Printed on the plate
“Eastern Goldfinch”
Carduelis orientalis
Engraved caption: CARDUELIS ORIENTALIS.
Modern identification
Carduelis caniceps
- Judged
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
the plate: grey crown and nape, red face, no black or white on the head, so the caniceps group, which eBird 2025 splits from European Goldfinch as Gray-crowned Goldfinch; BirdNET lumps in European Goldfinch
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.