Printed on the plate
“Long-tailed Tit (young)”
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; the young of II.28.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 157
Who made the plate
J. Gould & W. Hart del et lith.Walter Imp.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- William Matthew Hart drew and lithographed
- Walter printed
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