Printed on the plate
“Himalayan Ruby-throat”
Calliope pectoralis
Engraved caption: CALLIOPE PECTORALIS, Gould.
Modern identification
Calliope pectoralis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Gould's own Calliope pectoralis (Icones Avium, 1837, Himalaya) = Himalayan Rubythroat, which eBird splits from the Chinese Rubythroat (IV.40).
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 & W. Hart, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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