Printed on the plate
“Vinous-tinted Blackbird”
Merula vinitincta
Engraved caption: Merula vinitincta
Modern identification
Turdus poliocephalus
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Thrushes and Allies · Turdidae
- Extinct
Why
Gould's Merula vinitincta is the extinct Lord Howe Island race of Tasman Sea Island-Thrush, T. p. vinitinctus.
Sources
List of Plates (vol. Supp); engraved caption on the leaf; Gould's text and synonymy; crosswalk
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
