Printed on the plate
“Red-breasted Flycatcher”
Erythrosterna parva
Engraved caption: ERYTUROSTERNA PARVA .
Modern identification
Ficedula parva
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Erythrosterna parva = Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva. The male's orange runs from the chin onto the breast with no grey band, so not the Taiga Flycatcher.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 64; the plate
Who made the plate
J. Gould & H. C. Richter, del et lith.Walter, Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Henry Constantine Richter drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
