Printed on the plate
“Deccan Wagtail”
Motacilla Dukhunensis
Engraved caption: MOTACILLA DUKHUNENSIS, Sykes
Modern identification
Motacilla alba
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Motacilla dukhunensis Sykes, the white-faced, grey-backed wagtail of the Deccan, is M. alba dukhunensis, a race of White Wagtail (eBird group White-faced).
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.
- 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.
