Printed on the plate
“White-throated Bluebreast”
Cyanecula leucocyana
Engraved caption: CYANECULA LETCOCIANA.
Modern identification
Luscinia svecica
- Certain
- Shown as a subspecies
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Old World Flycatchers · Muscicapidae
Why
Cyanecula leucocyana Brehm, Gould's White-throated Bluebreast = the white-spotted Bluethroat, L. svecica cyanecula; the male has the white spot in the blue throat.
Sources
engraved caption; Gould's text; Birds of Europe plate 97; the plate
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
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
