Printed on the plate
“Hume's Starling”
Sturnus Humii
Engraved caption: STURNUS HUMIX, Gould.
Modern identification
Sturnus vulgaris
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Starlings · Sturnidae
Why
Sturnus humii (Hume's S. nitens), the small starling of Kashmir and Peshawar, is S. vulgaris humii, a race of European Starling.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue
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.
