Printed on the plate
“Chestnut-coloured Merula”
Merula castanea
Engraved caption: MERULA CASTANEA, Gould
Modern identification
Turdus rubrocanus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
Why
Merula castanea Gould (1835), from the Himalaya, is the Chestnut Thrush that Hodgson later named Turdus rubrocanus; the grey head and pale collar are the nominate's, so no form.
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.
