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Further revisional notes on the Belonidae
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION In my recent revision of the Belonidae (Mees, 1962) a number of problems had to remain unsolved because of lack of material, and in particular because of a number of named forms the type specimens had not been available. The revision was called "preliminary" for that reason. Thanks to the co-operation of colleagues in several countries I have been able, on a round-the-world tour which lasted from February to August, 1962, to examine nearly all the types of what I had previously had to regard as species dubiae, and other type specimens, which show that in a few instances the synonymy presented in my paper is erroneous. A serious error in the key also became obvious (see under Belone punctulata). Though, inevitably, a few problems remain to be...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318613

A list of the birds known from Roti and adjacent islets (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION Father Verheijen (in press) has given a narrative of his visit to Roti, with a list of all birds recorded from material, personal observations, and hearsay. Although several of Verheijen's own field observations are entirely reliable, other species mentioned by him cannot be regarded as of anything but very doubtful occurrence. Therefore I have considered it useful to compile a list of those birds which are now known from collected specimens. Previous to Father Verheijen's studies, ornithological knowledge of Roti rested entirely on a visit to the island made by the anthropologist Dr. H. F. C. ten Kate in 1891 (22 August — 9 September). During his stay ten Kate did some collecting of miscellaneous zoological objects, which he forwarded to...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318750

Zur Nomenklatur einiger Raubvögel und Eulen
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
1. Aviceda jerdoni borneensis (Brüggemann) In der Literatur wird Sharpe (1893) als Autor des Namen Baza borneensis betrachtet, und der ältere Name Baza borneensis Brüggemann (1876) als nomen nudum verworfen (z.B. bei Peters, 1931). Das ist aber nicht richtig denn obschon Brüggemann selbst die Art (oder Rasse) nicht beschrieb, basierte er sie ganz auf einen von Schlegel (1873) unter dem Namen Baza magninostris (Fehldruck für Baza magnirostris) beschriebenen Vogel von Pontianak. Da Brüggemann auf eine Beschreibung hinweist, ist sein Name gültig. Die Borneo-Rasse von Aviceda jerdoni soll deshalb Aviceda jerdoni borneensis (Brüggemann, 1876) heissen, und nicht Aviceda jerdoni borneensis (Sharpe, 1893). Es ist merkwürdig dass die jenigen die Sharpe (1893) als...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319052

The Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae of Suriname (Pisces, Nematognathi)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
CONTENTS Introduction................... 4 Zoogeography.................. 5 Bibliography................... 7 Collecting localities................. 8 Acknowledgements................. 11 Auchenipteridae.................. 12 Auchenipterus.................. 16 Pseudauchenipterus................ 23 Trachycorystes.................. 27 Auchenipterichthys................. 33 Parauchenipterus...... ........... 38 Centromochlus.................. 44 Tatia.................... 55 Glanidium................... 93 Pseudotatia.................. 105 Tocantinsia.................. 108 Trachelyichthys................. 111 Pimelodidae................... 114 Hemisorubim.................. 117 Brachyplatystoma................. 120 Pseudoplatystoma................. 127...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317592

The Freshwater Therapontidae of new Guinea
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.; Kailola, P.J.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction................... 3 2. Acknowledgements................. 6 3. History of classification............... 7 4. Character variation................. 9 5. Generic classification................ 16 6. Affinities and zoogeography.............. 21 7. Key to the species known from New Guinea.......... 26 8. Genus Helotes.................. 31 9. Genus Therapon................. 31 10. References................... 84 11. Gazetteer................... 86 I. INTRODUCTION The Therapontidae 2) constitute a small family of Perciform fishes, the members of which are of a remarkably homogeneous appearance, notwithstanding the fact that it includes marine as well as freshwater species. The distribution of the family as a whole is Indo-Pacific, from...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317740

The Philippine subspecies of Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin) (Aves, Cuculidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The Philippine populations of Centropus bengalensis had been generally included in the widely distributed subspecies C. b. javanensis (Dumont), type locality Java, until Deignan (1955) observed that the population of Palawan is actually referable to this subspecies, but: "that those of other islands are separable by having, in fresh plumage, increased nigrescence of the anterior upper parts, the black or blackish area usually extending to the center of the back". For this subspecies Deignan used the name C. molkenboeri Bonaparte (1850: 108, "ex Philippinis"), which had been listed as a synonym of C. b. javanensis by Shelley (1891), Stresemann (1912) and Hachisuka (1934-1935). Parkes (1957) confirmed and amplified Deignan's findings as regards the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319249

