Printed on the plate
“Marsh Tit”
Pœcile palustris
Engraved caption: PŒCILE PALUSTRIS
Modern identification
Poecile palustris
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice · Paridae
Why
Poecile palustris = Marsh Tit. The glossy cap, small bib and plain wing are the Marsh, not the Willow Tit, which went unrecognised in Britain until 1897.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 155; 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.
