Printed on the plate
“Pied Flycatcher”
Muscicapa atricapilla
Engraved caption: MUSCICAPA ATRICAPILLA, Linn.
Modern identification
Ficedula hypoleuca
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Muscicapa atricapilla = European Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca; same species, older name.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 63
Who made the plate
J. Gould and H. C. Richter, del. et lith.Walter & Cohn, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter & Cohn printed
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