Printed on the plate
“Nepaulese Creeper”
Certhia Nipalensis
Engraved caption: CERTHIA NIPALENSIS:Hoags:
Modern identification
Figure upper
Printed “Nepaulese Creeper”
Certhia nipalensis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Treecreepers · Certhiidae
Why
Upper figure: Hodgson's Certhia nipalensis = Rusty-flanked Treecreeper, white throat and belly, rufous flanks, as Gould's text says.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Figure lower
Printed “Nepaulese Creeper”
Certhia discolor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Treecreepers · Certhiidae
Why
Lower figure: Blyth's Certhia discolor (Darjeeling), which Gould figured on the same plate = Sikkim Treecreeper: underparts a uniform dingy grey-brown.
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 lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.