Printed on the plate
“Darjiling Pygmy Woodpecker”
Iyngipicus semicoronatus
Engraved caption: IYNGIPICUS SEMICORONATUS .
Modern identification
Yungipicus canicapillus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Iyngipicus semicoronatus Malherbe, from Sikkim and the Khasi and Naga hills, is Y. canicapillus semicoronatus, the eastern Himalayan race of Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker.
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
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