Printed on the plate
“Long-billed Wren”
Rimator malacoptilus
Engraved caption: RIMATOR MALACOPTILUS, Blyth.
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Long-billed Wren.
Modern identification
Napothera malacoptila
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Ground Babblers and Allies · Pellorneidae
Why
Rimator malacoptilus Blyth (Darjeeling) = Napothera malacoptila, Long-billed Wren-Babbler; 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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.