Printed on the plate
“Himalayan Nuthatch”
Sitta Himalayensis
Engraved caption: SITTA HIMALAYENSIS: Jard: & Selby.
Modern identification
Sitta himalayensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Nuthatches · Sittidae
Why
Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby = White-tailed Nuthatch; 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.