Caloperdix oculeus subsp. ocellatus, (Raffles, 1822)

2154 [2179a] and 2155 [2179]. Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus ocellatus ( Raffles, 1822) View in CoL

In 1825, Stanley listed single male (2154) and female (2155) specimens as ‘ Malacca Partridge’ and ‘ Perdix Malaccensis ’. However, the species had appeared under a new name, Tetrao ocellatus ,ȱ inȱ Raffles’ȱ (1822)ȱ catalogueȱ andȱ laterȱ asȱ Crytonyx ocellatus ȱ Rafflesȱ inȱ Vigors’ȱ catalogueȱ(Rafflesȱ 1830).ȱ Theȱ skinsȱ ofȱ theȱ relaxedȱ mountsȱ areȱ atȱ NML,ȱ accessionȱ numbersȱ D2179a (the male) and D2179 (female). The male had been labelled with a red tag as ‘type of Tetrao ocellatus ȱRaffles’.ȱHowever,ȱtheȱprobableȱcollectionȱdateȱofȱtheseȱspecimensȱ(1824)ȱ makes this impossible. The two syntypes at NHMUK, 1880.1.1.4543 and 1880.1.1.4510, have ‘ PERDIX OCULEA ȱ Temm.ȱ Horsfield’ȱ writtenȱ onȱ Horsfield’sȱ labels.ȱ ‘BM(NH)’ȱ labelsȱ had been added to the syntypes with the annotation ‘ Caloperdix sumatrana Loc. Java Pres. by India Museum’, which matches the NHMUK register entry for 1880.1.1.4543, showing the locality as Java (the other syntype lacks a locality in the register). However, according to Warren (1966), the types ‘must have come from Sumatra as according to MSS List of Birds received at India House no examples of this bird were secured from Java whereas three Perdix ȱcameȱfromȱSumatraȱinȱtheȱRafflesȱcollection’.ȱLikewise,ȱtheȱspeciesȱisȱonlyȱlistedȱfromȱ Sumatraȱ(andȱ notȱ Java)ȱ inȱ Sophiaȱ Raffles’ȱ (1830)ȱ appendix.ȱ Toȱ addȱ furtherȱ confusion,ȱ theȱ Sumatran population was formerly known as ‘ sumatranus ’ ( Ogilvie-Grant 1893), with the typeȱalsoȱheldȱatȱNHMUK,ȱbutȱRaffles’ȱnameȱ‘ ocellatus ’ has priority.