Printed on the plate
“White-faced Nuthatch”
Sitta leucopsis
Engraved caption: SITTA LEUCOPSIS:Gould.
Modern identification
Sitta leucopsis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Nuthatches · Sittidae
Why
Sitta leucopsis Gould (NW Himalaya) = White-cheeked Nuthatch; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
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
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