Printed on the plate
“Spotted Forktail”
Enicurus guttatus
Engraved caption: ENICUROS GOTTATUS, Gould.
Modern identification
Enicurus maculatus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Enicurus guttatus Gould, with round white spots on the mantle, is E. maculatus guttatus, the eastern race of Spotted Forktail.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould, and 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.
