Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume II, plate 48

Yellow-bellied Tit

Printed “White-naped Tit”

Volume II, plate 48 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)
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Printed on the plate

“White-naped Tit”

Parus venustulus

Engraved caption: PARUS VENUSTULUS, Swinh.

The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: White-naped Tit.

Modern identification

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae

Why

Parus venustulus Swinhoe (Yangtze) = Periparus venustulus, Yellow-bellied Tit; same species.

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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.