Printed on the plate
“Ruddy Accentor”
Accentor rubidus
Engraved caption: ACCENTOR RUBIDUS, Sieb, Temm. et Schleg.
Modern identification
Prunella rubida
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Accentors · Prunellidae
Why
Temminck & Schlegel's Accentor rubidus, figured from Whitely's Hakodate birds = Japanese Accentor.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; 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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