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Chapter 5 App 1 Cover Page The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/62332 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation Author: Jansen, Justin J.F.J. Title: The ornithology of the Baudin expedition (1800-1804) Date: 2018-05-22 236 Chapter 5.1 - Introduction Appendix 1 Appendix 1 Catalogue of the Birds collected on the Baudin expedition (1800-1804) The following list is divided into two parts: non-passerines and passerines and follows the taxo- nomic order of del Hoyo & Collar (2014, 2016). Species marked with asterisks (*) are supposed types, the number of asterisks are the number of supposed available type-species. The country were the specimen was collected is cited, followed in brackets by the number of the location where the specimen became part of the expedition. The collecting localities are based on available dataset, containing manuscripts, data on or about the specimen, distri- bution, landing localities and publications. However, the collecting locality is often no more than a best guess, as no original data are present. Same applies in some cases for the subspe- cific identification of the taxon involved. Locations in Australia are indicated as: (1) Shark Bay (visited twice) (7) King Island (2) Rottnest Island (8) Bruny Island (3) Geographe Bay (9) Maria Island (4) King George Sound (10) Bass Strait (5) Nuyts Archipelago (11) Botany Bay (6) Kangaroo Island The Timor visit is documented with a simple (1) or (2), the first and second visit to the island. Same applies for the visits to Shark Bay. Mauritius is noted as Mau-1 and Mau-2, the first and second visits and also sometimes as the host country for donated specimens. The same applies for South Africa, were (s-a) is used when specimens were donated here. The number of individuals is the number of known individuals followed by the number still in existence. The next part is the protonym of the discussed specimen, followed by the author and the year of publication, the publication with the part and page as necessary and the type location as mentioned in the type description. Where the type location has been corrected, it starts with the type location, fide (according to) author and year of publication, actual publication and the relevant page. Also, any known and relevant synonyms are included. When this dissertation is mentioned, it replaces the type locations now acknowledged, this is mentioned in brackets before the new type locations is given. Also, manuscript names by Péron are mentioned, their origin (Ms files) and the collecting locality. Then a general part, with findings on the specific specimens (in archives or from literature) and extra information when available for specimens drawn or collected before 1805 (and, if known, their current or original registration number). For museum acronyms see materials and methods. Chapter 5.1 - Introduction Appendix 1 237 ‘New label’ indicates the proposed new analogue or digital label that should be attached to the specific specimen. These new labels start with the current registration and, if known, a historical registration number (MNHN, NMW and ex-MNHN specimens). This is then fol- lowed by the known or designated collection location. The ‘date’ is the timeframe or date when the specimen was collected. Next is ‘legit’, meaning ‘collected by’, the known or sup- posed collector of the specific specimen. ‘Remark’ mentions on which ship the bird arrived (Le Naturaliste or Le Géographe) and any other remarks. ‘Taxidermy’ is the current state of the specimen today and is either a skin, mount or skeleton. The age and sex of the specimen is added to the text when this is known or visible. Where known, literature is added with the relevant source. ‘Original stand’ denotes the available information either from the underside of the pedestal (some transcription errors could occur due to sometimes very poor inkt or handwriting), ‘label’ is either a sheet of paper or glued label on the pedestal, ‘ZMO-GalOis 1-5’ refers to the acquisition books from the MNHN drafted in around 1854 and ‘Catalogues’ denotes the cata- logues of specific families which were drafted at the end of the 19th - early 20th century. When ‘Dufresne 1818’ is mentioned, reference is made to the manuscript catalogue housed in NMS. The same applies when reference is made to the acquisition book in Vienna (1806-1823), this is housed in NMW. Information is also included if it is known if birds were part of exchanges, whether they are still present or when and where they exited the collection. And information found in the various expeditions diaries is mentioned and taken in account. The birds in the MNHN gained a number in ± 1854 when the acquisition books were drafted, however since few years new MNHN numbers are given. Birds before 2005 with a new number starts with MNHN-ZO-MO and birds after 2005 with MNHN-ZO, bird still unnumbered starts with MNHN A.C. (ancien catalogue). All specimens (except three: White-necked Heron and two Gang-gang Cockatoos) are figured in the appendix, and all known 'drawings' depicting birds are shown here. 238 Fig. 5-001| EMU SSP Dromaius ssp (© Le Havre, Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Lesueur 79004-2). 