Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume II, plate 60

Rufous-naped Tit

Volume II, plate 60 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Rufous-naped Tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
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Printed on the plate

“Rufous-naped Tit”

Parus rufonuchalis

Engraved caption: PARUS RUFONUCHALIS, Blyth.

Modern identification

Rufous-naped Tit

Periparus rufonuchalis

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

Why

Parus rufonuchalis Blyth = Periparus rufonuchalis, Rufous-naped 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.

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