Printed on the plate
“Himalayan Creeper”
Certhia Himalayana
Engraved caption: CERTHIA TIIMALAYANA: V9:
Modern identification
Certhia himalayana
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Treecreepers · Certhiidae
Why
Vigors's Certhia himalayana = Bar-tailed Treecreeper; same name today.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. IV); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; pinned in Featherframe (gould_asia.yaml)
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.