Printed on the plate
“Long-billed Calandre”
Melanocorypha maxima
Engraved caption: MELANOCORYPHA MAXIMA, Gould
Modern identification
Melanocorypha maxima
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Larks · Alaudidae
Why
Gould's own Melanocorypha maxima, from a single skin said to come from Afghanistan = Tibetan Lark; same name today.
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.
- 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.