Printed on the plate
“Red-headed Tit”
Psaltria erythrocephala
Engraved caption: PSALTRIA ERYTHROCEPHALA.
Modern identification
Aegithalos concinnus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Long-tailed Tits · Aegithalidae
Why
Parus erythrocephalus Vigors, the rufous-capped bushtit of the Himalaya, is Aegithalos concinnus iredalei, a race of Black-throated Tit (eBird group Red-headed).
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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.
