Printed on the plate
“Jerdon's Tit”
Parus Jerdoni
Engraved caption: PARUS JERDONI, Blyth
Modern identification
Machlolophus aplonotus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae
Why
Parus jerdoni Blyth, which Gould places in the Peninsula of India (Bombay to Cape Comorin, the Nilgiris), is a synonym of the Indian Yellow Tit, M. aplonotus, now split from the Himalayan Black-lored Tit; the survey kept the Himalayan species.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate; Wikispecies synonymy
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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