Printed on the plate
“Himalayan Crossbill”
Loxia Himalayana
Engraved caption: LOXIA HIMALAYANA, Hodgs.
Modern identification
Loxia curvirostra
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Fringillidae
Why
Loxia himalayana Hodgson, the small crossbill of Nepal, is L. curvirostra himalayensis, the Himalayan race of Red Crossbill.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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
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