Printed on the plate
“Nuthatch”
Sitta cæsia
Engraved caption: SITTA CÆSIA, Wolf et Meyer
Modern identification
Sitta europaea
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Nuthatches · Sittidae
Why
Sitta caesia Wolf & Meyer = the buff-bellied western race of Eurasian Nuthatch, S. europaea caesia, which Gould kept apart from the white-bellied Swedish bird.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 234; the plate
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
