Printed on the plate
“Fork-tailed Leiothrix”
Leiothrix luteus
Engraved caption: LEIOTHRIX LUTEUS,
Modern identification
Leiothrix lutea
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Laughingthrushes and Allies · Leiothrichidae
Why
Scopoli's Sylvia lutea (Gould's synonymy also takes in Hodgson's Himalayan calipyga) = Red-billed Leiothrix, Leiothrix lutea.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); 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 and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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