Printed on the plate
“Altaian Accentor”
Accentor Altaicus
Engraved caption: ACCENTOR ALTAICUS, Brandt.
Modern identification
Prunella himalayana
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Accentors · Prunellidae
Why
Brandt's Accentor altaicus (syn. Blyth's himalayanus and variegatus) = Altai Accentor, Prunella himalayana; not the Alpine Accentor of IV.43-44.
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
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
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