Crucirostra pseudopityopsittacus

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COMMENTS: In the original description, Brehm said that of 175 specimens of crossbills in his collection, he had two specimens of pseudopityopsittacus, a male collected on ‘‘ 17 February 1817 ’’ in the Roda Valley and a female collected on 20 October 1834 in the neighborhood of Greiz. The date ‘‘ 1817 ’’ is apparently a slip of the pen, as the original Brehm label gives the date as 17 February 1834. Hartert (1918: 12) listed this male as the type, thereby designating it the lectotype of pseudopityopsittacus. He further commented: ‘‘ The name pseudopytiopsittacus is very descriptive, as it is a real giant of Loxia curvir. curvirostra, though it does not come up to L. pytyopsittacus; the bill is not so wide, more elongated, especially the under mandible is less broad; the wing measures 100.7 mm. ’’ I did not find cataloged at AMNH a female collected on 20 October 1834 in Greiz and labeled pseudopityopsittacus; thus, no specimens cataloged as this form and exchanged to ZFMK would be paralectotypes. This form is referred to ‘‘ Abbild. Nr. 5 ’’; the reverse of Brehm’s label of the lectotype bears ‘‘ Nr. 5, ’’ corresponding to figure 5 in the unnumbered plate in Brehm (1953: opp. p. 182).