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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 & 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...

Further records of Auchenipteridae and Pimelodidae from Suriname (Pisces: Nematognathi)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1982

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318998

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).

The avifauna of Flores (Lesser Sunda Islands)

Palavras-chave: Pisces; Nematognathi; Auchenipteridae; Pimelodidae; Suriname; 42.81.

Ano: 1985

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318673

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...

A new fish of the family Scorpaenidae from New Guinea

Palavras-chave: Indonesia; Flores; Avifauna; Birds; Zoogeography; 42.83.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/209697

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 +...

The type-locality of Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1859) (Aves, Anatidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.81.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319332

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.

Notes on two small collections of Birds from new Guinea

Palavras-chave: Anatidae; Pteronetta hartlaubii; Type locality; Gabon; Ghana; West Africa; 42.83.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220307

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 & 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...

Birds of the Inyanga National Park, Rhodesia

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317856

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...

The identity of Artamus Cinereus Vieillot (Aves, Artamidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1970

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317633

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...

A new subspecies of anthreptes malacensis (Scopoli) from the Soela Islands (Aves, Nectariniidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1968

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318706

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,...

A revision of the Australian Owls (Strigidae and Tytonidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1966

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319369

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...

The status of two species of migrant swifts in Java and Sumatra (Aves, Apodidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317721

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. & 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,...

On the generic names Gonydactylus Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822, Goniodactylus Schlegel, 1826, and Gonyodactylus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1973

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/319385

Instead of straightening it out, Kluge (1985) has added some twists to the tortuous history of the name Gonydactylus Kuhl & 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.

A note on the genus Liocranium Ogilby (Pisces, Scorpaenidae)

Palavras-chave: Gonydactylus; Goniodactylus; Gonyodactylus; 42.82.

Ano: 1987

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318443

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...

Four new subspecies of birds from the Moluccas and New Guinea

Palavras-chave: 42.81.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318110

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....

Naked Catfishes from French Guiana (Pisces, Nematognathi)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1964

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318365

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...

Over het belang van Temminck's „Discours préliminaire" voor de zoologische Nomenclatuur

Palavras-chave: 42.81.

Ano: 1983

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318898

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...

Comment on the type-locality and nomenclature of the Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831)

Palavras-chave: 42.01; 42.70.

Ano: 1957

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318501

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.

On the identity of Arius oncinus R. H. Schomburgk (Pisces, Nematognathi, Auchenipteridae)

Palavras-chave: Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear; 1831) type-locality nomenclature neotype 42.83.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/214427

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 & 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...

Verspreiding en getalssterkte van de witwangstern, Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas), in Europa en Noord-Afrika

Palavras-chave: 42.81.

Ano: 1978

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318943

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...

Revision notes on some species of the Genus Therapon (Pisces, Theraponidae)

Palavras-chave: 42.83.

Ano: 1979

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317278

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....