Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume IV, plate 7

Common Tailorbird

Printed “Tailor-bird”

Volume IV, plate 7 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
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Printed on the plate

“Tailor-bird”

Orthotomus longicaudus

Engraved caption: ORTHOTOMUS LONGICAUDUS.

Modern identification

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

  • Certain
  • Shown as a subspecies
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Cisticolas and Allies · Cisticolidae

Why

Gmelin's Motacilla longicauda, figured from Chinese specimens, is Orthotomus sutorius longicauda, the south Chinese race of Common Tailorbird.

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 & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.

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