Enige gegevens over de uitgestorven ral Pareudiastes pacificus Hartlaub &amp; Finsch
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INLEIDING De vondst in het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie van twee stuks van de uitgestorven ral Pareudiastes pacificus Hartlaub &amp; Finsch, waarvan de aanwezigheid klaarblijkelijk nog nooit in de literatuur vermeld werd en derhalve volkomen onbekend was, werd voor mij aanleiding eens na te gaan wat er van deze merkwaardige soort bekend is, en hoeveel materiaal er nog in musea bestaat.  GESCHIEDENIS EN MATERIAAL De geschiedenis van de soort begon in 1869 toen de bekende reiziger van het Museum Godeffroy te Hamburg, J. Kubary, op het eiland Savaii, het grootste eiland van de Samoa groep, twee stuks verzamelde, welke hij opstuurde naar Hamburg. Reeds spoedig na ontvangst aldaar werd de soort door Hartlaub &amp; Finsch (1871) beschreven onder de thans...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318502

Additional records of birds from Formosa (Taiwan)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Since the publication of my paper on birds from Formosa (Mees, 1970), a few more collections have been received from the same source. A ban has now been placed on hunting and export of wild birds by the government of the Republic of China — an enlightened and overdue piece of legislation — with the result that the connection has come to an end and no more material is to be expected from Formosa. Although the later collections do not contain anything spectacular, a few records merit publication and for the reason stated this is a good moment for doing so. I take the opportunity to report on a few specimens from our old collection and from other sources. Appended are a bibliography of ornithological papers that have appeared since Hachisuka &amp; Udagawa's...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319092

The subspecies of Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas), their breeding distribution and migrations
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
CONTENTS    1. Introduction ... 3  2. Bartels collection from Java (GCAJ) ... 4  3. Specimens from Ceylon (GCAJ) ... 6  4. Additional material from the Greater Sunda Islands and from the Philippines ... 7  5. Status in the Indo-Australian region ... 8  6. Status in East Asia ... 15  7. Status in Africa ... 17  8. Western Palaearctic breeding distribution ... 23  9. Geographical variation ... 34  10. Measurements ... 38  11. Breeding season and nuptial plumage ... 41  12. The identity of Sterna javanica Hors field ... 45  13. Nomenclature ... 46  14. The systematic position of Hydrochelidon albostiata Gray ... 49  15. Acknowledgements ... 53  16. References ... 54    I. INTRODUCTION    During the years preceding his sudden death in Januari 1962, my...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas); Laridae; Sterninae; Bartels collection; Geographical variation; Measurements; Nomenclature; 42.83.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/323932

Vogelkundig onderzoek op Nieuw Guinea in 1828 : terugblik op de ornithologische resultaten van de reis van Zr. Ms. Korvet Triton naar de zuid-west kust van Nieuw-Guinea
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The ornithological results of the journey with the vessel Triton in 1828 are re-assessed.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Aves; New Guinea; Distribution; Triton.; 42.83.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317250

A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part I)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION Hardly any group of birds is of a greater interest to the zoogeographer and to the student of evolution and speciation than the family of the Zosteropidae. It was with the fact in mind that no conclusions as regards these fields of investigation could be drawn without the reliable base of a good classification that Stresemann (1931) 1) undertook a revision of the IndoAustralian members of the family. Stresemann's revision is a pioneer work that will long remain the base for any further work in the group. Since 1931, however, 45 further names have been given in the Indo-Australian group of the Zosteropidae, adding two valid species and about 25 valid races to the number already known. Though several partial revisions have greatly elucidated...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317562

Geographical variation of Caprimulgus Macrurus Horsfield (Aves, Caprimulgidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION The races of Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield have been revised several times, most recently by Oberholser (1915). This work is now over sixty years old and it was exclusively based on the very inadequate material at the time available in North American collections, without any reference to the large series in the museums of London, Tring, Leiden, etc. As a result, much of Oberholser's revision is based on little more than guesswork (cf. Rothschild &amp; Hartert, 1918: 321). Also, Oberholser omitted the races belonging to the "manillensis" group, although several years earlier Hartert (1906) had concluded that they are conspecific with C. macrurus. My own work on the problem of the geographical variation of the species started over twelve years...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317588

Systematic and Faunistic remarks on Birds from Borneo and Java, with new records
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In this paper I have collected notes on a number of birds from Java and Borneo, which have accumulated over the past seven years as a by-product of other studies rather than as a result of directed research in our collections. Ardea cinerea altirostris subspecies nova Diagnosis. — Similar in plumage to the pale race A. c. jouyi Clark of north-east Asia and Japan, but bill more massive: the bill is not always longer, but thicker and especially deeper (see table of measurements, and plate). Holotype, ♂, 12.III. 1918, Sedari, east of Tjitaroem delta, Reg. Krawang, West Java, leg. M. E. G. Bartels no. 11360, RMNH, Aves no. 28454. Distribution. — Java and Sumatra. Birds which have been found breeding on the west coast of Malaya, in Perak and Selangor (cf....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318399

