. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Andrew Whittaker 108 Bull. 2008 128(2) ous species, given the lack of field records and tiiat geographic variation in the tail colour of T. inquisitor exists (the individual could be merely abnormal in showing a white tail). Fitzpatrick (2004) followed previous work in considering the type to be an abnormal subadult male, intermediate between T. i. albitorques and T. i. pelzelni, whose ranges appar- ently overlap in the area where the holotype was collected. Finally, Mallet-Rodrigues (2005) stated that either the type represents individual
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Andrew Whittaker 108 Bull. 2008 128(2) ous species, given the lack of field records and tiiat geographic variation in the tail colour of T. inquisitor exists (the individual could be merely abnormal in showing a white tail). Fitzpatrick (2004) followed previous work in considering the type to be an abnormal subadult male, intermediate between T. i. albitorques and T. i. pelzelni, whose ranges appar- ently overlap in the area where the holotype was collected. Finally, Mallet-Rodrigues (2005) stated that either the type represents individual variation or is an intermediate between two geographical forms of T. inquisitor. Methods I undertook 50 days of field surveys at Pousada Rio Roosevelt (08°29'S, 60°57'W; Fig. 1), during five visits, 10-21 April 2004, 7-17 September 2004,12-20 March 2005,1-9 April 2006 and 11-19 September 2007. Field work was concentrated in lowland humid forest km either side of the pousada along the rio Roosevelt and km upstream on the rio Maderinha. A single excursion was made to the mouth of the rio Machadinho. Observations were made along riverbanks (from boats), on foot in terra firme forest and at the edge of the lodge's airstrip. Results of this work will be published elsewhere (Whittaker submitted). I examined specimens of T. inquisitor at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) and Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Para, Brazil (MPEG), as follows: T. i. inquisitor (MPEG 18955-56, 27219-21, 38414, 41273, 41495, 43493-94, 44594-95, 45285-86, 47109, 49090-91, 51853-54, 52433; MZUSP 1624, 5420, 6314, 6710-11, 8190-92, 10079, 12119, 12125, 15089, 15091, 15773, 26075, 26201, 27817, 28242-43, 28686-87, 30394, 31262, 31907, 33475-76, 36954, 40998-99, 43237,48085-87, 50089-90, 51163-64, 51238, 51895, 52723, 54562, 54582, 56923, 56925-27, 68681-84, 72286, 72288, 74054, 74711, 75325, 76076); Figure 1. Map showing the type locality of Tityra leucura (
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