Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae

Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae

“…As did earlier parts (Greenway, 1973(Greenway, , 1978(Greenway, , 1987LeCroy and Sloss, 2000;and LeCroy, 2003and LeCroy, , 2005and LeCroy, , 2008and LeCroy, , 2010and LeCroy, , 2011and LeCroy, , 2012, this part follows the order of Peters' Check-list series, which is the basis for the arrangement of the AMNH collection. Since the publication of this series, DNA studies of the phylogeny of birds have greatly altered our understanding of avian relationships, about which there is as yet no consensus of opinion.…”

“…Paratypes for taxa for which the primary type or types are not in AMNH are usually not listed. The reader is referred to earlier parts of this type list by LeCroy and Sloss (2000), and LeCroy (2003LeCroy ( , 2005LeCroy ( , 2008LeCroy ( , 2010LeCroy ( , 2011LeCroy ( , 2012 for expanded explanation of the introductory material.…”

Type Specimens of Birds In the American Museum of Natural History Part 10. Passeriformes: Emberizidae: Emberizinae, Catamblyrhynchinae, Cardinalinae, Thraupinae, and Tersininae

“…As did earlier parts (Greenway, 1973(Greenway, , 1978(Greenway, , 1987LeCroy and Sloss, 2000;and LeCroy, 2003and LeCroy, , 2005and LeCroy, , 2008and LeCroy, , 2010and LeCroy, , 2011, this part follows the order of Peters' Check-list series, which is the basis for the arrangement of the AMNH collection. There have been many modifications to this classification in recent years, particularly with the advent of DNA studies, and there is as yet no consensus regarding relationships and arrangement within the Emberizidae.…”

“…In these type lists, Hartert was attempting to ''fix'' the types, and I have accepted his nomination of ''types'' as designation of lectotypes in cases where original descriptions implied syntypes, as has been done in all of the previous parts of the AMNH type list. For a fuller discussion see LeCroy (2003LeCroy ( : 2-3, 2008LeCroy ( : 2-3, 2010. I have designated the following lectotypes in part 10: Certhidea olivacea ridgwayi, Tangara arulenta goodsoni, and Calliste margaritae.…”

Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History Part 8. Passeriformes: Pachycephalidae, Aegithalidae, Remizidae, Paridae, Sittidae, Neosittidae, Certhiidae, Rhabdornithidae, Climacteridae, Dicaeidae, Pardalotidae, and Nectariniidae

“…As did earlier parts (Greenway, 1973(Greenway, , 1978(Greenway, , 1987LeCroy and Sloss, 2000, and LeCroy, 2003, this part follows the order of ''Peters' Checklist'' series, which is the basis for the arrangement of the AMNH collection. More recent classifications are still subject to frequent modification and their use for these AMNH type lists could lead to errors and omissions.…”