Printed on the plate
“Allied Grosbeak”
Hesperiphona affinis
Engraved caption: HESPERIPHONA AFFINIS , Blyth.
Modern identification
Mycerobas affinis
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Blyth's Hesperiphona affinis = Collared Grosbeak, Mycerobas affinis: black-headed male with a yellow collar, grey-headed female with a wax-yellow body.
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 & 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.
