Historical bird plates

Gould, The Birds of Asia · Volume V, plate 16

Spectacled Finch

Printed “Burton's Grosbeak”

Volume V, plate 16 of Gould's The Birds of Asia: Spectacled Finch (Callacanthis burtoni)
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Printed on the plate

“Burton's Grosbeak”

Fringilla Burtoni

Engraved caption: FRINGILLA BURTONI:Gould.

Modern identification

Spectacled Finch

Callacanthis burtoni

  • Certain
  • Checked against the engraved caption
  • Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae

Why

Gould's own Carduelis burtoni = Spectacled Finch, Callacanthis burtoni.

Sources

List of Plates (vol. V); 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 and H. C. Richter del et lith.Hullmandel & Walton Imp.

As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.