Printed on the plate
“Siberian Grosbeak”
Uragus sibiricus
Engraved caption: URAGUS SIBIRICUS..
Modern identification
Carpodacus sibiricus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Pallas's Loxia sibirica = Long-tailed Rosefinch, now Carpodacus sibiricus; same species, newer genus.
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
W. Hart del. et lith.Walter, Imp.
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