239 Non-passerines 240 Appendix 1 - Non-Passerines Common Ostrich Struthio camelus australis South Africa (s-a) Individuals 3, 1 Struthio australis Gurney, Sr., 1868, Ibis: 253 – South Africa. Birds from Southern Africa were known before Lin- naeus described the species (Rookmaker 1989: 308). For example, a stuffed Ostrich was present at Uppsala University even before Linnaeus’ time. A Moroccan Ostrich arrived in 1785 in Sweden (it is unknown if it is still present, E. Ahlander in litt). One, collected by Anders Sparmann in either 1772 or 1774-1775 was taken back to Stockholm, the spec- imen is no longer present, but maybe some parts are still contained in spirits (documented in 1803) (Erik Ahlander in litt). J.H. Gurney Sr. described the sub- species australis in 1868 from a skeleton. This skele- ton contained in the NHMUK, and is listed as type by Salvadori (1895), however, it could not be traced by Warren (1966). As shown above, there are only few birds collected before 1804, and by author at present, no specimen is known surviving from before 1804. Therefore, the Baudin juvenile ♂ could be the oldest surviving skin/mount to date. The juvenile ♀ donated by J.W. Janssens unfortunately died after boarding Le Géog- raphe (Collection Lesueur, MHNH 21006) the other specimen was not even registered by Dufresne (three birds are mentioned, in a letter from 20 February 1805 Brisseau de Mirbel to Antoine-François Fourcroy, Archives Nationales AJ/15/593). One bird arrived alive, and was transported to Paris (Archives Nationales AJ/15/592). Individual I New label: MNHN-ZO-2014-536 [MNHN A.C. 15532]. Locality: near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (33° 55' 31" S, 18° 25' 26" E). Date: died en route to France (after 9 February 1804), shipped on 24 January 1804. Legit: J.W. Janssens. Remark: arrived in France with the ship Le Géographe. The pedestal is not original, and is the same handwrit- ing as the juvenile King Island Emu that was replaced in 1847 (see that species). Taxidermy: mount. Age / sex: juvenile ♂ (approximate 3 months old). Literature: Milius 1987: 57, Jangoux et al. 2010, Jansen 2014c, 2016b, Gabriels et al. 2014: 112. And in Collection Lesueur, MHNH 21001. Original: Underside: Jeune austriche / Expedition du Découvertes / an XII / No 15532. Label (2): Struthio camelus ♂ / (L.) / Exp. Baudin Cap de B. Esp. ZMO-GalOis 5: 15532 Fig. 5-002 | COMMON OSTRICH Struthio camelus australis, / Struthio camelus L. / (an (illegible) d’oeuf) / Cap B. Esp. / 20 September 2016, MNHN-ZO-2014-536 Péron et Lesueur, an 12. (Justin JFJ Jansen / © MNHN). Appendix 1 - Non-Passerines 241 Southern Cassowary Casuaris casuarius Moluccas (Mau-2) Individuals 1, 0 Struthio casuarius Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1): 155 – Asia, Sumatra, Moluccas, Banda = Seram, fide Rothschild, 1900, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 15: 115. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, March 1804 at Lorient. Directly after it arrived it was and could be found in various paintings prior to 1804. transported to the Empress Josephine’s Malmaison. It It was painted in roughly 1680 by Melchior d’Hon- was eventually sent to the menagerie at the Jardin du decoeter (painting in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Plantes (Paris) with the Kangaroo Island Emu and King Netherlands). Island Emu (as documented in the letter from 20 Feb- ruary 1805, written by Brisseau de Mirbel to Antoine- The live ‘Baudin’ Cassowary was first brought alive François Fourcroy, Archives Nationales AJ/15/593). It from the Moluccas by Rear admiral Simon Dekker, possibly died in the menagerie at the Jardin du Plan- and donated to Major-General Charles Decean, who tes, but unfortunately it is not documented in the donated the living bird to the crew of Le Géographe. The MNHN registers. bird boarded the ship on Mauritius, and arrived on 24 Emu Dromaius n novaehollandiae Australia (11) Individuals 5, 1 Casuarius N. Hollandiæ Latham, 1790, Index. Orn. 2: 665 – Novæ Hollandiæ = Sydney, New South Wales, fide Mathews, 1910, Birds Aust. 1: 3. The species was described in 1790 by John Latham, but Viscount Sydney PC (1733–1800). Sydney presented was already known from tracks found in 1697 (Whit- the skin to Joseph Banks, who gave it to John Hunter. ley 1970: 66). Arthur Bowes Smyth drew the specimen It was destroyed during WW II (Whittell 1954: 24, Fin- in 1788 in his journal (Smyth was a surgeon on the ney 1984: 42). In May 1801, the first three live Emus Lady Penrhyn) (Olsen 2001: 24).
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