Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume II, plate 49

Chestnut-bellied Tit

Volume II, plate 49 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Chestnut-bellied Tit (Sittiparus castaneoventris)
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Printed on the plate

“Chestnut-bellied Tit”

Parus castaneoventris

Engraved caption: PARUS CASTANEOVENTRIS, Could.

Modern identification

Chestnut-bellied Tit

Sittiparus castaneoventris

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

Why

Gould's own Parus castaneoventris (Formosa) = Sittiparus castaneoventris, Chestnut-bellied Tit of Taiwan; Kansas's Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch is another bird.

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.Walter & Cohn, Imp.

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