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The third museum specimen of Stresemann’s bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni Sick, 1960)

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A misidentified specimen (skin) in the collection of the Senckenberg-Museum, Frankfurt am Main, proved to be a female of Merulaxis stresemanni. The specimen was probably collected in the first half of the 19th century. Measurements and a short description are given.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Ernst Bauernfeind, Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, for providing photographs and measurements of a female Merulaxis ater and to Dr. Frank Steinheimer, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, for the loan of another specimen.

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Correspondence to D. Stefan Peters.

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Communicated by F. Bairlein

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Peters, D.S. The third museum specimen of Stresemann’s bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni Sick, 1960). J Ornithol 145, 269–270 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-004-0029-6

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