Printed on the plate
“Stellated Shortwing”
Drymochares stellatus
Engraved caption: DRYMOCHARES STELLATUS, Gould.
Modern identification
Heteroxenicus stellatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Brachypteryx (Drymochares) stellatus Gould (Nepal) = Heteroxenicus stellatus, Gould's Shortwing; same species.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
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
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