Estrilda incana

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TYPE MATERIAL: Sundevall (1850: 98) gives no indication that his original description was based on more than one specimen. According to Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue the actual type series consisted of six specimens. Gyldenstolpe (1926: 10) referred to NRM 568693 [6127] as a “ type ”, which we treat as a lectotype designation of this adult male collected 26 April 1840 in Durban. The five paralectotypes are: NRM 523061 [6128], a mounted female collected 26 April 1840 in Durban; NRM 545587 [6129], an unsexed juvenile collected 26 April 1840 in Durban; NRM 545586 [6324], a female collected 4 August 1840 (label) or 20 February 1841 (old catalogue) in Durban; a male [6323], probably collected 20 Feb 1841 in Durban, sent on exchange to Leiden in 1850; and a juvenile [6325] with uncertain data, sent on exchange to Berlin in 1853 (but not found in the ZMB collection). VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.