Printed on the plate
“Sundara Niltava”
Niltava Sundara
Engraved caption: VILTAVA SUNDARA: Hodgs
Modern identification
Niltava sundara
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Niltava sundara Hodgson (Nepal, Bhutan) = Rufous-bellied Niltava; same name.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. II); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.