Printed on the plate
“Crimson-winged Finch”
Rhodopechys sanguinea
Engraved caption: RHODOPECHYS SANGUINEUS .
Modern identification
Rhodopechys sanguineus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Gould's own Fringilla sanguinea (Erzurum) = Crimson-winged Finch, Eurasian nominate race; eBird 2025 keeps the African bird within it.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. V); engraved caption on the leaf; the text leaf bound after the plate; Kansas catalogue; the plate
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.