Zur Verbreitung von Phaethornis malaris (Nordmann) (Aves, Trochilidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Obwohl der Kolibri Phaethornis malaris (Nordmann) der Wissenschaft wahrscheinlich schon vor Ausgang des XVIII. Jahrhunderts bekannt war (eine Abbildung findet sich in Audebert &amp; Vieillot, 1802: 37, T. 17) und 1835 die wissenschaftliche Benennung erfolgte (Nordmann, 1835), war er nur aus einem erstaunlich kleinen Gebiet bekannt. In der Küstenzone von Französisch Guayana war er offensichtlich von jeher ziemlich häufig, denn während des vorigen Jahrhunderts fanden viele Bälge (meist ohne genaues Datum und mit sehr allgemein gehaltenen Lokalitätsangaben) ihren Weg in wissenschaftliche Sammlungen und später gingen dem Carnegie Museum nicht weniger als 33 Stücke zu durch den Sammler S. M. Klages. Der Literatur kann entnommen werden, dass P. malaris in...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318739

A preliminary revision of the Belonidae
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION Difficulties with the identification of some West-Indian Belonidae and an investigation into the merits of the generic name Strongylura as against Tylosurus led to a revision of the Belonidae, the result of which is published here. As will be seen on the following pages, this revision is by no means final; many problems remain to be solved, much synonymy given here is doubtful, lack of material prevented me from investigating the possible presence of slight geographic variation in the widely distributed species; some apparently valid species are left out altogether (I listed their names on p. 5) because no material has been available, and other names remain doubtful as it has not been possible to examine the type specimens. There is also the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317773

Malurus callainus Gould and other names supposed to have been based on hybrids (Aves, Passeriformes)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Through an apparent misinterpretation of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Schodde &amp; Mason (1998) mistakenly rejected several names, based on intraspecific intergrades and hybrids.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Aves; Passeriformes; Nomenclature; Australia; 42.83.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/216166

Mass mortality of Puffinus Gravis (O'reilly) on the coast of Suriname (Aves, Procellariidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In July 1974, a seabird was received for identification from Mrs. M. P. Panday of Paramaribo, Suriname. The bird proved to be an immature specimen of the Great Shearwater, Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly), a species not previously recorded from Suriname or the adjacent countries, which explains why Mrs. Panday had been unable to identify it with the literature available to her. Further information received from Mrs. Panday was that she had found the dead bird on the beach of the fauna reserve Bigi-Santi (east of Paramaribo) during a visit made from 13 to 15 June, 1974. There were many dead shearwaters on the beach at the time, but only a few (like the one collected) were fresh, most of the birds found were already entirely desiccated, and would have been dead...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318481

The name of the white-eye from Rendova Island (Solomon Islands)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Of the various races of white-eyes that inhabit the central group of the Solomon Islands, the race from the island of Rendova was the first to become known to science. Tristram (1882) recorded this race, which he indentified with Tephras olivaceus Ramsay, described the previous year from the "Solomon Islands", without an exact indication of its type-locality (Ramsay, 1881). Tristram (l.c.) stated that the species was a typical member of the genus Zosterops, and that, consequently, Tephras olivaceus Ramsay became preoccupied by Zosterops olivacea auct. (Certhia olivacea L.) from Réunion. Therefore he proposed the new name Zosterops rendovae, his comment being as follows : "This bird has already been described by Mr. Ramsay ... as Tephras olivaceus, sp. nov....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1955
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318733

Two new species of Pimelodidae from Northwestern South America (Pisces, Nematognathi)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Since the publication of a paper on Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae (Mees, 1974), I have received additional material of several of the genera there revised. This material includes a new species of Pseudopimelodus from Venezuela, increasing the number of species of that genus to six (two of which have several subspecies), and a new species of Microglanis from Ecuador, the eighth member of its genus. The main purpose of this paper is the description of these two new species. In addition, fresh material of Microglanis iheringi, a species of which previously I had examined only a single specimen, enabled me to supply some additional notes on it as well as an illustration showing its distinctive characters much better than do the photographs published by Gomes...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318609

Birds from the Lowlands of Southern new Guinea (Merauke and Koembe)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION In the periods January 1959-June 1961 and February-September 1962, a total of about three years, the late Mr. A. Hoogerwerf was attached to the experimental rice farm Koembe near Koerik, not far from the mouth of the Koembe River, southern New Guinea, where he was in charge of investigations concerning crop-damage caused by birds and mammals. The results of his work were published in an important report (Hoogerwerf, 1962), in which it was suggested that certain alterations in the pattern of agricultural activities, like changes in the times of flooding and planting of the fields, could reduce damage by water birds without need to resort to the drastic measures so frequently taken against wildlife when man feels only in the slightest...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317858

Bird records from the Moluccas
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION For the past thirty years I have, from time to time, come across bird material and literature records which have added localities and in a few instances have added new species, to Van Bemmel's (1948) list of birds of the Moluccan Islands and its supplement, published five years later (Van Bemmel &amp; Voous, 1953). I have kept notes of these additions with the vague idea of perhaps, some time in the future, publishing a revised edition of the list of the avifauna of the Moluccas, zoogeographically one of the most interesting regions of the world. The sum total of my notes to date would hardly have justified publication, were it not for the fact that a new list of Moluccan birds was in the course of preparation by the late C. M. N. White, and...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318998

