Printed on the plate
“Spotted Tit”
Parus Spilonotus
Engraved caption: PARUS SPILONOTUS, Blyth.
Modern identification
Machlolophus spilonotus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae
Why
Parus spilonotus Blyth (Nepal) = Machlolophus spilonotus, Yellow-cheeked 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 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.