TABLE 1 in The dark side of birds: melanism-facts and fiction

<p>TABLE 1 Some examples of melanistic individuals named as new species.</p><table><tbody><tr><th><b>&lsquo;New&rsquo; species</b></th><th><b>Actual species</b></th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>Mountain Partridge, <i>Perdix montana</i> Brisson, 1760</th><td>Grey Partridge <i>Perdix perdix</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th>Sabine&rsquo;s Snipe <i>Scolopax sabinii</i> Vigors, 1825</th><td>Common Snipe <i>Gallinago gallinago</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th><i>Dicaeum aterrimum</i> Lesson, 1830</th><td>Bananaquit <i>Coereba flaveola</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th><i>Pyrocephalus obscurus</i> Gould, 1839</th><td>Vermilion Flycatcher <i>Pyrocephalus rubinus</i> (Boddaert, 1783)</td></tr><tr><th>Chestnut-coloured Partridge <i>Ortyx castaneus</i> Gould, 1842</th><td>Northern Bobwhite <i>Colinus virginianus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th>Black Fantail <i>Rhipidura melanura</i> G. R. Gray, 1843</th><td>New Zealand Fantail <i>Rhipidura fuliginosa</i> (Sparrman, 1787)</td></tr><tr><th>Black Woodhen <i>Gallirallus fuscus</i> Du Bus, 1847</th><td>Weka <i>Gallirallus australis</i> (Sparrman, 1786)</td></tr><tr><th>English Rock Dove <i>Columba affinis</i> Blyth, 1847</th><td>Rock Dove <i>Columba livia</i> J. F. Gmelin, 1789</td></tr><tr><th>Rufous-bellied Coucal <i>Centropus epomidis</i> Bonaparte, 1850</th><td>Senegal Coucal <i>Centropus senegalensis</i> (Linnaeus, 1766)</td></tr><tr><th>Black-shouldered Peafowl <i>Pavo nigripennis</i> P. L. Sclater, 1860</th><td>Indian Peafowl <i>Pavo cristatus</i> Linnaeus, 1758</td></tr><tr><th><i>Perdix atro-rufa</i> Soland, 1861</th><td>Red-legged Partridge <i>Alectoris rufa</i> (Linnaeus 1758)</td></tr><tr><th>Verreaux&rsquo;s Quail <i>Synoicus lodoisiae</i> J. Verreaux &amp; des Murs, 1862</th><td>Common Quail <i>Coturnix coturnix</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th>Black Penguin <i>Eudyptes atratus</i> Hutton, 1875</th><td>Fiordland Penguin <i>Eudyptes pachyrhynchus</i> G. R. Gray, 1845</td></tr><tr><th><i>Tetrastes griseiventris</i> Menzbier, 1880</th><td>Hazel Grouse <i>Tetrastes bonasia</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</td></tr><tr><th><i>Monarcha ugiensis</i> Ramsay, 1882</th><td>Chestnut-bellied Monarch <i>Monarch castaneiventris</i> J. Verreaux, 1858</td></tr><tr><th>Cory&rsquo;s Bittern <i>Ardetta neoxena</i> Cory, 1886</th><td>Least Bittern <i>Ixobrychus exilis</i> (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)</td></tr><tr><th>Sharpe&rsquo;s Rail <i>Stictolimnas sharpei</i> B&uuml;ttikofer, 1893</th><td>Buff-banded Rail <i>Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766)</i></td></tr><tr><th>Von Huegel&rsquo;s Snipe <i>Gallinago huegeli</i> Tristram, 1893</th><td>New Zealand Snipe <i>Coenocorypha aucklandica</i> (G. R. Gray 1845)</td></tr><tr><th>Willkonsky&rsquo;s Owl <i>Syrnium willkonskii</i> Menzbier, 1896</th><td>Tawny Owl <i>Strix aluco</i> Linnaeus, 1758</td></tr></tbody></table>