Further records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from Suriname (Pisces: Nematognathi)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Collections of freshwater-fishes, made in recent years in Suriname, have yielded four species of Auchenipteridae and ten species of Pimelodidae. Of the latter, two species, viz., Phractocephalus hemioliopterus and Pimelodus heteropleurus, are additions to the list given by Mees (1974: 237238), but the occurrence of Phractocephalus hemioliopterus in Suriname had already been mentioned by Geijskes (1973) and was thoroughly discussed by Boeseman (1983).
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Pisces; Nematognathi; Auchenipteridae; Pimelodidae; Suriname; 42.81.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318673

The avifauna of Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The avifauna of the island of Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands) is reviewed. Introductory sections, which include a chapter on the history of ornithological discovery, are followed by the main part, a systematic account in which each species and subspecies known from Flores is treated separately. A discussion of the zoogeography, a gazetteer, a list of references and an index complete the volume. At present 214 forms (210 species) are accepted as having been reliably recorded. Of these, ca. 160 are, or may be assumed to be, residents, and of ca. 100 the eggs have been collected and are described. The balance consists of visiting sea and freshwater birds, migrants from the North and migrants from the South. It is likely that few additions remain to be made to...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Indonesia; Flores; Avifauna; Birds; Zoogeography; 42.83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/209697

A new fish of the family Scorpaenidae from New Guinea
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The ichthyological collections brought together in various parts of New Guinea by staff members of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in 1954 and 1955 (cf. Boeseman, 1963), contain a series of scorpion-fishes which are here described as a new species, representing a new genus. Cheroscorpaena genus novum Mainly characterized by the, in the Scorpaenidae unique, pectoral fins, which consist of nine rays connected by a membrane, followed ventrally by three entirely detached simple rays of about the same length as the main fins. The type and hitherto only species of this genus is: Cheroscorpaena tridactyla species nova (pl. 1) D XIII. 7 or 8, A III. 6 or 7, Ρ i. 8-i-i-i, V I. 5, C 8 to 10 (branched rays only), gill-rakers on outer branchial arch 7 or 8 +...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319332

The type-locality of Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1859) (Aves, Anatidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Currently, the type locality of Pteronetta hartlaubii is considered to be the Camma River, Gabon, but this is an error, and must be Rio Boutry, Gold Coast (now Ghana), where the holotype was obtained by H.S. Pel. In a note, reference is made to a few other specimens obtained by the collectors Pel and Nagtglas which in recent literature have been overlooked.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Anatidae; Pteronetta hartlaubii; Type locality; Gabon; Ghana; West Africa; 42.83.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220307

Notes on two small collections of Birds from new Guinea
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION Over the past few years the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie has received, from different sources, several small collections of birds from various parts of New Guinea. This is a report on two of these. No ornithologist accompanied the expedition to the Sterren-gebergte (Star Mountains) of 1959, under the leadership of Dr. L. D. Brongersma and Captain (Air) G. F. Venema (Brongersma &amp; Venema, 1960), but the mammal preparator Mr. J. J. Staats obtained a collection of some 120 bird skins. The majority of these are from the highlands in the Sterren-gebergte area, but a few specimens were collected in the lowlands near Hollandia and Tanahmerah. All localities with their approximate altitudes are listed and most of them are shown on the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317856

Birds of the Inyanga National Park, Rhodesia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In October and November 1964, after attending the Second Pan African Ornithological Congress at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, I spent some six weeks at Rhodes Inyanga Orchards in the Inyanga National Park, Rhodesia, at the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Payne. During my stay I observed and collected birds in the Park and its immediate surroundings. In this paper the ornithological results of my stay are recorded. A collecting permit had been obtained for me in advance by Mrs. Payne, and by kind permission of the Chief Warden I was allowed to collect in the National Park. Authorities of the Umtali Museum placed a shotgun and dustshot at my disposal. Mrs. Payne was greatly interested in my activities; she also presented to me several bird-skins, including...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317633

The identity of Artamus Cinereus Vieillot (Aves, Artamidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Artamus cinereus was described and named by Vieillot in 1817, and for a century that name was universally used for the Australian Black-faced Wood Swallow. Hellmayr (1916) discovered that in the original description the typelocality was given not as Australia, but as Timor. Hellmayr stated that he and Menegaux had vainly searched for Vieillot's type in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, but concluded that, notwithstanding certain discrepancies in the description, the name Artamus cinereus applies to a form from Timor that is closely related to the Australian bird and has been regarded as conspecific with it by most authors since Hellmayr. As a consequence, in subsequent literature, the bird from Timor, which for sixty-six years had been...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318706

