Printed on the plate
“Munipur Suthora”
Suthora munipurensis
Engraved caption: SUTHORA MUNIPURENSIS, Godrin Austen.
Modern identification
Suthora nipalensis
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Parrotbills · Paradoxornithidae
Why
Suthora munipurensis Godwin-Austen & Walden (Manipur) = Suthora nipalensis poliotis, the gray-breasted race of Black-throated Parrotbill: grey ear-coverts, white eye-ring, black crown stripes.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del. et lith.Walter imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
