Brown-backed Honeybird

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TYPE MATERIAL: Both male and female are mentioned in Sundevall’s original description (1850: 109). According to his acquisition catalogue, seven specimens would have been available to him in 1850. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 79) referred to NRM 569750 [7422] as a “ type ”; treated here as a lectotype designation of this adult male, collected 6 November 1843 near Saulspoort. The six paralectotypes are: NRM 538527 [7421], a mount of a young male collected 4 June 1840 in Durban; NRM 569751 [7425], an adult female collected 21 May 1840 in Durban; NRM 534228 [7424], a mount of a female collected 27 June 1840 in Durban; NHMUK 1877.7.11.295 [7426], a female collected 25 Aug 1840 in Durban, sent on exchange to R. B. Sharpe (London) in 1871; a female [7423] collected in August (obscure text, possibly 18 August) 1840 in Durban, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853; and RMNH 88696 [7427], an adult female collected in Durban, possibly 4 June 1840 (the date in Sundevall’s manuscript is illegible), sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Saulspoort (Mohoapoani), North West Province.