A new subspecies of anthreptes malacensis (Scopoli) from the Soela Islands (Aves, Nectariniidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
For over a century the sunbird Anthreptes malacensis has been known to occur on the Soela Islands where it reaches the eastern limit of its distribution, and when Shelley (1877) named Anthreptes celebensis, now known as Anthreptes malacensis celebensis, he included the Soela Islands in its range. In subsequent years apparently only Hartert (1898) has in the briefest possible way discussed specimens from the Soela Islands, stating that they were: "quite like Celebes specimens". At this the matter has rested with the result that in the latest list (van Bemmel, 1948) the Soela Islands are still included in the range of Anthreptes malacensis celebensis. When Stresemann (1932) restricted, in the Celebes, the range of A. m. celebensis to the southern peninsula,...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319369

A revision of the Australian Owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION When in December 1960 the R.A.O.U. Checklist Committee was reorganised and the various tasks in hand were divided over its members, the owls were assigned to the author. While it was first thought that only the Boobook Owl, the systematics of which have been notoriously confused, would need thorough revision and that as regards the other species existing lists, for example Peters (1940), could be followed, it became soon apparent that it was impossible to make a satisfactory list without revision of all species. In this paper the four Australian species of Strigidae are fully revised, over their whole ranges, and the same has been done for Tyto tenebricosa. Of the other three Australian Tytonidae, however, only the Australian races have been...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317721

The status of two species of migrant swifts in Java and Sumatra (Aves, Apodidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Apus pacificus pacificus (Latham) The occurrence of Apus pacificus in Java, as a migrant from the north, was established by Vorderman (1900), who collected a specimen in 1896: "in de Preanger, bezuiden de Salak". Soon afterwards, the species was also recorded by Bartels (1902, 1906). In later years specimens from Java were generally listed as belonging to the nominate race (Bartels Jr. &amp; Stresemann, 1929; Chasen, 1935; Kuroda, 1936; Hoogerwerf, 1948). Deignan (1956) identified a specimen from the Semangko Pass, Malaya, as belonging to the race Apus pacificus kanoi Yamashina, and subsequently Vaurie (1965: 654, 655) expressed the opinion that birds reported from the southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java are "probably" referable to this subspecies,...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319385

On the generic names Gonydactylus Kuhl &amp; van Hasselt, 1822, Goniodactylus Schlegel, 1826, and Gonyodactylus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Instead of straightening it out, Kluge (1985) has added some twists to the tortuous history of the name Gonydactylus Kuhl &amp; van Hasselt. In this paper, an attempt is made to present the case more clearly. Contrary to Kluge's conclusion, the name does not affect current nomenclature.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Gonydactylus; Goniodactylus; Gonyodactylus; 42.82.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318443

A note on the genus Liocranium Ogilby (Pisces, Scorpaenidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The genus Liocranium was established by Ogilby (1903) to contain a new species of scorpion-fish from the east coast of Queensland: L. praepositum. The genus remained monotypic until McCulloch (1921) placed Paracentropogan scorpio Ogilby in it, a species also described from the Queensland coast. Whitley (1933) did not agree, and transferred P. scorpio to a separate new genus Vadesuma. In the meantime Weber (1913) described as Paracentropogon pleurostigma and Paracentropogon cynocephalus two scorpion-fishes from the East Indies. These two species, however, were not well placed in Paracentropogon, and therefore De Beaufort (1949) created the genus Sibogapistus for them. Apart from McCulloch's (1921) remark that: "Paracentropogon cynocephalus Weber is perhaps...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318110

Four new subspecies of birds from the Moluccas and New Guinea
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Routine examination of the bird collections of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie reveals, from time to time, the presence of unnamed subspecies. Four of these, from the Moluccas and from New Guinea, are described here. I am well aware that the detached description of some new subspecies is not a very valuable contribution to systematic ornithology, and usually try to incorporate descriptions in larger papers and revisions. The subspecies concerned belong, however, to species that are well-known or have been revised recently, so that little would be gained by postponing their descriptions. I am indebted to Dr. Dean Amadon for the loan of material of Ailurơedus buccoides stonii from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318365

Naked Catfishes from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In April 1980, Mr. P. Planquette of the Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie, PetitBourg, Guadeloupe, presented me with a collection of naked catfishes from French Guiana, which he had brought together in the course of an ichthyological survey of that country, carried out between September 1978 and March 1980. The survey continues and in September 1981 a few additional specimens were received from Mr. R. Rojas-Beltrán, who is collaborating with Mr. Planquette in the project. The material consists of 19 species belonging to six families: Auchenipteridae (six species), Aspredinidae (one species), Pimelodidae (nine species), Helogeneidae (one species), Trichomycteridae (one species) and Cetopsidae (one species). The Aspredinidae are represented by a single specimen...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318898

