Printed on the plate
“Caucasian Grosbeak”
Carpodacus rubicilla
Engraved caption: CARPODACUS RUBICILLA.
Modern identification
Carpodacus rubicilla
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Güldenstädt's Loxia rubicilla = Great Rosefinch; the plate pairs a pale male from India (eBird's severtzovi group) with a darker one from St Petersburg.
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.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Hullmandel & Walton printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.