Pnoepyga squamata magnirostris Rothschild Pnoepyga squamata magnirostris Rothschild, 1925: 297 (Shweli Valley, 7,000 ft.). Now Pnoepyga albiventer albiventer (Hodgson, 1837). See Rothschild, 1926b: 249, Cheng, 1987: 655, and MacKinnon and Phillipps, 2000: 433. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 573660, adult female, collected in the Shweli Valley, 7000 ft, Yunnan, China, in November 1924, by George Forrest (no. 5819). From the Rothschild Collection. COMMENTS: In the original description, Rothschild stated that he had a single female, and later that it was the only known specimen (Rothschild, 1926b: 249, under Pnoepyga albiventer magnirostris). Deignan (1964b: 293) noted that Microura squamata Gould, 1837 was a nomen oblitum. Pnoepyga Hodgson, 1844, became the next available generic name, and Zimmer and Vaurie (1954: 40–41) designated albiventer as the type species. P. a. magnirostris is now considered a synonym of the nominate race. For a discussion of the types of taxa named by Rothschild, based on specimens collected by Forrest in Yunnan and a map of the area, see LeCroy and Dickinson (2001).

Published as part of Mary, Croy, History, Bulletin Of The American Museum Of Natural, At, Central Park West, Street, Th, York, New & Ny, 2005, Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History. Part 6. Passeriformes: Prunellidae, Turdidae, Orthonychidae, Timaliidae, Paradoxornithidae, Picathartidae, And Polioptilidae, pp. 1-132 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (292) on page 79