Printed on the plate
“Elegant Tit”
Psaltria concinna
Engraved caption: PSALTRIA CONCINNA, Gould.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Elegant Tit.
Modern identification
Aegithalos concinnus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Long-tailed Tits · Aegithalidae
Why
Gould's own Psaltria concinna = Aegithalos concinnus, Black-throated Tit, nominate race.
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.
