Printed on the plate
“Rosy-winged Finch”
Erythrospiza obsoleta
Engraved caption: ERYTHROSPIZA OBSOLETA.
Modern identification
Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Lichtenstein's Fringilla obsoleta = Desert Finch, Rhodospiza obsoleta.
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 & W. Hart del. et lith.Walter imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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