Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume IV, plate 51

Eurasian Wren

Printed “Nepaulese Wren”

Volume IV, plate 51 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
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Printed on the plate

“Nepaulese Wren”

Troglodytes Nipalensis

Engraved caption: TROGLODYTES NIPAENSIS, Hoags

Modern identification

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Wrens · Troglodytidae

Why

Troglodytes nipalensis Hodgson, dark and barred all over, from Nepal, is T. troglodytes nipalensis, the Himalayan race of Eurasian Wren.

Sources

List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue

Who made the plate

J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton, Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.

The same bird on other plates