On the name Struthio australis Gurney Sr, 1868, and its type specimens

Abstract

Summary. The name Struthio australis Gurney Sr, 1868, was based on three captive birds that arrived at the Zoological Society of London in November 1861. A skeleton of one of these is shown to survive in the bird collection of the Natural History Museum, but whether the other two syntypes still exist is doubtful.