Printed on the plate
“Sardinian Starling”
Sturnus unicolor
Engraved caption: STURNUS UNICOLOR, La Marm.
Modern identification
Sturnus unicolor
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Starlings · Sturnidae
Why
La Marmora's Sturnus unicolor = Spotless Starling; same name today.
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
