Printed on the plate
“Affghan Thrush”
Merula unicolor
Engraved caption: MERULA UNICOLOR, Gould.
Modern identification
Turdus unicolor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Gould's own Turdus unicolor = Tickell's Thrush; same species.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. III); 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 lithHulmandel & 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.