Abstract

This ninth part of “Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History” includes taxa in the families Zosteropidae and Meliphagidae in Volume 12 of the Check-list of birds of the world, by James L. Peters and subsequent authors. The original description of each taxon has been consulted unless otherwise noted, modern names and coordinates are given for type localities when possible, currently accepted names for the taxa are included, and comments on taxonomic history are provided. In Part 9, 445 names are treated; types of 22 of these are not in AMNH or were not found.This part of the type list, as well as all previous parts, are searchable and available for download from the AMNH Library website: http//digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/.

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