Buteo japonicus saturatus, was re-named by PORTENKO in 1935 Buteo japonicus refectus on nomenclatorial reasons (Orn. Monatsb., 43 : 152). It was considered by...

An undescribed race of Coereba Flaveola from Bonaire

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505010

In the course of the preparation of the book on “De Vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen” (“Birds of ths Netherlands Antilles”), which will be published very soon (obtainable through Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, and Boekhandel Salas, Curaçao), it became apparent that the bananaquits (Coereba flaveola) from Bonaire required a new subspecific name. Full details on the occurrence of Coereba flaveola in the group of Netherlands Leeward Islands (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire) will be found in my forthcoming monograph on the birds of these islands, in the 7th volume of these Studies, as well as in the above mentioned book.

The birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius

Ano: 1955

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506089

From September 22nd 1951 until April 19th 1952 I stayed, with my wife as a good companion and technical assistant, in the Netherlands Antilles to make an ornithological survey of these islands. This work, which included both making a collection of studyskins and gathering field data and distributional records, was done under the auspices of the Foundation for Scientific Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles (“Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen”) and was financed by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles. I am greatly indebted, therefore, to the Government officials of the Netherlands Antilles, particularly to Mr. J. H. Sprockel, minister of Education, and to the staff of the Department of Education....

Species boundaries in non-tropical Northern Hemisphere Owls

Ano: 1955

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506200

A survey is presented of the status of species boundaries in nontropical Northern Hemisphere owls in order to investigate the reality of the biological and geographical species concept applied to these owls in current handbooks. At the same time the practicability of evolutionary systematics as opposed to phylogenetic synthesis is elaborated on.

The generic distinction of the Gough Island flightless Gallinule

Palavras-chave: Northern Hemisphere Owls; Species boundary; Species concept.

Ano: 1990

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504117

The presence of five specimens of Gough Island Gallinules, Porphyriornis nesiotis comeri ALLEN, in the Zoological Gardens of Amsterdam originating from the remote Gough Island situated within the subantarctic confines of the South Atlantic Ocean, offered a favourable occasion for a study of these peculiar and rare birds. The Gough Island Gallinule is presently the only surviving representative of its species; the Tristan da Cunha form, P. nesiotis nesiotis (P. L. SCLATER), having been exterminated by man probably nearly a century ago. It belongs to a group of rails of which also the Moorhen or Common Gallinule, Gallinula chloropus, is a representative. From the latter species it differs among others by having greatly reduced powers of flight. One can...

Supplement to the Faunal List of the Birds of the Moluccan Islands

Ano: 1961

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504474

Bemmel, A.C.V. van; Voous, K.H..

A faunal list of the birds of the Moluccan Islands has been previously published by the first author (Treubia 19, part 2, May 1948, pp. 323— 402). Additional data have been collected since by Mr. G. A. L. de Haan during a period of several years in which this zealous collector lived in Halmahera and visited the islands Morotai, Ternate and Gebe. It seemed us worth while to publish the species and new localities from the data collected by Mr de Haan, which are not contained in the previous list. We take this opportunity to add some data from literature, published after May 1948 or overlooked by the first author, some data from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Leiden, and to...

Notes on a Collection of Birds from Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

Ano: 1953

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505031

This is a report on a small collection of birds from the Tristan da Cunha group and Gough Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean made by Mr. N. SCHEER, Officer in Charge of the Weather Station at Tristan da Cunha in the years 1958—1960. The collection consists of 13 specimens from Tristan, 23 from Nightingale Island and 7 from Inaccessible Island, as well as 7 from Gough Island. A total of 22 species is represented. Field records by Mr. SCHEER have been added to the report; local names of most of the species, as noticed by Mr. SCHEER, have been given in quotation marks. Considering the recent publications on the birds of these islands (BROEKHUYSEN & MACNAE, 1949; HAGEN, 1952; RAND, 1955; ELLIOTT, 1957) the collection contributes hardly any new facts to...

The distributional history of Coracina in the Indo-Australian Archipelago

Ano: 1962

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504906

Voous, K.H.; Marle, J.G. van.

Recently RIPLEY (1941) has prepared a systematic revision of the Indo-Australian members of the genus Coracina (Cuckoo-Shrike), which for a considerable time had been in a state of great confusion. RYPLEY’s new arrangement represents a noteworthy step in the appreciation of the systematics of this difficult genus. Since only taxonomy and representative distribution have been taken into account by RIPLEY, resulting in the arrangement of 12 species into 3 superspecies and 7 isolated forms, certain problems still remain unsettled. It is the purpose of this paper to deal with some of these problems and to propose an arrangement of the Indo-Australian forms of Coracina not only in accordance with their taxonomy, but also with the history of their distribution....

Distribution and geographical variation of the White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus)

Ano: 1949

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504280

The present knowledge on infraspecific variation, distribution, and migration of the White-tailed Hawk ( Buteo albicaudatus Vieillot) is critically reviewed. In practically every aspect knowledge is highly inadequate. Size variation (tables I—IV) is in accordance with Bergmann’s Phenomenon, but does not seem to form a sound basis for the current recognition of three subspecies. Intermixture of resident tropical populations (with relatively small dimensions) with migrants from the north and/or south is suspected.

Wood owls of the genera Strix and Ciccaba

Ano: 1968

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504829

"... speaking here as a taxonomist to taxonomists, I am certainly no less than respectful toward the noble art of classification" (Léon Croizat, 1958, p. 119). In considering a thorough systematic study a necessity before entering into zoogeographical theories, the author feels he may expect the full and sympathetic approval of Professor H. Boschma, to whom this paper is dedicated. Indeed, taxonomy or systematic zoology is one of the corner-stones of a sound building of zoogeography. The present paper, therefore, dealing with the taxonomy of wood owls and subsequent zoogeographical inferences probably is in line with the way of thinking of Boschma as a systematist. The author will add a further perspective of systematic zoology by proposing a way leading...

The Birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318252

This is the second and concluding part of a report on the birds of the Netherlands Antilles, the first part dealt with the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius (Studies fauna Curaçao Car. Is. 6, no. 25, 1955, p. 1-82). The present part will give a full account of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Accompanied by my wife I stayed in these islands from September 22, 1951 until April 19, 1952, only interrupted by a week’s visit to Venezuela and the period between February 1 and March 14, 1952, when we were working in St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Our collection of birds from Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire comprizes 986 specimens, representing 103 species, all of which have been deposited in the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. Although part...

The geographical variation of the Jay (Garrulus glandarius) in Europe: a study on individual and clinal variation

Ano: 1957

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506214

Ever since it became apparent that terrestrial animals ranging over large continental areas generally showed a certain degree of gradual geographic variation, attention has been focused on the colour variation of the Jay, Garrulus glandarius, in Europe. Surely the Jays belong to those species of palearctic land birds in which the formation of geographical differences must be considered to be exceptionally favoured: HARTERT (1903—1922; including HARTERT & STEINBACHER 1932) recognized as many as 10 European races of the Jay by name, whereas Kleiner (1935—38) in his monographic treatment of the species numbered as many as 9 races in the same region. In several instances of the geographic variation of the Jay the differences are exceedingly striking, e.g....