Printed on the plate
“Himalayan Goldcrest”
Regulus himalayensis
Engraved caption: REGULUS HIMALAYENSIS, Blyth.
Modern identification
Regulus regulus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Kinglets · Regulidae
Why
Regulus himalayensis Blyth, from the NW Himalaya, is R. regulus himalayensis, a race of Goldcrest (eBird group Asian).
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
