Printed on the plate
“Masked Wagtail”
Motacilla personata
Engraved caption: MOTACILLA PERSONATA, Godd
Modern identification
Motacilla alba
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Wagtails and Pipits · Motacillidae
Why
Motacilla personata Gould, black-necked with only the forehead and eye-ring white, is M. alba personata, the Masked White Wagtail.
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.
