Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume III, plate 45

Spotted Laughingthrush

Printed “Allied Ianthocincla”

Volume III, plate 45 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Spotted Laughingthrush (Ianthocincla ocellata)
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Printed on the plate

“Allied Ianthocincla”

Ianthocincla Artemisiae

Engraved caption: IANTHOCINCIA ARTEMISIA .

Modern identification

Spotted Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellata

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Laughingthrushes and Allies · Leiothrichidae

Why

Cinclosoma artemisiae David = Ianthocincla ocellata artemisiae, the black-headed race of Spotted Laughingthrush; Gould compares it with I. ocellata (III.44).

Sources

engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate

Who made the plate

J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

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