Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume IV, plate 48

Black-throated Accentor

Volume IV, plate 48 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)
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Printed on the plate

“Black-throated Accentor”

Accentor atrogularis

Engraved caption: ACCENTOR ATROGULARIS, Brandt.

Modern identification

Black-throated Accentor

Prunella atrogularis

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Accentors · Prunellidae

Why

Brandt's Accentor atrogularis (syn. Moore's huttoni; Gould's birds Himalayan) = Black-throated 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 and H. C. Richter del et lithHullmandel & Walton Imp

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