Printed on the plate
“Hardwicke's Pygmy Woodpecker”
Iyngipicus Hardwickii
Engraved caption: IYNCIPICUS HARDWICKI.
Modern identification
Yungipicus nanus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Woodpeckers · Picidae
Why
Iyngipicus hardwickii Jerdon, the pale-capped pygmy woodpecker of peninsular India, is Yungipicus nanus hardwickii, a race of Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker; the plate shows the uniform brown cap.
Sources
List of Plates; engraved caption; Gould's text; Kansas catalogue; the plate
Who made the plate
W. Hart del. et lith.Walter, Imp.
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