Over het belang van Temminck's „Discours préliminaire" voor de zoologische Nomenclatuur
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Het gewoonlijk als „Discours préliminaire" aangeduide artikel van Temminck heeft nimmer die aandacht van dierkundigen getrokken, die het, wegens zijn systematisch belang, verdient. Ten dele vindt dit stellig zijn oorzaak in de betrekkelijke zeldzaamheid van het werk, ten dele ook in het feit dat het gewoonlijk is ingebonden met de afleveringen over Reptielen en Amphibieën van de „Fauna Japonica", terwijl het voornaamste belang van de publicatie op mammologisch gebied is gelegen. De aanwezigheid van een exemplaar in het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie geeft mij gelegenheid het vrij grote aantal diagnosen van diersoorten dat er in wordt gegeven te bespreken. Het artikel omvat 30 bladzijden, waarvan het titelblad de eerste is, genummerd I-XXX. De...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.01; 42.70.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318501

Comment on the type-locality and nomenclature of the Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In Schodde’s (1993) revision of Polytelis anthopeplus, two errors occur: he has on insufficient grounds shifted the designated type-locality of the species from New South Wales to Western Australia, and he has legalised this action by the invalid designation of a neotype from Western Australia. Similar nomenclatural mistakes occur in his later works.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear; 1831) type-locality nomenclature neotype 42.83.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/214427

On the identity of Arius oncinus R. H. Schomburgk (Pisces, Nematognathi, Auchenipteridae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The catfish which R. H. Schomburgk (1841b: 173, pl. 4) named Arius oncinus *), from a description and a drawing made in the field, has remained a puzzle to ichthyologists ever since. It is true that it has been recognized that Arius oncinus is not an Arius but belongs to the Auchenipteridae. Günther (1864: 194) merely listed the name in a footnote under Auchenipterus, without being able to do anything with it. Eigenmann &amp; Eigenmann (1890: 266) referred to it as a "doubtful species of Centromochlus". Gosline (1945: 10) included it without comment in the genus Centromochlus under the name C. oncinus, but the only reference given is to the Eigenmanns and in the absence of material the name remained as problematic as ever. Fowler (1951) made no mention of...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318943

Verspreiding en getalssterkte van de witwangstern, Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas), in Europa en Noord-Afrika
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INHOUD Inleiding.................... 4 Zuidwest- en West-Europa............... 6 Portugal................... 6 Spanje.................... 6 Frankrijk................... 10 Nederland en België................ 15 Duitsland................... 19 Zwitserland.................. 19 Oostenrijk................... 20 Italië.................... 20 Oostelijk Midden-Europa en de Balkan............ 21 Tsjechoslowakije................ 21 Polen.................... 21 Hongarije................... 22 Joegoslavië................... 23 Roemenië................... 24 Bulgarije................... 27 Albanië................... 28 Griekenland.................. 28 Europees Turkije................. 29 De Sowjet-Unie.................. 29 Litauen.................... 29...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317278

Revision notes on some species of the Genus Therapon (Pisces, Theraponidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Very soon after publication of a description of a new species of Therapon from Western Australia (Mees, 1963), I became aware that I had misidentified one of the species mentioned in the discussion of the affinities of the new species. Originally I intended to write only a short supplementary paper, to rectify the error, but as more material became available, my notes expanded, until it appeared to me that longer postponement of their publication would not be likely to add much of significance. The paper as now published falls far short of a revision; rather, it contains a number of scattered notes on various species, adding, I hope, a little to knowledge of their distribution and affinities, and for that reason I have given it its somewhat vague title....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319062

A list of the birds recorded from Bangka Island, Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
An enumeration of bird specimens from Bangka present in museum-collections, has resulted in a faunal list of 172 species (176 forms). A discussion is given of the zoogeography of the island, the avifauna of which is mainly Sumatran in its affinities, but with a distinct Bornean influence. In contradistinction to a previously-published opinion (de Schauensee, 1958), there is no recognizable Javanese element in the avifauna.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Birds; List; Bangka; Indonesia.; 42.83.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317664

Supplementary notes on the avifauna of Misool
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION Since the publication of my paper on the avifauna of Misool (Mees, 1965), no ornithological work has been done on the island, but a record of one additional species has come to my notice. This raises the number of species now known from the island to 166 (168 forms). The previous paper contained an enumeration of material in our collection; in subsequent years I have found a few more specimens and although these do not add anything of significance to the knowledge of the avifauna of Misool, they will be listed here for the sake of completeness. The Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam, possesses a few bird skins from Misool and these have also been included. Some of the skins of the Zoölogisch Museum bear no data other than the name of the island;...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319037

The White-eyes of the Aroe Islands (Aves, Zosteropidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
From the Aroe Islands, four different species of White-eyes were recorded with more or less certainty in literature (Salvadori, 1881; Finsch, 1901; Stresemann, 1931). Mayr (1941), the latest revisor, lists three species, viz., Zosterops novaeguineae subsp., Z. minor sharpei, and Z. chloris chloris (now named Z. lutca chloris, cf. Mayr, 1944). The presence in the Leiden Museum of a small series (6 specimens) of Z. novaeguineae from the Aroe Islands, and of the type specimen of Z. sharpei, enables me to discuss these forms more fully than hitherto has been possible. Zosterops novaeguineae Salvadori As at Leiden no material for comparison was available, I sent 5 specimens from the Aroe Islands to the American Museum of Natural History, New York, where Dr....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1953
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318540

