Printed on the plate
“Austen's Paradoxornis”
Paradoxornis Austeni
Engraved caption: PARADOXORNIS AUSTENI, Gould.
Modern identification
Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Parrotbills · Paradoxornithidae
Why
Paradoxornis austeni Gould (Naga and Khasi Hills) = Paradoxornis guttaticollis, Spot-breasted Parrotbill: white throat with black spots, black ear patch; austeni is a junior synonym.
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
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