Printed on the plate
“Long-tailed Tit”
Mecistura caudata
Engraved caption: MECISTURA CAUDATA.
Modern identification
Aegithalos caudatus
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Long-tailed Tits · Aegithalidae
Why
Mecistura caudata = Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus; same species, older genus.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 157
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.