An attempt at a natural classification of certain Zosteropidae of the Indo-australian Archipelago
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
The family of the Zosteropidae encloses, besides the very large and uniform genus Zosterops, a number of aberrant forms, especially in the East Indian Archipelago, that, though doubtless closely related to Zosterops, are too distinct to be united with this genus without objection. Several authors have engaged themselves with the problem of the classification of these forms, without arriving at a definite conclusion (cf. Hartert, 1897, Lophozosterops; Stresemann, 1940, p. 66, Pseudo zosterops). The inclusion of many of these forms in the genus Zosterops, as propagated by Hartert, and by Chasen (1935), is no final solution either, and later workers, such as Delacour &amp; Mayr (1946), Delacour (1946), and Voous (1948), investigators who are certainly not in...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1953
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319081

Geographical variation in Bubo sumatranus (Raffles) (Aves, Strigidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In recent literature (Chasen, 1935; Peters, 1940; Delacour, 1947; Smythies, 1957) two races of Bubo sumatranus are recognized : B. s. sumatranus (Raffles) from Sumatra, Bangka, and the Malay Peninsula, and B. s. strepitans (Temminck) from Java and Borneo. From the zoogeographical point of view a distribution as indicated above is unexpected, as generally speaking the faunas of Sumatra and Borneo are very similar, while that of Java is more distinct from either. The suspicion that the current classification might be erroneous induced me to examine the material of the species available in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, with a result that is presented here. Plumage characters and measurements given are of adult specimens only; juveniles, which can...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318191

On some birds from southern Mexico
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In the years 1962/64 our museum purchased from Mr. Otto Epping, now of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., a collection of 700 bird-specimens from southern Mexico (mainly from Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, a few specimens from Puebla). As our museum was poorly provided with material from Mexico, this was a very welcome addition to our collections. Mexico being now ornithologically well-known, there would be little point in giving a complete list of the species received, but there are a few rare and little-known species included and some others are of faunistic interest as they extend the ranges as hitherto known of the species or subspecies they belong to. In the present paper, the species which for the reasons given above appear to be of interest are listed, and when the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319026

Nests of Anhinga novaehollandiae as nuclei for the breeding of Phalacrocoracidae
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
In the years 1992/1998, in Busselton, W Australia, nesting of two species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos and P. sulcirostris, always took place in close proximity to inhabited nests of Anhinga novaehollandiae. Evidently, nests of the latter strongly attracted cormorants about to start nesting. Although this attraction had been noted before (Vestjens, 1975), strangely, it was ignored in later standard works.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Phalacrocoracidae; Anhinga novaehollandiae; Western Australia.; 42.83.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317765

Notes on some birds from the island of Formosa (Taiwan)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Knowledge of the avifauna of Formosa or Taiwan has been summarised excellently by Hachisuka &amp; Udagawa (1950, 1951), who included references to many publications by Japanese authors, not readily available in Europe. As far as published evidence goes, not much ornithological work has been done in Formosa since 1951 : I have found only a few more recent papers, each dealing with a single species (Deignan, 1958, 1964; Ripley, 1962; Wayre, 1968). Barnes &amp; McLure (1966) recorded that bird-ringing has begun on the island. Over the past few years (1967-1969) the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie has acquired from Mr. K. H. Chen of Taipei a large collection of Formosan birds. Whereas, obviously, the majority belong to species well known from Formosa, two...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318643

Description of a new member of the Monarcha trivirgatа-group from Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands (Aves, Monarchinae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Amongst material from the island of Flores forwarded by the Rev. Fr. J. A. J. Verheijen SVD and the Rev. Fr. E. Schmutz SVD is a monarchine flycatcher which appears to represent an undescribed species. It may be known and diagnosed as follows. Monarcha sacerdotum species nova Type and unique specimen, ♂ ad., with large gonads (the testes measured about 7 X 41/2 mm each), 25 September 1971, Sesok, Flores, 1000 m, collected in the lower stages of primary forest by E. Schmutz. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie no. 68135. Diagnosis. — A morphologically very normal member of the genus Monarcha; measurements, including size and shape of bill, similar to those of M. t. trivirgata (Temminck), but plumage different in two conspicuous characters : 1° there is no...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318829

Description of a new race of Zosterops novaeguineae Salvadori (Aves, Zosteropidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
During a recent visit to the British Museum (Natural History), I found, stored away with some unsorted white-eyes, a skin, labelled as Zosterops sp., which evidently represents an undescribed race of Zosterops novaeguineae. It may be known as follows: Zosterops novaeguineae magnirostris, nov. subspec. Type: cf, January 1936, Awar, N. E. New Guinea, collected by Viscount Chaplin. Brit. Mus. reg. nr. 1936. 4. 20. 94. Measurements: Wings 54 and 54 1/2 mm respectively; culmen from skull 14 1/4 mm, exposed culmen 11 mm, culmen from anterior point of nostril 8 mm. The wings are freshly moulted and perfect, the tail is damaged. Diagnosis: Differs from all hitherto described races by its longer and heavier bill. Differs from the nominate race as well as from Z. n....
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1955
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319296

