Szekessy Vilmos (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 62. (Budapest 1970)

Horváth, L.: The destroyed bird types of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus 62. PARS ZOOLOGICA 1970. The Destroyed Bird Types of the Hungarian Natural History Museum By L. HORVÁTH, Budapest As is well known, the Bird Collection had been completely annihilated in 1956. Before discussing, however, the 133 destroyed types, I deem it necessary to list the larger collections wherein the type specimens had been found and described. These are as follows: G. RAINER (the High Tatras, 1847), J. XANTUS (North America, East Asia, 1860-1866), T. DUKA (Asia, 1861-1873), L. VIDÉKY (South America, 1864), I. TÓTH (Brazil, 1864), S. FENICHEL (New Guinea, 1892-1893), L. BÍRÓ (New Guinea, 1896-1901), GY. MADARÁSZ (Ceylon, 1896), E. CZYNK (Transylvania, 1891-1898), M. HARMS (Palaearctic Region, 1890-1901), B. GABALDÓN (Venezuela, 1901-1904), W. CHERRIE (Orinoco, Brazil, 1903), K. GLASZNER (Cyprus, 1901-1906), G. ALMÁSY (Tien San, 1905-1906), Á. VEZÉNYI (South America, 1906-1907), K. KITTENBERGER (East Africa, 1903-1913), Ö. KOVÁCS (Ethiopia, 1911), F. KÖNIGSEGG & GY. MADARÁSZ (the Sudan, 1911-1912), J. DE ORTUDO & B. POSNER (PARAGUAY, 1910-1911), J. ÚJHELYI (Colombia, 1912), C. BARDY (Colombia, 1912), L. HORVÁTH (Hungary, 1952-1956). Concerning the names, I follow A. WETMORE'S list (1951). Subsequently to the data of the type, I list also the valid name if the type is now considered a subspecies or sunk as a synonym. Accipitridae 1. Astur graecus MADARÁSZ: Orn. Monatsb. 18, 1910, p. 64-66. Type: male No. 1974/3. Thessalia, Greece. 18. IV. 1896. W. SCHLÜTER coll. = Accipiter brevipes SEVERTZOW. 2. Astur insularis MADARÁSZ: Orn. Monatsb. 18, 1910, p. 64-66. Type: male No. 1972/2. Kekirava, Ceylon. 5. II. 1896. G. MADARÁSZ coll. = Accipiter badius badius GMELIN. 3. Astur novae-guineae MADARÁSZ: Orn. Monatsb. 7, 1899, p. 27. Type: male No. 239/2. Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea. 27. IV. 1897. L. BÍRÓ coll. = Accipiter novaehollandiae leucosomus SHARPE. Tetraonidae 4. Tetrastes orientális MADARÁSZ: Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 7, 1909, p. 178. Type: male No. 3142/44. Transbaikalia or North Mongolia. 1908. WEISKE & TEICHMANN coll. = Tetrastes bonasia sibiricus BUTURLIN. Phasianidae 5. Eupsgchortgx horváthi MADARÁSZ: Ann. Hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 2, 1904, p. 116. PI. 12. Type: male No. 2866/163. Pedregosa, near Mérida, Venezuela. 10. IV. 1902. BRICENO GABALDÓN coll. = Colinus eristatus horváthi MADARÁSZ.