A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part III)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
CONTENTS Introduction .................. 4 Acknowledgements................. 5 Systematic part.................. 7 Zosterops (concluded)................ 7 Tephrozosterops................. 167 Madanga................... 169 Lophozosterops................. 171 Oculocincta.................. 204 Heleia.................... 207 Chlorocharis.................. 212 Woodfordia.................. 220 Rukia.................... 225 Megazosterops.................. 232 Genus incertae sedis (Hypocryptadius)........... 235 Additions and corrections to part I............ 240 Additions and corrections to part II............ 276 Summary and conclusions............... 295 Introduction.................. 295 Theoretical and practical classification........... 296 A revised list...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317693

Freshwater fishes of suriname : the genus Heptapterus (Pimelodidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
Ichthyological investigations in Suriname, carried out in connection with the "Brokopondo project", financed jointly by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie and the Stichting voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in de Tropen, have yielded large collections of freshwater fishes. These collections will form the basis of a number of systematic papers and revisions, by several authors, of which this, dealing with a single genus, Heptapterus, of the family Pimelodidae, is one. For more particulars on the collections, etc., I refer to Boeseman (in press); a map and a description of collecting-localities will be published later. Unless otherwise stated, the material is in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, and the numbers given, are the registered numbers...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.81.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318267

A systematic review of the Indo-Australian Zosteropidae (Part II)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
INTRODUCTION In this, the second part of my revision of the Zosteropidae, 26 species are dealt with, all belonging to the genus Zosterops. The remaining 12 species of the genus and all the other genera, will be treated in the third part, the preparation of which is in progress. Unfortunately, it becomes more and more clear that no revision of the Pacific forms of the Zosteropidae can be really satisfactory without a visit to the American Museum of Natural History, where all the material of the Tring Museum and of the Whitney South Sea Expedition is assembled. Even though the co-operation of the authorities of that museum is above praise, I have usually been able to examine part of their series only, and no type specimens at all. More important is that the...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317625

Additions to the Avifauna of suriname
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
It is self-evident that as the avifauna of a country becomes better known, the number of additions to its avifauna one can expect to make in a given period, must decrease. On the other hand, it may be said that for the same reason the value of each addition increases. During a stay in Suriname of about a year in 1965/66 I found 17 species of birds which had not been previously recorded from the country (Mees, 1968). A second stay of a year's duration (November 1971-November 1972), yielded eleven additions to the avifauna of Suriname: nine of these are based on material collected, whereas two are based on field-observations only. With one of the species being represented by two subspecies, and one held over from my previous stay when lack of comparative...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318902

A new subspecies of Accipiter virgatus (Temminck) from Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia (Aves: Accipitridae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
A new subspecies of Accipiter virgatus (Temminck) is described from Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands). In addition some notes are given on the distribution of A. virgatus in south-eastern Burma and adjacent parts of Thailand, supplementary to an earlier paper (Mees, 1981).
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Accipiter virgatus; Geographic variation; Flores; 42.83.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318853

The Avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Junge, G.C.A.; Mees, G.F.
This paper deals with a collection of birds from Trinidad and Tobago brought together by the junior author during a stay on these islands from the end of June 1953 till February 1954. The collection contains 835 specimens belonging to 178 species. About one hundred skins have been collected on Tobago. The collection mainly consists of the smaller species, which is due to the fact that at the time Mees was not in the possession of an adequate shooting gun for the larger species. Though much collecting work has already been done on Trinidad the collection contains one new subspecies, Pipra erythrocephala flavissima, jointly described, while it was shown that Tanagra violacea rodwayi is a tenable race. Moreover the Trinidad list is augmented by the following...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317734

Die Vögel der Insel Gebe
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mees, G.F.
EINLEITUNG Die Insel Gebe, eine verhältnismässig lange, schmale Insel mit einer grössten Länge von 421/2 km, einer Oberfläche von etwa 140 km2, und einer grössten Höhe von 396 m1), bildet geographisch eine Brücke zwischen der Molukkeninsel Halmahera und der papuanischen Insel Waigeo. Man könnte deshalb erwarten, dass sie auch zoogeographisch wichtig sei, und in ihrer Fauna Elemente östlicher und westlicher Herkunft vereinigen dürfte. In diesem Zusammenhang ist es merkwürdig, ja nahezu unverständlich, dass die Insel von zoologischen Sammlern fast vollständig vernachlässigt worden ist und dass z.B. nie eine Liste ihrer Avifauna veröffentlicht wurde. Seit Sonnerat (1776) im Jahre 1770 die Insel besucht und dort wohl einige Vogelarten gesammelt hat (sicher Eos...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: 42.83.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318532